1848 in birding and ornithology

Wilhelm Gueinzius ornithological collection sold to the museum of Leipzig University
Ludwig Becker leaves Germany during the 1848 revolution. Many scientists left Europe at this time.
Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson and William Allen publish A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the river Niger, in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N
Hugh Edwin Strickland publishes The Dodo and its Kindred
Death of Ludwig Leichhardt
Joseph Wolf arrives in London and begins work at the British Museum

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