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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    pt.2 - Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature - Biodiversity Heritage Library
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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    Is this what you are looking for? https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pI8jAQAAMAAJ
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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    As pointed out by Laurent with the Worldcat link above, Harvard University, a member of the BHL consortium, hold a copy of the German edition. The catalogue entry is here: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990053333530203941/catalog The entry reads: "Versuch eines Grundrisses zur allgemeinen...
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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    Thank you for all your sleuthing. If I could find a library with a copy that is a member of the BHL consortium, I could write to BHL and suggest they arrange for the book to be scanned and added to their collection. The members of the BHL consortium are listed here...
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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    Confusingly Merrem published a journal article in 1812-1813 with the Latin title mentioned above: "Tentamen Naturalis Systematis Avium" - see Merrem, B. (1812–1813). "Tentamen Naturalis Systematis Avium". Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der...
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    Links to digitized versions of original sources of bird names

    Where can I find a scan of the original diagnosis for the genus Aethia Merrem 1788? Peters 1934 has: Vers. Grundr. Allg. Gesch. nat. Eintheil. Vog., 1, Tentamen Nat. Syst. Av., 1788, p. 7, 13, 20. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483170 This is "Versuch eines Grundrisses zur...
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