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    William Elford Leach FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth...
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    seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. Hydrobates is...
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  • de Lafresnaye, a French ornithologist. Lath → John Latham, an English ornithologist and naturalist. LeachWilliam Elford Leach, an English zoologist and...
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    Zapornia (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
    The genus Zapornia was introduced in 1816 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a catalogue of animals in the British Museum. He included a single...
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    the Day, Eider". Bbc.co.uk. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. Leach, William Elford (1819). Ross, John (ed.). A Voyage of Discovery made under the orders...
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    scientific name Sylviidae was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach (as Sylviadæ) in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published...
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    Finch (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
    the finch family was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum. The taxonomy of...
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    Cuckoo (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
    calls. The family Cuculidae was introduced by English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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    quality of his illustrations that he is best remembered. His friend William Elford Leach, head of zoology at the British Museum, encouraged him to experiment...
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    current genus Dacelo was introduced in 1815 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, and is an anagram of Alcedo, the Latin word for a kingfisher. The...
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    owls. The family Strigidae was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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    for the author at the College of Physicians. p. 156 Plates 156. Leach, William Elford (1819). Ross, John (ed.). A Voyage of Discovery made under the orders...
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  • Dudley Le Souef – Australia Elsie P. Leach – England William Elford Leach – England John Legg – England William Vincent Legge – Australia Johann Philipp...
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    falcon. The family Falconidae was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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    George Shaw (biologist) (category English ornithologists)
    Nodder, Elizabeth; Nodder, Richard Polydore; McMillan, Buchanan; Leach, William Elford (1789). The Naturalist's Miscellany. London: Printed for Nodder...
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    is assigned to the genus Zapornia that was introduced in 1816 by William Elford Leach. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. As an adult...
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    Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 124. Leach, William Elford (1819). Ross, John (ed.). A Voyage of Discovery made under the orders...
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  • American ornithologist who conducted Pacific bird surveys Michel Lazdunski (born 1938), French neuroscientist known for work on ion channels William Elford Leach...
    165 KB (20,745 words) - 23:15, 27 April 2024
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    Columbidae (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
    'Columbidae' for the family was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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    Wied-Neuwied describes the yellow-legged tinamou Leach's storm petrel named after William Elford Leach by Coenraad Jacob Temminck without Temminck being...
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