Paper, 'Observations on the dissection of a paroquett [parakeet]' by Richard Waller
Reference number: CLP/15i/37
Date: December 1688
Description
Waller, who keeps birds, describes how he dissected a parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) that had died. He first provides a description of the size and appearance of the bird before presenting observations on the bird's thorax, abdomen, larynx, heart, tongue and digestive system. Followed by one page of labelled figures, including a coloured drawing of a tail feather.
Subject: Zoology / Ornithology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations in the dissection of a paroquet, made and communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Rich. Waller'
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1688
- Reference number
- CLP/15i/37
- Earliest possible date
- December 1688
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Richard Waller, Paper, 'Observations on the dissection of a paroquett [parakeet]' by Richard Waller, December 1688, CLP/15i/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_37/paper-observations-on-the-dissection-of-a-paroquett-parakeet-by-richard-waller, accessed on 14 January 2025
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Author: Richard Waller
Date: 1st June 1694
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0031
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