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Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum

British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology1874
Books
Imprint:
London : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1874-98.
Collation:
27 v. : ill.
Contents:
V. 1. Accipitres, or diurnal birds of prey, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 2. Striges, or nocturnal birds of prey, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 3. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Coliomorphœ, containing the families Corridœ, Paradiseidœ, Oriolidœ, Dicruridœ, and Prionopidœ, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 4. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. I, containing the families Campophagidœ and Muscicapidœ, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 5. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. II, containing the family Turdidœ (warblers and thrushes) by H. Seebohm.--v. 6-7. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. III-IV, containing the ... family Timeliidœ (babbling-thrushes) by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 8. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. V, containing the families Paridœ and Laniidœ (titmice and shrikes) and Certhiomorphœ (creepers and nuthatches) by H. Godaw.--v. 9. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cinnyrimorphœ: containing the families Nectariniidœ and Meliphagidœ (sun-birds and honey-eaters) by H. Gadow.--v. 10. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Fringilliformes: pt. I, containing the families Diciœidœ, Hirundinidœ, Ampelidœ, Mniotiltidœ and Motacillidœ by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 11. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Fringilliformes: pt. II, containing the families Cœrebidœ, Tanagridœ, and Icteridœ, by P.L. Sclater.--v. 12. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Fringilliformes: pt. III, containing the family Fringillidœ, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 13. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Sturniformes, containing the families Artamidœ, Sturnidœ, Ploceidœ, Alaudidœ. Also the families Atrichiidœ and Menuridœ, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 14. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Oligomyodœ, or the families Tyrannidœ, Oxyrhamphidœ, Pipridœ, Cotingidœ, Phytotomidœ, Philepittidœ, Pittidœ Xenicidœ and Eurylœmidœ, by P.L. Sclater.--v. 15. Passeriformes, or perching birds. Tracheophonœ, or the families Dendrocolaptidœ, Formicariidœ, Conopophagidœ, and Pteroptochidœ, by P.L. Sclater.--v. 16. Picariœ, Upupœ and Trochili, by O. Salvin. Coraciœ, of the families Cypselidœ, Caprimulgidœ, Podargidœ, and Steatornithidœ, by E. Hartert.--v. 17. Picariœ, Coraciœ (contin.) and Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatidœ, Coraciidœ, Meropidœ,Alcedinidœ, Momotidœ, Todidœ, and Coliidœ, by R.B. Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by W.R. Ogilvie-Grant.--v. 18. Picariœ, Scansores, containing the family Picidœ, by E. Hargitt.--v. 19. Picariœ. Scansores and Cocyges, containing the families Rhamphastidœ, Galbulidœ, and Bucconidœ, by P.L. Sclater, and the families Indicatoridœ, Capitonidœ, Cuculidœ, and Musophagidœ, by G.E. Shelley.--v. 20. Psittaci, or parrots, by T. Salvadori.--v. 21. Columbœ, or pigeons, by T. Salvadori.--v. 22. Game birds (Pterocletes, Gallinœ, Opisthocomi, Hemipodii) by W.R. Ogilvie-Grant.--v. 23. Fulicariœ, (Rallidœ and Heliornithidœ) and Alectorides (Aramidœ, Eurypygidœ, Mesitidœ, Rhinochetidœ, Gruidœ, Psophiidœ, and Otididœ) by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 24. Limicolœ, by R.B. Sharpe.--v. 25. Gaviœ and Tubinares. Gaviæ (terns, gulls, and skuas) by H. Saunders. Tubinares (petrels and albatrosses) by O. Salvin.--v. 26. Plataleœ (ibises and spoonbills) and Herodiones (herons and storks) by R.B. Sharpe. Steganopodes (cormorants, gannets, frigate-birds, tropic-birds, and pelicans) Pygopodes (divers and grebes) Alcœ (auks) and Impennes (penguins) by W.R. Ogilvie-Grant.--v. 27. Chenomorphœ (Palamedeœ, Phœnicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitœ, by T. Salvadori.
Dewey class:
598.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2371155
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