Birds described in 1865 include volcano hummingbird, white-fronted tit, Monteiro's hornbill, biscutate swift, bare-cheeked babbler, rufous-throated flycatcher, chestnut-rumped thornbill Osbert Salvin Descriptions of Seventeen New Species of Birds from Costa Rica.Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 Death of German explorer Karl Klaus von der Decken. Death of Thomas Bellerby Wilson Death of Alfred Malherbe 1865 heralds rapid expansion of the collections of Cambridge University Museum of Zoology. Description of the fossil swan Cygnus falconeri.
Expeditions 1865–1868 Magenta circumnavigation of the globe Italian expedition that made important scientific observations in South America. 1865– HMS Curacoa Alfred Grandidier makes his first visit to Madagascar.
Ongoing events John Gould The birds of Australia Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter John Gould The birds of Asia 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart The Ibis References