Fauna Boreali-Americana; Or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America - Volume 2

Sir John Richardson (17871865) Surgeon Naturalist And Arctic Explorer Went On Sir John Franklin''S First Two Arctic Expeditions As Ship''S Doctor And Naturalist And Made Observations And Collected A Large Number Of Plant And Animal Specimens From The Canadian Arctic. On His Return To England After The Second Expedition He Began To Write This Four-Volume Work Of Natural History First Published Between 1829 And 1837. A Volume Is Dedicated To Each Of The Classes Of Mammal Bird Fish And Insect Which Are Found In The Canadian Arctic. This Work Is An Interesting Example Of Pre-Darwinian Natural History Full Of Detailed Descriptions Of The Appearance Anatomy And Behaviour Of The Different Species. Volume 2 Was First Published In 1831 And Focuses On The Species Of Birds Found In The Canadian Arctic. It Was Co-Authored With Naturalist And Illustrator William Swainson (17891855) And Contains Many Illustrations.