Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum

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multi-volume work ornithological reference work scientific catalogue

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum is a multi-volume 19th-century ornithological reference work documenting and classifying the bird specimens held by the British Museum.

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Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-volume work ⓘ ornithological reference work ⓘ scientific catalogue ⓘ
aim	to classify bird species ⓘ to document bird specimens held by the British Museum ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Department of Zoology, British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithOrnithologist	Richard Bowdler Sharpe GENERATED ⓘ
classificationSystem	Linnaean taxonomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	geographical distribution data for bird species ⓘ references to original species descriptions ⓘ synonymies of bird names ⓘ taxonomic descriptions of bird species ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
documentsCollection	bird specimens in the British Museum ⓘ
editor	Richard Bowdler Sharpe NERFINISHED ⓘ
editorRole	general editor ⓘ
endPublicationYear	1898 ⓘ
era	Victorian era ⓘ
field	ornithology ⓘ
hasAudience	museum curators ⓘ ornithologists ⓘ zoologists ⓘ
hasFormat	printed book ⓘ
influenced	subsequent global bird checklists ⓘ
institutionDocumented	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
institutionSuccessor	Natural History Museum, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOfTradition	19th-century natural history catalogues ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
notableFor	comprehensive coverage of known bird species of its time ⓘ standard reference for late 19th-century bird taxonomy ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	27 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
predecessor	earlier British Museum zoological catalogues ⓘ
publicationPeriod	19th century ⓘ
publisher	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Trustees of the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	British Museum (Natural History) NERFINISHED ⓘ systematic zoology ⓘ
startPublicationYear	1874 ⓘ
subject	birds ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ zoological specimens ⓘ
timePeriodDocumented	19th-century ornithology ⓘ
typeOfWork	museum collection catalogue ⓘ
usedFor	avian taxonomy ⓘ historical research on bird collections ⓘ nomenclatural reference ⓘ

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Richard Bowdler Sharpe → notableWork → Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum ⓘ

George Robert Gray → notableWork → Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum