"vulnerable species, and very dependent on nest protection. Bird protection non-governmental organizations participate in their protection, in collaboration with concerned landowners. Once a nest is spotted in a field, it can be safeguarded either by relocating it to a safer area or by creating a protected space which will not be harvested. In France and in the Iberian Peninsula, an average 60% of nestlings are saved by this kind of measures. Montagu's harrier The Montagu's harrier (""Circus pygargus"") is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu. The first formal"
"the research collection of the Natural History Museum in London, there is a bird specimen numbered 1886.6.24.20. This is a specimen of a kind of bird commonly known as the spotted harrier, which currently bears the scientific name ""Circus assimilis"". This particular specimen is the holotype for that species; the name ""Circus assimilis"" refers, by definition, to the species of that particular specimen. That species was named and described by Jardine and Selby in 1828, and the holotype was placed in the museum collection so that other scientists might refer to it as necessary. Note that at least for type"
"during the Late Miocene and Pliocene. The genus ""Circus"" was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. Most harriers are placed in this genus. The word ""Circus"" is derived from the Ancient Greek ""kirkos"", referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight (""kirkos"", ""circle""), probably the hen harrier. The name ""harrier"" is thought to have been derived either from Harrier (dog), or by a corruption of ""harrower"", or directly from ""harry"". ""Ring-tail"" is an informal term used by birders for the juveniles and females of several harrier species when seen in the field"
"breed of dog is recognized in 1885 by the American Kennel Club and is classified in the Hound Group. The Harrier Club of America cites the earliest description of a Harrier in ""The Chace"" by William Somervile which was written in 1735. Harrier (dog) The Harrier is a medium-sized dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting hares by trailing them. It resembles an English Foxhound but is smaller, though not as small as a Beagle. The Harrier is similar to the English Foxhound, but smaller. Harriers stand between 19 and 21 inches at the shoulder, and adults weigh"
"Edward Harris (ornithologist) Edward Harris (September 7, 1799 – June 8, 1863) was a farmer, horse breeder, philanthropist, naturalist, and ornithologist who accompanied John James Audubon on two of his expeditions to observe birds and mammals of America. Harris was commemorated by Audubon in the common names of the Harris's hawk and the Harris's sparrow, and by John Cassin in the binomial of the buff-fronted owl, ""Aegolius harrisii"". Edward Harris introduced the Percheron horse to America in 1839 and established the first Percheron breeding line in the United States. In 1798, Edward Harris, Sr. purchased a house and farm, located"
"to chase quarry into burrows and dens, demonstrating the instinctive terrier behaviour of ""going to earth"". English physician John Caius described the English terrier type in his 1577 work ""English Dogges"". By the 18th century, it was recorded that all terriers were wire haired, and black and tan in colour. The earliest record of any white terrier was a dog named Pitch, who was owned by Colonel Thomas Thornton in 1790. The dog was the subject of a painting by Sawrey Gilpin, who created a portrait of it while it was still alive. An engraving of this painting, made prior"
"the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its overall conservation status as being of ""least concern"". Nevertheless, some local populations are at risk and the population of the southern race has declined more dramatically and is cause for concern. In the United Kingdom it is one of the most threatened of all bird species. This species was first described in 1758 as ""Ardea stellaris"" by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in his ""Systema Naturae"". In 1819, the English naturalist James Francis Stephens, coined the genus ""Botaurus"" for the bitterns to distinguish them from ""Ardea"", the great herons. It"
"1786, that weight had more than doubled to 840 pounds (381 kg). However, after his death, the Dishley Longhorn was replaced with short-horn versions. He also bred the Improved Black Cart horse, which later became the Shire horse. Charles Darwin coined the term 'selective breeding'; he was interested in the process as an illustration of his proposed wider process of natural selection. Darwin noted that many domesticated animals and plants had special properties that were developed by intentional animal and plant breeding from individuals that showed desirable characteristics, and discouraging the breeding of individuals with less desirable characteristics. Darwin used"
"rorquals, particularly the fin whale (""B. physalus"") and possibly the gray (""Eschrichtius robustus""), than it is to others such as the minke. The humpback was first identified as ""baleine de la Nouvelle Angleterre"" by Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his ""Regnum Animale"" of 1756. In 1781, Georg Heinrich Borowski described the species, converting Brisson's name to its Latin equivalent, ""Balaena novaeangliae"". In 1804, Lacépède shifted the humpback from the family Balaenidae, renaming it ""B. jubartes"". In 1846, John Edward Gray created the genus ""Megaptera"", classifying the humpback as ""Megaptera longipinna"", but in 1932, Remington Kellogg reverted the species names to use"
"Harrier (dog) The Harrier is a medium-sized dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting hares by trailing them. It resembles an English Foxhound but is smaller, though not as small as a Beagle. The Harrier is similar to the English Foxhound, but smaller. Harriers stand between 19 and 21 inches at the shoulder, and adults weigh between 45 and 65 lbs. They do shed, have short hair and hanging ears, and come in a variety of color patterns. A humorous, description of a Harrier is that of ""a Beagle on steroids"" but it resembles an English Foxhound. It"
"sports are now illegal. The hare has been a traditional symbol of fertility and reproduction in some cultures, and its courtship behaviour in the spring inspired the English idiom ""mad as a March hare"". The European hare was first described in 1778 by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas. It shares the genus ""Lepus"" (Latin for ""hare"") with 31 other hare and jackrabbit species, jackrabbits being the name given to some species of hare native to North America. They are distinguished from other leporids (hares and rabbits) by their longer legs, wider nostrils and active (precocial) young. The Corsican hare, broom"
"mistress (named as Fyzbuhsh in his Will). Several species named to commemorate his work as ornithologist, naturalist and zoologist: The genus of a tree known for its hard wood, ""Hardwickia binata"", was named after him by William Roxburgh. Thomas Hardwicke Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1756 – 3 March 1835) was an English soldier and naturalist who was in India from 1777 to 1823. He collected numerous specimens of natural history and had them painted by Indian artists. From these paintings many new species were described. Several of these species are named after him. On returning to England he collaborated with the"
"by Peter Paillou. The puffadder shyshark, first described by Edwards in 1760, is now named ""Haploblepharus edwardsii"". ""Diadophis punctatus edwardsii"", a subspecies of North American snake, is named in honor of George Edwards. George Edwards (naturalist) George Edwards (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the ""father of British ornithology"". Edwards was born at Stratford, Essex. In his early years he travelled extensively through mainland Europe, studying natural history, and gained some reputation for his coloured drawings of animals, especially birds. In 1733, on the recommendation of Hans Sloane, he was appointed"
"Halcyon (genus) Halcyon () is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae. The genus ""Halcyon"" was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher (""Halcyon senegalensis""). ""Halcyon"" is a name for a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the bird nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. Two weeks of calm weather were therefore expected around the winter solstice. This myth leads"
"named after him, the Tibetan Antelope ""Pantholops hodgsonii"". He also described the pygmy hog which he gave the scientific name of ""Porcula salvania"", the species name derived from the Sal forest (""van"" in Sanskrit) habitat where it was found. He also discovered 39 species of mammals and 124 species of birds which had not been described previously, 79 of the bird species were described himself. The zoological collections presented to the British Museum by Hodgson in 1843 and 1858 contained 10,499 specimens. In addition to these, the collection also included an enormous number of drawings and coloured sketches of Indian"
"Harrier is between the Beagle and English Foxhound in size and was developed primarily to hunt hares, though the breed has also been used in fox hunting. The name, Harrier, reveals the breed's specialty. The Harrier has a long history of popularity as a working pack dog in England. The Harrier is the most commonly used hound by hunts in Ireland, with 166 harrier packs, 37 of them mounted packs and 129 of them foot packs, spread throughout the country. More commonly in Ireland it is used to hunt both foxes and hares, with some packs hunting mainly foxes. This"
"Australia. Ritvo, Harriet (1987). ""The animal estate: The English and other creatures in the Victorian age."" Cambridge MA and London: Harvard University Press. Durham Ox The Durham Ox was a steer who became famous in the early 19th century for his shape, size and weight. He was an early example of what became the Shorthorn breed of cattle, and helped establish the standards by which the breed was to be defined. The animal was born in March 1796 and was bred by Charles Colling of Ketton Hall, Brafferton near Darlington in North-East England. Colling, together with his brother Robert, who"
"these breeds interchangeably and it is possible that the two names refer to the same small variety. In George Jesse's ""Researches into the History of the British Dog"" from 1866, the early 17th-century poet and writer Gervase Markham is quoted referring to the beagle as small enough to sit on a man's hand and to the: Standards for the Pocket Beagle were drawn up as late as 1901; these genetic lines are now extinct, although modern breeders have attempted to recreate the variety. By the 18th century two breeds had been developed for hunting hare and rabbit: the Southern Hound"
"Church in Moorestown, New Jersey. Edward Harris appeared in the alternate history short story ""Audubon in Atlantis"" by Harry Turtledove. Edward Harris (ornithologist) Edward Harris (September 7, 1799 – June 8, 1863) was a farmer, horse breeder, philanthropist, naturalist, and ornithologist who accompanied John James Audubon on two of his expeditions to observe birds and mammals of America. Harris was commemorated by Audubon in the common names of the Harris's hawk and the Harris's sparrow, and by John Cassin in the binomial of the buff-fronted owl, ""Aegolius harrisii"". Edward Harris introduced the Percheron horse to America in 1839 and established"
"Harrier (bird) A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks sometimes placed in the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds. The young of the species are sometimes referred to as ring-tail harriers. They are distinctive with long wings, a long narrow tail, the slow and low flight over grasslands and skull peculiarities. The harriers are thought to have diversified with the expansion of grasslands and the emergence of C4 grasses about 6 to 8 million years ago"
"inedible objects. It is viviparous with females bearing litters of 7 young; the developing embryos are sustained via a unique globular placental structure. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the barbeled houndshark as near threatened, as heavy fishing pressure occurs throughout its range and it is used for meat and leather. The genus ""Leptocharias"" was coined by South African physician and zoologist Andrew Smith, without any associated species, in an 1838 ""Magazine of Natural History"" article by Johannes Müller and Friedrich Henle. Müller and Henle added a species a year later in their ""Systematische Beschreibung der"
"in a small outhouse in his garden, after a non-fatal suicide attempt by shooting. He is buried near his home at All Saints Church, Fulham. He is commemorated in the monotypic plant genus ""Burchellia"" R. Br. Numerous animal species were named for him: Burchell's zebra, Burchell's coucal, Burchell's sandgrouse, Burchell's courser, and the ""Eciton burchellii"" army ant. A species of African lizard, ""Pedioplanis burchelli"", is named in his honor. Burchell is denoted by the author abbreviation Burch. when citing a botanical name. William John Burchell William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist,"
"and as a consequence had put the next generation of British zoologists on much firmer ground. The next generation of British zoologists contained both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Despite his impact, today Elford Leach is remembered mainly in the scientific names of the many species that honour him. In the years up to 1850 alone 137 new species were named ""leachii"", ""leachiana"", ""leachella"", ""elfordii"", ""elfordiana"" and other variants. In the non-scientific literature he is honoured in the common names of several species. Leach's storm-petrel was named after him by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 and the blue-winged kookaburra,"
"band at the tip of the tail. John James Audubon gave this bird its English name in honor of his ornithological companion, financial supporter, and friend Edward Harris. The Harris's hawk is notable for its behavior of hunting cooperatively in packs consisting of tolerant groups, while other raptors often hunt alone. Harris hawks' social nature has been attributed to their intelligence, which makes them easy to train and have made them a popular bird for use in falconry. This medium-large hawk is roughly intermediate in size between a peregrine falcon (""Falco peregrinus"") and a red-tailed hawk (""Buteo jamaicensis""). Harris's hawks"
"William Yarrell William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work. Yarrell is best known as the author of ""The History of British Fishes"" (2 vols., 1836) and ""A History of British Birds"" featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. 1845, third ed. 1856). The latter went into several editions and was the standard reference work for a generation of British ornithologists. He described Bewick's swan in 1830, distinguishing it from the larger whooper swan. Yarrell was"
"entirely changed in 1948 due to excessive wear of the block. In 1865, J H Gurney named a species of harrier after Wolf but it was found to be an already described species. Wolf died in London, surrounded by his pet birds. He is buried in Highgate cemetery. In 2002 a new road in Mörz, ""Joseph Wolf Weg"", was named after the artist. Joseph Wolf Joseph Wolf (21 January 1820 – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and"
"types the preferred environment for most. They are “sit and wait” predators of small ground animals including large insects, rodents, snakes, and frogs, but some will also take fish. Halcyon (genus) Halcyon () is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae. The genus ""Halcyon"" was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher (""Halcyon senegalensis""). ""Halcyon"" is a name for a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the bird nested on the"
"Gardiner. The specific name, ""guppyi"", is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy. The specific name, ""herrei"", is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre. The specific name, ""manni"", is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann. The specific name, ""oorti"", is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort. The specific name, ""woodfordi"", is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford. Lepidodactylus Lepidodactylus is a large genus of small geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos. Species in the genus ""Lepidodactylus"" are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania. There are 34 described species"
"panther. ""P. concolor"" holds the Guinness record for the animal with the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone. ""Cougar"" is borrowed from the Portuguese ""çuçuarana"", via French; the term was originally derived from the Tupi language. A current form in Brazil is ""suçuarana"". In the 17th century, German naturalist Georg Marcgrave named the cat the ""cuguacu ara"". Marcgrave's rendering was reproduced in 1648 by his associate, Dutch naturalist Willem Piso. ""Cuguacu ara"" was then adopted by English naturalist John Ray in 1693. The French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1774 (probably influenced by the"
"Terrier's history. In the 17th century, when King James VI became James I of England, he sent six terriers—thought to be forerunners of the Scottish terrier—to a French monarch as a gift. His love and adoration for the breed increased their popularity throughout the world. Many dog writers after the early 19th century seem to agree that there were two varieties of terrier existing in Britain at the time—a rough-haired so-called Scotch Terrier and a smooth-haired English Terrier. Thomas Brown, in his ""Biological Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs"" (1829), states that ""the Scotch Terrier is certainly the purest in"
"species from the Eurasian golden jackal by Frédéric Cuvier in 1820, who described it as being a more elegant animal, with a more melodic voice and a less strong odour. The binomial name he chose for it was derived from the Arcadian Anthus family described by Pliny the Elder in his ""Natural History"", whose members would draw lots to become werewolves. Eduard Rüppell proposed that the animal was the ancestor of Egyptian sighthounds, and named it ""Wolf's-hund"" (wolf dog), while Charles Hamilton Smith named it ""thoa"" or ""thous dog"". An attempt was also made in 1821 to hybridise the two"
"total length (including tail) and is kept as an exotic pet. British zoologist John Edward Gray described the frill-necked lizard in 1825 as ""Clamydosaurus Kingii"", from a specimen collected by an expedition conducted by Captain Phillip Parker King from . King's specimen was obtained by his ship's botanist, Allan Cunningham at Careening Bay off the northwest coast of Australia. The generic name, ""Chlamydosaurus"", is derived from the Ancient Greek ""chlamydo"" (χλαμύς), meaning ""cloaked"" or ""mantled"", and ""saurus"" (""sauros""), meaning ""lizard"". The specific name, ""kingii"", is a Latinized form of Phillip Parker King's last name. It is the only member of"
"for the displaced congregation, and many died. Cook reported sighting on Sunday 24 June 1770 an animal which was: of a light mouse Colour and the full size of a Grey Hound, and shaped in every respect like one, with a long tail, which it carried like a Grey hound; in short, I should have taken it for a wild dog but for its walking or running, in which it jumpd like a Hare or Deer. Sir Joseph Banks entered into his journal that the natives called it a ""Kangooroo"". The animal was thereafter called by this name by Europeans"