Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 45, Notes on New Guinea birds. 8

Title Variants

Alternative: Birds of the Whitney Expedition
Alternative: Notes on New Guinea birds

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1133

By

Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York City, The American Museum of Natural History, [1941]

Notes

Title from caption.

"August 6, 1941."

"Last in my series of revisions of New Guinea genera."

Contents: Falconidae. The geographical variation of Falco peregrinus in the Papuan and Australian regions -- Muscicapidae. On Rhipidura rufifrons louisiadensis Hartert. Notes on the geographical variation of Monarcha alecto. Notes on Poecilodryas placens. The generic classification of some New Guinea flycatchers (Microeca-Poecilodryas group) -- Paradisaeidae. Notes on Phonygammus keraudrenii jamesi Sharpe. On the correct name of the West New Guinea king bird of paradise (Cicinnurus regius).

Subjects

59.82(95) , Australasia , Birds , Classification , New Guinea

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1133, 1941

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31833069