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William Swainson

William Swainson

Born

8 October 1789

Died

6 December 1855

Works

24

William Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist. A prolific collector of natural history specimens he produced an influential illustrated classification of birds based on the quinarian system that was then in fashion. He settled in New Zealand in later life.

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Books

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Fauna Boreali-Americana Or, the Zoology

Fauna Boreali-Americana Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

William Swainson

Birds of Western Africa

Birds of Western Africa

William Swainson

A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals

A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals

William Swainson

Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

William Swainson

Ornithology

Ornithology

William Swainson

Birds of western Africa

Birds of western Africa

William Swainson

Flycatchers

Flycatchers

William Swainson

A treatise on the geography and classification of animals

A treatise on the geography and classification of animals

William Swainson

A preliminary discourse on the study of

A preliminary discourse on the study of natural history

William Swainson

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds

William Swainson

Treatise on Malacology; or, Shells and S

Treatise on Malacology; or, Shells and Shell Fish

William Swainson

Exotic conchology

Exotic conchology

William Swainson

The natural arrangement and relations of

The natural arrangement and relations of the family of flycatchers, or Muscicapidæ

William Swainson

On the history and natural arrangement of insects

On the history and natural arrangement of insects

William Swainson

On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles

On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles

William Swainson

On the Natural History and Classificatio

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds; V. 1 (1836)

William Swainson

Zoological Illustrations, or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities; V. 1

Zoological Illustrations, or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities; V. 1

William Swainson

Zoological Illustrations, or, Original F

Zoological Illustrations, or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities; V. 3

William Swainson

Exotic conchology

Exotic conchology

William Swainson

Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities

Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities

William Swainson

Exotic Conchology

Exotic Conchology

William Swainson

Taxidermy

Taxidermy

William Swainson

Botanical report of William Swainson, Es

Botanical report of William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S.

William Swainson

Zoological illustrations

Zoological illustrations

William Swainson

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