Excerpt from The Published Writings of George Newbold Lawrence, 1844-1891
This work (bulletin No. 40) is one of a series of papers intended to illustrate the collections belonging to the United States, and constitui ing the National of which the Smithsonian Institution was placed in charge by the act of Congress of August 10, 1846.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book presents the published writings of George Newbold Lawrence, a renowned ornithologist of the 19th century. The author was a member of The Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York since 1845, and later president of the American Ornithologists Union. The writings collected here are based on firsthand observation of a wide range of birds, especially of the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. These records of Lawrence's decades of field work, along with his taxonomic descriptions, provide insights into the distribution, behavior, and diversity of bird species in the Western Hemisphere during the 19th century. The book includes a biographical sketch of Lawrence and an alphabetical list of new species and subspecies of birds described by him, with the type locality of each, along with a subject index. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781333521479_0
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