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
1868. SCHLEGEL & POLLEN. Mammifères et Oiseaux, in: Pollen et von Dam,
Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances. Leyde
1868.
1868. OWEN, on Moas in Trans. Zool. Soc. London, VI.
(_Dinornis maximus_ established.)
*1868. H. C. MILLIES. Over eene nieuw ontdekte afbeelding van den Dodo.
In: Verhandelingen der Koningl. Akad. d. Wetenschappen, Deel XI,
Amsterdam 1868.
1869. OWEN. On the osteology of the Dodo.
In: Trans. Zool. Soc. London VI, 1869, p. 70.
1869. ELLIOT. New and heretofore unfig. sp. N. American Birds.
(In Vol. II, part 14, No. 3, the now extinct _Carbo perspicillatus_
from Bering Island figured.)
{xxi} 1872. F. W. HUTTON. On the Microscopical structure of the
Egg-shell of the Moa.
In Trans. & Proceed. New Zealand Inst. IV, pp. 166-167, with
illustrations.
1872. F. W. HUTTON. Notes on some Birds from the Chatham Islands,
collected by H. H. Travers, Esq.
In Ibis 1872, pp. 243-250.
(_Miro traversi_ and _Sphenoeacus rufescens_ (_Bowdleria rufescens_
of this book) only found on Mangare. First description of "_Rallus
modestus_" (_Cabalus modestus_), "_Rallus dieffenbachi_" already
extinct.)
1872. J. HECTOR. On Recent Moa Remains in New Zealand.
In Trans. and Proc. N. Zealand Inst. IV, p. 110.
1872. JULIUS HAAST. Notes on Harpagornis Moorei.
In Trans. and Proc. N. Zealand Inst. IV, p. 192.
1873. A. V. PELZELN. On the Birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna
obtained from the Leverian Museum.
In Ibis 1873, pp. 14-54, 103-124.
(Most important notes on some of Latham's types. Cf. _Drepanis
pacifica_, _Platycercus ulietanus_, _Notornis alba_.)
1873. CHRISTMANN UND OBERLÄNDER. Ozeanien.
(On pages 138-144 a popular account and wood cuts--from Brehm's
Thierleben--of Moas and other Gigantic Birds.)
1873. BULLER. The Birds of New Zealand.
1874. A. MILNE-EDWARDS. Recherches sur la faune ancienne des iles
Mascareignes.
In Ann. Sciences naturelles sér. V, Tome XIX, article 3
(_Erythromachus_, _Strix murivora_, _Columba rodericana_, etc.)
1875. ROWLEY. _Porphyrio Stanleyi_.
In Ornith. Miscell. I, pp. 37-48, plate.
1875. HUTTON. Description of the Moa Swamp at Hamilton.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 123, pl. V.
1875. HUTTON & COUGHTREY. Description of some Moa Remains from the
Knobby Ranges.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 266, pl. XIX.
1875. ALFRED NEWTON. P.Z.S. 1875, p. 350: the name _Lophopsittacus_
established.
1875. HUTTON. On the Dimensions of Dinornis bones.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 274.
1875. JULIUS VON HAAST. Researches and Excavations on, in and near the
Moa-bone Point Cave, Sumner Road, in the year 1872.
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