Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Fauna of New Zealand : materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Islands
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
[J. Murray]
Place
Date
1843?
Physical Description
296 pages + unnumbered pages of notes ; 22 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-588 : Andrew Sinclair diaries 1823-24; 1832-34.
Subject Category
Content
Notes on the materials at present existing towards a fauna of New Zealand, by J.E. Gray.--List of Mammalia hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand, by J.E. Gray.--List of the birds hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand, Chatham, and Auckland Islands, with their synonyma, by G.R. Gray.--Descriptions of the reptiles and amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand, by J.E. Gray.--List of fish hitherto detected on the coasts of New Zealand, by John Richardson ... with the description, by J.E. Gray, esq., and Dr. Richardson, of the new species brought home by Dr. Dieffenbach.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Zoology--New Zealand--Chatham Islands]
Extracted from v. 2 of E. Dieffenbach's Travels in New Zealand, 1843. Interleaved with Dr. Andrew Sinclair's handwritten corrections and notes. Potential manuscript for second edition.
Subject Notes
Andrew Sinclair (1794-1861) was a naval surgeon, naturalist and colonial secretary: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1s12/sinclair-andrew.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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