Henry Whitely (ornithologist)
Henry Whitely (18 June 1844,
explorer. He was particularly interested in ornithology and entomology
.
He made his first expedition to
Amazonia, and in British Guiana
,
where he resided mostly.
Among his bird discoveries are: Iolaema whitelyana Gould, Hemistephania guianensis Boucard, Milornis rupuninii Boucard and Eretnita whitelyi Boucard.
Besides
Coleoptera and Lepidoptera
, among which were many new species.
References
- ^ See notes in references from The Humming Bird and The Ibis.
- Boucard, Adolphe (1895). "Henry Whitely". The Humming Bird: A Quarterly Scientific, Artistic and Industrial Review. Band 5. Note: This source gives the date of death as "11th of July, 1893".
- "Obituary: Henry Whitely". The Ibis. Band 5, Nr. 18, 1893, S. 287โ288. Note: This source gives the date of death as "11th of July last year" (in April 1893).
- Salvin, Osbert & Sclater, Philip (1869). "On Peruvian birds collected by Mr Whitely". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 592โ596.
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