1818 in birding and ornithology
Deaths
[edit]- French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse dies.[1]
Species described
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- Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes the saw-billed hermit.[2]
- Johann Gottlieb Fleischer describes the lesser kestrel.[3]
- Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the descriptions of dozens of bird species in the 1818 volumes of his landmark treatise Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine.[4][5]
Museums established or collections begun
[edit]- The Natural History Museum of Prague is founded.[6]
- National Museum of Brazil is established.[7]
- Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel move to Chandannagar (Chandernagor in French), where they start a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History.[8]
Important publications
[edit]- Johann Friedrich Naumann begins Die Eier der Vögel Deutschlands und der benachbarten Länder (The Eggs of Birds of Germany and Neighbouring Lands) with Christian Adam Buhle.[9]
- George Graves a comprehensive instruction guidebook for beginners in natural history The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature
References
[edit]- ^ Gohau, Gabriel; Carozzi, Albert V.; Carozzi, Marguerite (1981). A History of Geology. New Brunswick, NJ, US: Rutgers University Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-8135-1665-X.
- ^ Hinkelmann, C. (1999). "Saw-billed Hermit". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, J. (eds.). Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. p. 537. ISBN 84-87334-25-3.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Falco naumanii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Taxon author: Vieillot, 1818". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1818). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine Vols. 19–27 (in French). Paris, France: Chez Deterville. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211.
- ^ "The Significance and History of the National Museum". Národní Muzeum (National Museum). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "O Museu: Visão Geral" (in Portuguese). Museu Nacional/UFRJ. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Notice sur les voyages de MM Diard et Duvaucel, naturalists français dans les Indes orientales et dans les îles de la Sonde". Revue Encyclopédique. Paris, France: Bureau Central de la Revue Encyclopédique. June 1821. pp. 473–482.
- ^ "Naturgeschichte". Allgemeine: Literatur-Zeitung (in German). 1 (24): 190–192. January 1819. Retrieved 14 July 2015.