1870 in birding and ornithology

Birds described in 1870 include Recurve-billed bushbird, Beautiful woodpecker, Philepittidae, Cantorchilus semibadius, Chinese barbet, White-naped seedeater, Belem curassow.

Events Death of Johann Heinrich Blasius

Death of Friedrich Boie

Publications George Newbold Lawrence, 1870. A Catalogue of the Birds found in Costa Rica. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 9: 86–149 Philip Lutley Sclater & Osbert Salvin, 1870. Descriptions of new Species of Birds from the United States of Columbia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt.3: 840–844, pl.53 Silvester Diggles publishes the third and last volume of The Ornithology of Australia. Daniel Giraud Elliot A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants) (1870–72) Ongoing events Theodor von Heuglin Ornithologie von Nordost-Afrika (Ornithology of Northeast Africa) (Cassel, 1869–1875) John Gould The birds of Asia 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart The Ibis

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