Marquis was a Japanese ornithologist. His works included Ducks of the World (1912), Geese and Swans of the World (1913), Birds of the Island of Java (2 Volumes, 1933–36) and Parrots of the World in Life Colours (1975). He described the crested shelduck in 1917.BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Tadorna cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25 December 2007
He also worked on the distinction between the auks and petrels and the special characteristics of shearwaters that foraged underwater.Kuroda, N. 1953. On the skeletons of Puffinus nativitatus and Pagodroma nivea. Tori 13: 50–67.Kuroda, N. 1983. Some osteological notes on Procellariiformes. Tori 32:41–61.
Family Father: Kuroda Nagashige (1867–1939) Mother: Shimazu Kiyoko (1871–1919) Wife: Princess Kan'in Shigeko (1897–1991) Children (all by Kan’in Shigeko): Kuroda Nagahisa (1916–2009) Masako married Maeda Toshitatsu (1908–1989) Mitsuko married Yamauchi Toyoaki (1912–2003) Shizuko married Mitsuo Mansho (1927–2018)
List of books available in English Birds of the Island of Java (1933) Passeres (1933) A bibliography of the duck tribe, Anatidae, mostly from 1926 to 1940, exclusive of that of Dr. Phillips's work (1942)
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