English zoologist and ornithologist (1829-1907)

Life of Alfred Newton : professor of comparative anatomy, Cambridg university, 1866-1907 / by A.F.R. Wollaston, with a preface by Sir Archibald Geikie.

A dictionary of birds / by Alfred Newton ; assisted by Hans Gadow ; with contributions from Richard Lydekker, Charles S. Roy, and Robert W. Shufeldt.

On a picture supposed to represent the Didine Bird of the island of Bourbon (Réunion) / by Alfred Newton.

A history of British birds / by William Yarrell.

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Alfred Newton

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A dictionary of birds / by Alfred Newton ; assisted by Hans Gadow ; with contributions from Richard Lydekker, Charles S. Roy, and Robert W. Shufeldt.

On a picture supposed to represent the Didine Bird of the island of Bourbon (Réunion) / by Alfred Newton.

A history of British birds / by William Yarrell.