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
By
Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Mantell, Walter Baldock Durant 1820-1895
, contributor
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
1850
Notes
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
Also includes "Remarks on Notornis Mantelli" by J. Gould, p.212
Reprinted from the proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, no.214, 1850.
Newspaper cuttings at the end of book.
No title-page.
Subjects
Takahē
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155238
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q115110431
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