Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Notice of the discovery by Mr Walter Mantell in the Middle Island of New Zealand, of a living specimen of the Notornis, a bird of the Rail family, allied to Brachypteryx, and hitherto unknown to naturalists except in a fossil state
Other Name
Mantell. Notornis Mantelli--Spine title. (Alternate title)
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London ; no.214 (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Zoological Society of London
Place
Date
1850
Physical Description
209-214 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
J.C. Andersen, 1949
Content
Also includes "Remarks on Notornis Mantelli" by J. Gould, p.212
Newspaper cuttings are from:
1. The Literary Gazette, and Journal of the Belle Lettres, November 1850, p.859 being comments on the proceedings of the Zoological Society.
2. Illustrated London News (no date given) entitled "The Moho ; or, Notornis Mantelli ; unique bird from New Zealand". Also includes a drawing.
3. Otago Witness, March 29, 1932 entitled "The third Notornis went to Germany" by J. Drummond
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Zoological Society of London--Periodicals]
Reprinted from the proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, no.214, 1850, followed by newspaper cuttings. No title-page.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) was an English palaeontologist. His son Walter emigrated to New Zealand in 1839 and sent Gideon important fossils from New Zealand.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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