William Swainson

Born: 8 October 1789

Died: 6 December 1855

William Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855[1]), 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. Source Wikipedia

Born: 8 October 1789

Died: 6 December 1855

Books by William Swainson (50 max)

Fauna Boreali-Americana - Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N.

2012

Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby

Birds of Western Africa

2018

William Swainson

Books by William Swainson (50 max)

Fauna Boreali-Americana - Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N.

Birds of Western Africa

Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals

Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N. ; Pt. 1

Birds of Western Africa ...

Flycatchers.

A treatise on the geography and classification of animals.

Ornithology.

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 on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists

Exotic conchology or, Figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells, drawn on stone from the most select specimens ... : Vol. 1 (Parts 1-2)

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 2nd series

A preliminary discourse on the study of natural history.

On the natural history and classification of quadrupeds.

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

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

On the history and natural arrangement of insects.

Exotic conchology: or, Figures and description of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells drawn on stone from the most select specimens. The description systematically arranged on the principles of the natural system

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds: Volume 1

Taxidermy With the Biography of Zoologists

Treatise on Malacology; or, Shells and Shell Fish

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

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

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

Exotic Conchology Or Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, or Undescribed Shells ...

Sketch of a journey through Brazil in 1817 and 1818

Exotic conchology; or, Figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells, drawn on stone from the most select specimens ...

The naturalist's guide for collecting and preserving subjects of natural history and botany: both in temperate and tropical countries, particularly shells : with descriptions of some that are highly valuable, and directions for packing the whole with security, and passing them at the Custom House

The naturalist's guide for collecting and preserving all subjects of natural history and botany: both in temperate and tropical countries, particularly shells ...

Observations on Melania setosa: in reply to Mr. Gray

On the characters and natural affinities of several new birds from Australasia: including some observations on the Columbidæ

The characters and descriptions of several birds belonging to the genus Thamnophilus

On the genus Psaris of M. Cuvier: with an account of two new species

The characters and descriptions of several birds belonging to the genus Thamnophilus

On two new genera of birds, Formicivora and Drymophila: with descriptions of several species

On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined

Zoological Illustrations ...: Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities

Ancillaria, -Mitra

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

A preliminary discourse on the study of natural history

A treatise on the geography and classification of animals

The elements of modern conchology: briefly and plainly stated, for the use of students and travellers.

On the natural history and classification of quadrupeds

On the natural history and classification of birds

On the natural history and classification of birds

On the natural history and classification of birds

The natural history of the birds of western Africa

The natural history of the birds of Western Africa

The natural arrangement and relations of the family of flycatchers, or musicapidæ: illustrated by thirty-three coloured plates, with portrait and memoir of Baron Haller.

The natural history of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles: or, Monocardian animals

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