Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, Volume 2

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This memoir deals with the people and institutions which changed the face of modern ornithology in Australia, New Zealand, and the surrounding region.

Contents

Chapter 1. Conservation Through Knowledge: A Short History of the First National Ornithologists' Society in Australia   1
Chapter 2. Depletion of the Avifauna of the North Island of New Zealand: An 1840s Perspective   51
Chapter 3. Growth and Life Stages of Ornithology in Museum Victoria   89
Chapter 4. 180 years of Stuff Birds: Ornithology at the Australian Museum   141
Chapter 5. A History of Ornithology at Canterbury Museum   267
Chapter 6. Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: Their Ornithology and Museum   327
Chapter 7. A History of Environmental Ornithology at the Australian Museum   395
Chapter 8. History of Australian Ornithology in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean   427

Index   499

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