Article ID: CBB000932316

The Identity of the Birds Depicted in Shaw and Miller's Cimelia physica (2009)

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J. F. Miller's Icones animalium (1785) is a very rare book; only two copies (both incomplete) are known to survive. It is, however, nomenclaturally important, as some of Miller's names are the first for the species in question. A second edition was published in 1796 with a text by George Shaw. It is on this edition, entitled Cimelia physica, that much of the identification of Miller's names has been based. This author examined copies of both editions to determine whether variable colourings in different copies could have affected the identification of the species depicted. In fact, no departures from previous identifications resulted. The appendix discusses the bird plates.

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Authors & Contributors
Deniz Martinez
Vida Javidi
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
Bruno M. Goddeeris
Jennifer Garland
Boudewijn R. Goddeeris
Concepts
Natural history
Scientific illustration
Classification in biology
Ornithology
Science and art
Terminology and nomenclature
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Netherlands
Sweden
New South Wales (Australia)
Edinburgh
United States
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
National Audubon Society
Linnean Society of London
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