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    William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for...
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    William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialised, three sheets (=48 pages)...
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    Chhattisgarhi. Its scientific name commemorates the English naturalist William Yarrell. The species is frequently taxonomically confused with B. bagarius...
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    the other Arctic swan species. Bewick's swan was named in 1830 by William Yarrell after the engraver Thomas Bewick, who specialised in illustrations...
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    A History of British Fishes is a natural history book by William Yarrell, serialised in nineteen parts from 1835, and then published bound in two volumes...
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    palliatus, which he described as eating oysters. The English zoologist William Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older...
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    ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Yarrell, William (1843). A History of British Birds. London: John Van Voorst. pp. 302–306. Lockwood, William Burley (1993) [1984]...
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    The binomial of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist William Yarrell. The Yellow-faced siskin was described in 1839 by John James Audubon...
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    North American species H. palliatus, described as eating oysters. William Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older...
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    neighbouring European mainland. The pied wagtail, named for naturalist William Yarrell, exchanges the grey colour of the nominate form with black (or very...
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