1818 in birding and ornithology

none Bird species new to science described in the Deaths French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse dies. Species described alt=A printed portrait in black ink of a middle-aged white man in early 19th century dress|thumb|Zoologist Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix describes the saw-billed hermit. Johann Gottlieb Fleischer describes the lesser kestrel. Louis Pierre Vieillot publishes the descriptions of dozens of bird species in the 1818 volumes of his landmark treatise Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine. Museums established or collections begun The Natural History Museum of Prague is founded. National Museum of Brazil is established. Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel move to Chandannagar (Chandernagor in French), where they start a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History. Important publications Johann Friedrich Naumann begins Die Eier der Vögel Deutschlands und der benachbarten Länder (The Eggs of Birds of Germany and Neighbouring Lands) with Christian Adam Buhle. George Graves a comprehensive instruction guidebook for beginners in natural history The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature References Hinkelmann C. 1999 Saw-billed Hermit del Hoyo Josep Elliott Andrew Sargatal J. Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds 537 Lynx Edicions Barcelona, Spain 84-87334-25-3 ITIS Report: Falco naumanii https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175646 Integrated Taxonomic Information System 14 July 2015 Taxon author: Vieillot, 1818 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=author&search_id=author_id&search_id_value=9488 Integrated Taxonomic Information System 15 July 2015 Gohau Gabriel Carozzi Albert V. Carozzi Marguerite A History of Geology 1981 Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, NJ, US 0-8135-1665-X 81 https://books.google.com/books?id=GBG7XDS5CbwC&pg=PA81 http://www.nm.cz/NM-History/Institutions/ The Significance and History of the National Museum Národní Muzeum (National Museum) 24 June 2015 http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/o-museu/visao-geral O Museu: Visão Geral Museu Nacional/UFRJ 14 July 2015 Portuguese https://web.archive.org/web/20150715121229/http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/o-museu/visao-geral 2015-07-15 dead Notice sur les voyages de MM Diard et Duvaucel, naturalists français dans les Indes orientales et dans les îles de la Sonde Revue Encyclopédique June 1821 Bureau Central de la Revue Encyclopédique Paris, France 473–482 https://archive.org/stream/revueencyclopd10pari#page/n487/mode/2up Naturgeschichte http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jparticle_00175546 Allgemeine: Literatur-Zeitung 1 24 January 1819 190–192 German 14 July 2015 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/20211 Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine Vols. 19–27 Vieillot Louis Pierre 1818 Paris, France Chez Deterville 10.5962/bhl.title.20211 French Category:Birding and ornithology by year Category:1818 in science