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    William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for...
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    A History of British Fishes is a natural history book by William Yarrell, serialised in nineteen parts from 1835, and then published bound in two volumes...
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    Chhattisgarhi. Its scientific name commemorates the English naturalist William Yarrell. The species is frequently taxonomically confused with B. bagarius...
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    the other Arctic swan species. Bewick's swan was named in 1830 by William Yarrell after the engraver Thomas Bewick, who specialised in illustrations...
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    The binomial of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist William Yarrell. The Yellow-faced siskin was described in 1839 by John James Audubon...
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    so that the title page of A History of British Fishes (1835), by William Yarrell boasts "illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts", which in fact are all...
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    William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialised, three sheets (=48 pages)...
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    palliatus, which he described as eating oysters. The English zoologist William Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older...
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    neighbouring European mainland. The pied wagtail, named after the naturalist William Yarrell, exchanges the pale grey colour of the nominate subspecies with black...
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    ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Yarrell, William (1843). A History of British Birds. London: John Van Voorst. pp. 302–306. Lockwood, William Burley (1993) [1984]...
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    Northern European coasts. It was named for the English naturalist William Yarrell. "Chirolophis ascanii (Walbaum, 1792)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16...
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    Johann Julius Walbaum Gilbert Percy Whitley Francis Willughby Stan Wood William Yarrell Hans C. Bjerring Erik Jarvik Erik Stensiö Sakana-kun Ichthyology terms...
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    North American species H. palliatus, described as eating oysters. William Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older...
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    and display in glass cases and use in hat making. English naturalist William Yarrell also reported the country practice of killing a kingfisher and hanging...
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    writings, along with Darwin's correspondence via their mutual friend William Yarrell, aided Darwin in the inception of Darwin's theory of natural selection...
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    this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Thomas Bewick William Yarrell Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows...
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    Prideaux John Selby Thomas Bewick and his History of British Birds William Yarrell ODNB P J Selby Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society...
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    Australia 1840 – Luigi Benoit publishes Ornitologia Siciliana 1843 – William Yarrell publishes History of British Birds as a whole in three volumes. It...
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  • for the English naturalist William Yarrell. Jackson, Christine E (2022). A Newsworthy Naturalist: The Life of William Yarrell. Oxford: John Beaufoy. pp...
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    southern Peru. The species' name commemorates the English naturalist William Yarrell. The Chilean woodstar has at times been placed in genus Myrtis with...
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    see Mackenzie (surname)). The current spelling was standardised by William Yarrell in 1843. The genus name is derived from the Latin name of a game bird...
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  • is a genus of lightfishes. It was named for the English naturalist William Yarrell. There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Yarrella...
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    Edward Turner Bennett (1833–1836) William Yarrell (1836–1838) John Barlow (1838–1840) William Ogilby (1840–1847) David William Mitchell (1847–1859) Philip Lutley...
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    Retrieved 2022-01-14. Hodgson, B. (22 July 1834). "[July 22, 1834 // William Yarrell, Esq., in the chair]". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London...
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  • – Belgium John Xantus – Hungary Yoshimaro Yamashina (山階芳麿) – Japan William Yarrell – England John Yealland – England Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny – Ukraine/Russia...
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    This habit was also put to use in falconry, as fancifully recorded by William Yarrell later. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc,...
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    equipment. He took advice from experts on specimen preservation including William Yarrell at the Zoological Society of London, Robert Brown at the British Museum...
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    contact with Edgar Leopold Layard in South Africa. At the suggestion of William Yarrell, Darwin began pigeon breeding at Down House to investigate varieties...
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  • Preceded by Nicholas Aylward Vigors Secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1833–1836 Succeeded by William Yarrell...
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    to protect both the birds and the tourism. The English naturalist William Yarrell wrote in 1843 that "ten or twelve years ago, Mr. Gould exhibited twenty-four...
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