Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical timesRothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron
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Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times
Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron
Birds; Extinct birds
1667. DU TERTRE. Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les
François. Tome II, contenant l'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1667.
(On p. 246. Traite V. Des animaux de l'air. § I, Les Arras. § II,
Des Perroquets. § III, Des Perriques.)
1668. HISTORISCHE BESCHREIBUNG DER ANTILLEN INSELN IN AMERICA GELEGEN.
In sich begreiffend deroselben Gelegenheit, darinnen befindl. natürl.
Sachen, sampt deren Einwohner Sitten und Gebraüchen. Von dem Herrn de
Rochefort, zum zweiten mahl in Französischer sprach an den Tag gegeben,
nunmehr aber in die Teutsche übersetzet. Frankfurt 1668.
(Translation of the second edition of Rochefort's book.)
*1668. CARRÉ, Voyage des Indes Orientales.
(Page 12 the "Solitaire." Cf. _Didus solitarius_.)
1668. J. MARSHALL. Memorandums concerning India.
(In the article on Mauritius occurs a mention of Geese.)
1674. PÈRE DUBOIS. Les Voyages faits par le Sieur D.B. aux Isles
Dauphine ou Madagascar, et Bourbon, ou Mascarenne, és années
1669-70-71-72.
(Of this extremely rare work I possess a beautiful copy, together
with the map of Sanson belonging to it.)
(On p. 168 we find "Description de quelques Oyseaux de l'Isle de
Bourbon," with figures of the "Géant" and "Solitaire.")
1696. THEVENOT, M. MELCHISEDEC. Rélations de divers voyages curieux qui
nont point este' publié'es. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. I, II, 1696.
(A very interesting collection of ancient voyages, translated into
French. In Vol. II is a translation of Bontekoe's travels to the
"East Indies," with figures of the Dodo and other interesting
notes.)
1707. LEGUAT, FRANÇOIS. Voyages et Avantures de François Leguat, et de
ses Compagnons, en deux Isles desertes des Indes Orientales. Londres
1707.
1708. LEGUAT, FRANCIS. A New Voyage to the East Indies by Francis
Leguat and his companions. Containing their adventures in two desert
islands. London 1708.
(Valuable notes on the birds of Rodriguez and Mauritius.)
1707. SLOANE, HANS. A Voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves,
S. Christofers and Jamaica, with the Natural History of the Herbs and
Trees, four-footed Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Birds, Reptiles, etc. Vol.
I, 1707; vol. II, 1725.
(Gives most valuable notes on the birds, including the Goatsucker,
_Aestrelata_ and Parrots.)
1722. LABAT, JEAN BAPTISTE. Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l'Amérique
contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays. Paris 1722. 6 vols.
(In Vol. II, chapter VIII, the different species of Parrots are
described, and it is stated that each island had three kinds, viz.,
an "Aras," a "Perroquet" and a "Perrique," evidently meaning a
Macaw, an Amazona and a Conurus.)
1742. Nouvelle Edition. 8 vols.
{xviii} 1752. MOEHRING. Avium Genera.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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