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THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. EREBUS & TERROR, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N., P.R.S., DURING THEYEARS 1839 TO 1843. BY AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.

EDITED BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D, F.R.S., &c. AND JOHN EDWARD GRAY, Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c.

BIRDS.

GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, F.R.S., &c., AND R. BOWDLER SHARPB, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.,
Or The Zoological Department, British Museum.
LONDON: E. W. JANSON, 28, MUSEUM STREET, W.C. M. DCCC. XLVI .— M. DCCC. LXX V.

George Robert GRAY (1808–1872)

George Gray (1808–1872) was an English zoologist and author and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum in London for forty–one years. George Gray's most important publication was his Genera of Birds, 1844–49, which included 46,000 references.

(The Birds of New Zealand, 1844/1845) part ofThe Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror was edited by G. R. GRAY & R. Bowdler SHARPE.

It was first published in 3 parts about 1844/1845 and included 22 plates. The work remained unfinished until 1875, when the work was edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, who added an appendix and the remaining 15 plates.

The expedition of the H.M.S. Erebus and Terror took place in 1839–1845 under the command of Capt. J.C. Ross. The published results of this exploratory voyage are quite scarce. This is especially the case for the section on the Birds of New Zealand.