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Louis Pierre Vieillot commences Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale. Desray, Paris (1807-1808).Vieillot L. P. (Louis Pierre) http://archive.org/details/Histoirenaturelt1c2Viei Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale : contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois Prêtre Jean Gabriel Bouquet engraver Langlois Pierre Gabriel Tucker Marcia Brady Baird Spencer Fullerton 1807 A Paris : Chez Desray : De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet Smithsonian Libraries
Alexander Wilson commences the nine-volume American Ornithology (1808–1814), illustrating 268 species of birds, 26 of which had not previously been described.
John William Lewin's Birds of New Holland with their Natural History published in London. He writes the first description of the Regent bowerbird in this work.
Coenraad Jacob Temminck publishes Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés. Sepps, Amsterdam 1808–15.
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