1874 in birding and ornithology

Birds described in 1874 include Island leaf warbler, Bar-bellied pitta, Coppery-naped puffleg, Streak-throated barwing, Red-and-white spinetail, Papuan hawk-owl, Bay-vented cotinga, Arfak catbird, Rufous-webbed brilliant

Events Death of Ferdinand Stoliczka

Publications Spencer Fullerton Baird, Thomas Mayo Brewer, and Robert Ridgway, 1874. A History of North American Birds: Land Birds. Little, Brown, Boston. Volume I, 596 pp.; Volume II, 590 pp.; Volume III, 560 pp. Retrieved 14 January 2013. A special edition, published in the same year, of 50 copies contained 36 plates hand-colored by Ridgway.1873 Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, Birds of Assam (1870–1878) Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum London Władysław Taczanowski 1874. Description des Oiseaux nouveaux du Pérou central Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 Etienne Mulsant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochilides (published 1874–77) Ongoing events Theodor von Heuglin Ornithologie von Nordost-Afrika (Ornithology of Northeast Africa) (Cassel, 1869–1875) 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 Henry Eeles Dresser and Richard Bowdler Sharpe A History of the Birds of Europe, Including all the Species Inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region.Taylor & Francis of Fleet Street, London Paolo Savi Ornitologia Italiana Firenze :Successori Le Monnier,1873-1876. (opera posthuma 1873–1876) The Ibis

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