Arrangement of Families of Birds Adopted Provisionally by the Smithsonian Institution

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Summary

Spencer Fullerton Baird, first curator of natural history at the Smithsonian and second Secretary of the Smithsonian (1878-1887), published the classification of birds adopted at the new United States National Museum.

Subject

United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1866

Topic

  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Birds
  • Biology
  • Collection and preservation
  • Museums
  • Taxonomists
  • National Collections
  • Birds--Collection and preservation
  • Museum techniques
  • Ornithology
  • Museum publications

Place

North America

Form/Genre

  • Classification
  • Nomenclature

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