Discovering birds : the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline, 1760-1850 /
Farber, Paul Lawrence,1944-
Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press,
1997.
Originally published: The emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline, 1760-1850. Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston, U.S.A. : D. Reidel, c1982, in series: Studies in the history of modern science.
Includes index.
Knowledge of birds in the eighteenth century -- Brisson and Buffon: ornithology 1760-1780 -- New data 1780-1830 -- Loci of new data: collections 1786-1830 -- Ornithological publications:1780-1800 -- Focus on classification: ornithology 1800-1820 -- The emergence of a discipline: ornithology 1820-1850 -- The significance of the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline.
Ornithology