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    first to describe the hyacinth macaw. Latham has been called the "grandfather" of Australian ornithology. John Latham was born on 27 June 1740 at Eltham...
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    included Mathurin Brisson in 1760, the Comte de Buffon in 1780, and John Latham in 1782. When the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin revised and...
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    ). Ornithology. Geological Survey of California, J.D. Whitney, State Geologist. p. 570. ISBN 978-5-87984-211-1. Ridgely, Robert S.; Gwynne, John A. Jr...
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    described in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham had examined a specimen belonging to the naturalist...
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    described in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham specified the origin of his specimen as Tanna, one...
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    English ornithologist John Latham who in 1785 had included the species in his multi-volume A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham had in turn based his own...
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    described in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham believed that his specimen had come from Hawaii...
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    illustrated in 1782 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham had in turn based his account on a drawing obtained...
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    English ornithologist John Latham who in 1785 had described and illustrated the American avocet in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham cited the earlier...
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    had been described by John Latham in 1783 and the "Unalasha bunting" that had been described by Thomas Pennant in 1785. Latham and Pennant had access...
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