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Nadachowski, A., Harrison, D. L., Szyndlar, Z., Tomek, T. & Wolsan, M. 1993. Late Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Oblazowa 2 Carpathians, Poland): palaeoecological reconstruction. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36:281-290. PDF

Nadachowski, A., Madeyska, T., Rook, E., Rzebik-Kowalska, B., Stworzewicz, E., Szyndlar, Z., Tomek, T. 1989. Holocene snail and vertebrate fauna from Nad Mosurem Starym Duza Cave (Grodzisko near Cracow): palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 32:495-520. PDF

Nagaoka, L. A. 2000. Resource Depression, Extinction, and Subsistence Change in Prehistoric Southern New Zealand. Unpublished Ph. D. Dissertation, Washington University. PDF

Nagaoka, L. A. 2005. Declining foraging efficiency and moa carcass exploitation in southern New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:1328-1338. PDF

NEW! Nathusius, W. 1886. Über das fossile Ei von Struthiolithus chersonensis Brandt. Zoologischer Anzeiger 9:47-50. PDF

Navas, L. 1922. Algunos fosiles de Libros (Teruel). Boletin de la Sociedad Ibérica de Ciencias Naturales 21(4):52-61. PDF

Navas, L. 1922. Algunos fosiles de Libros (Teruel). Adiciones y correcciones. Boletin de la Sociedad Ibérica de Ciencias Naturales 21(4):172-174. PDF

Neave, S. A. (ed.) 2004. Nomenclator Zoologicus, Volume 1-10. PNG/PDF

NEW! Nehring, A. 1878. Die quaternären Faunen von Thiede und Westeregeln. Archiv für Anthropologie 11:1-24. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Nehring, A. 1879. Die Fossilreste der Mikrofauna aus den oberfränkischen Höhlen. Beiträge zur Anthropologie und Urgeschichte Bayerns 2:229-237. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Nehring, A. 1880. [Mitteilung über das Vorkommen von fossilen Auerhühnern, Birkhühnern und Schneehühnern im Diluvium Deutschlands]. Jahresber. Ver. Naturwiss. Braunschweig 1:42-45. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Nehring, A. 1880. Übersicht über vierundzwanzig mitteleuropäische Quartär-Faunen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 32:468-509. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Nehring, A. 1884. Über diluviale Reste von Schnee-Eule und Schnepfe (Nyctea nivea Daud. und Scolopax rusticola L.). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Zur Berlin 1884:100-107. PDF

NEW! Nehring, A. 1889. Über plistozänen Steppenfaunen (Thiede). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Zur Berlin 1889:37-50. PDF

Nehring, A. 1889. Die Transport tierischer Reste durch Vögel und seine Bedeutung für Geologie und Paläontologie. Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift 4:233-235. PDF

Nehring, A. 1889. Diluviale Wirbeltierreste von Pössneck in Thüringen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1889:1:205-214. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Nehring, A. 1891. Über Tundren und Steppen der Jetzt- und Vorzeit. Berlin, pp. 257. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Nehring, A. 1897. Die pleistocäne Fauna der belgischen Höhlen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Zur Berlin 1897:74-77. PDF

Nehring, A. 1902. Über die Tundren-, Steppen- und Waldfaunen aus der Grotte "Zum Schweizersbild" bei Schaffhausen. Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift 8:91-93. PDF

Nehring, A. 1905. Diluviale Wirbeltier-Reste aus einer Schlote des Seveckenberges bei Quedlinburg. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 56:290-303. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Nesov, L. A. 1992. Mesozoic and Paleogene birds of the USSR and their paleoenvironments. In: Campbell, K. E., Jr. (ed.): Papers in avian paleontology honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Science Series) 36:465-478. PDF

NEW! Nesov, L. A. & Yarkov, A. A. 1989. Novyye ptitsy mela-paleogena SSSR i nektoryye zamechaniya po istorii vozniknoveniya i evolyutsii klaasa. [New birds from the Cretaceous-Paleogene of the USSR and some remarks on the history of the origin and evolution of the class Aves.] [in Russian]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 197:78-97. PDF

NEW! Nesov, L. A. & Yarkov, A. A. 1993. [Hesperornithiformes in Russia.] Russkii Ornitologicheskii Zhurnal 2(1):37-54. PDF

NEW! Newman, A. 1866. (Note on an interesting discovery of Didine bones in Mauritius.) Ibis (2) 2:128. PDF

Newman, E. 1848. [Review of The Dodo and its Kindred by STRICKLAND and MELVILLE]. Zoologist 1848:2259-2265. PDF

NEW! Newman, E. 1862. Note on the possible Existence of a huge Bird allied to the Moa. Zoologist 1862:7847. PDF

NEW! Newman, E. 1864. Struthionoidous Birds, Extinct and Recent. Zoologist 1864:9188-9190. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newman, E. 1868-69. The Death of Species I-IV. Zoologist 1868. I. p. 1345-1358; II. 1385-1395; III. 1869. 1529-1542; IV. 1784-1795. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, A. 1861. Abstract of Mr. J. WOLLEYs Researches in Iceland respecting the Garefowl. Ibis (1) 3:374-399. PDF

Newton, A. 1865. On some recently discovered bones of the largest known species of Dodo (Didus nazarenus BARTLETT). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3)5:199-201. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, A. 1872. On an undescribed Bird from the Island of Rodriguez. Ibis (3) 2:31-34. PDF

Newton, A. 1873. Second supplementary report on the extinct birds of the Mascarene islands. Zoologist 1873:3448-3449. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, A. 1878. (Exhibition of, and remarks upon a stone supposed to be from the gizzard of Pezophaps solitaria). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878:291-292. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, A. 1878. Zoological Geography - Didus and Didunculus. Nature (London) 18:251. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, A. 1879. Gare Fowl. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica Editio 9, Vol. 10:78-80. HTML

Newton, A. 1893. Palaeontological discovery in Australia. Nature (London) 47:606. PDF

NEW! Newton, A. 1893. Mr. H. O. Forbes's discoveries in the Chatham Islands. Nature (London) 48:101, 150. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, A. & Gadow, H. F. 1910. Dodo. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Ed. Vol 8:370-372. HTML

Newton, A. & Newton, E. 1870. On the osteology of the Solitaire or Didine Bird of the Island of Rodriguez, Pezophaps solitaria (GMEL). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 159:327-362. PDF/TIFF

NEW! Newton, A. & Newton, E. 1876. On the Psittaci of the Mascarene Islands. Ibis (3) 6:281-289. PDF

Newton, A., Gadow, H., Lydekker, R., Roy C. S. & Shufeldt, R. W. 1893-96. A Dictionary of Birds. London, Adam and Charles Black. Vol. I-IV. pp. 124+1088. DejaVu/PDF/TXT

Newton, A., Tristram, H. B. & Sclater, P. L. 1867. Report on the extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands. Report of the 36th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Nottingham pp. 401-402. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. 1866. On a remarkable discovery of bones of Didus in the island of Rodriguez. Report of the 35th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham p. 92. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1867. [Pezophaps bones from Rodriguez.] Ibis (2) 3:146. PDF

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1882. Notes on the Vertebrata of the pre-Glacial Forest Bed series of the east of England. Part VI - Aves, Reptilia and Amphibia. Geological Magazine (2) 9:7-9. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. 1883. On the remains of a red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn., from the ¤Mundesley River bed. Geological Magazine (2) 10:97-100. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1885. Gastornis klaasseni Newton, a gigantic bird from the Lower Eocene of Croydon. Geological Magazine (3) 2:362-364. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1887. Note on some recent additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Norfolk "Preglacial Forest Bed". Geological Magazine (3) 4:145-147. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1889. (Exhibition of a tibio-tarsus of an extinct bird (Gastornis klaasseni) from the Woolwich beds of Croydon). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889:220. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. 1890. Note on the bones of small birds obtained by Professor Nation from below the Nitrate-beds of Peru. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890:375-376. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. 1890. On the reported discovery of dodo's bones in a cavern in Mauritius. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890:402-403. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. 1891. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain. Mem. Geol. Surv. UK (Aves pp. 83-85). PDF

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1894. The Vertebrate Fauna collected by Mr. Lewis Abbott from the Fissure near Ightham, Kent. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 50:188-211. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. 1899. Additional Notes on the Vertebrate Fauna of the Rock-Fissure at Ightham, Kent. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 55:419-429. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Newton, E. T. & Clark, J. W. 1879 On the osteology of the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria Gmel.). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 168, Extra Vol. 438-451, Tab. 44-50. PDF/TIFF

NEW! Newton, E. T. & Gadow, H. 1892. (Abstract of a Memoir on some Bones of the Dodo and other Extinct Birds of Mauritius recently obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892:543-545. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Newton, E. T. & Gadow, H. 1894. Sur les os du Dodo, et sur des os d'autres oiseaux éteintes de Maurice. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zool. Paléont.) (7) 6:215-246. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Nikhbakht, N & McLachlan, J. C. 1999. Restoring avian wing digits. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 266:1101-1104. PDF

Niven, L. 2007. From carcass to cave: Large mammal exploitation during the Aurignacian at Vogelherd, Germany. Journal of Human Evolution 53:362-382. PDF

NEW! Noack, T. 1880. [Die Bedeutung des Hesperornis regalis für die Descendanzteorie]. Jahresber. Ver. Naturwiss. Braunschweig 1:89-96. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Nopcsa, F. von 1925. Bemerkungen zu Petronievics seinen Arbeiten über Archaeopteryx. Annales Géologiques de la Péninsule Balkanique 8(2):105-111. HTML

Norell, M. A. 2001. The Proof Is in the Plumage. Natural History 110(7):58-XX. HTML ,  Also here

Norell, M. A. & Clarke, J. A. 2001. Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution. Nature (London) 409:181-184. PDF

Norell, M. A., Ji, Q., Gao, K., Yuan, C., Zhao, Y. & Wang, L. 2002. Palaeontology: 'Modern' feathers on a non-avian dinosaur. Nature (London) 416:36-37. PDF

Norell, M. A., Makovicky, P. & Clark, J. M. 1997. A Velociraptor wishbone. Nature (London) 389(6650):447. PDF

Nores, M. 1994. Quaternary vegetational changes and bird differentiation in subtropical South America. Auk 111(2):499-503. DejaVu    PDF

Noriega, J. I. 1991. Un nuevo género de Furnariidae (Aves: Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno inferior-medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ameghiniana 28:317-323. PDF

Noriega, J. I. & Areta, J. I. 2005. First record of Sarcoramphus Dumeril 1806 (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) from the Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 20(1-2):73-79. PDF

Noriega, J. I. & Chiappe, L. M. 1993. An Early Miocene passeriform from Argentina. Auk 110:936-938. DejaVu    PDF

Noriega, J. I. & Tambussi, C. P. 1995. A Late Cretaceous Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes) from Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula: Paleobiogeographic implications. Ameghiniana 32(1):57-61. PDF

Northcote, E. M. 1984. Crane Grus fossils from the Maltese Pleistocene. Palaeontology 27:729-735. PDF

Northcote, E. M. 1988. An extinct 'Swan-Goose' from the Pleistocene of Malta. Palaeontology 31:725-740. PDF

Nudds, R. L, Dyke, G. J. & Rayner, J. M. V. 2004. Forelimb proportions and the evolutionary radiation of Neornithes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B:(Suppl.) 271:324-327. PDF,  Also here

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Oberholser, H. C. 1899. Some untenable names in ornithology. Proceedings of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia 51:201-216. PDF

Oberholser, H. C. 1917. Mutanda ornithologica 1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30:75-76. PDF

Occhietti, S., Chartier, M., Hillaire-Marcel, C., Cournoyer, M., Cumbaa, S. L. & Harington, C. R. 2001. Champlain sea paleoenvironments in the Quebec City area, 11,300-9,750 BP: The Saint-Nicolas site (Quebec). Geographie Physique et Quaternaire 55(1):23-46 PDF

O'Connor, P. M. & Claessens, L. 2005. Basic avian pulmonary design and flow-through ventilation in non-avian theropod dinosaurs. Nature (London) 436:253-256. PDF

Okamura, Y & Takahashi, K. 1993. Fossil foot prints of a bird from the Kobiwako Group, central Japan. Fossils (Tokyo) 55:9-15. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1972. A Whooping Crane from the Pleistocene of North Florida. Condor 74:341. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1973. Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152:1-53. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1974. [Review of] Joel Cracraft. Systematics and Evolution of the Gruiformes (Class Aves). 3. Phylogeny of the Suborder Grues. Auk 91:862-865. (9 October) DejaVu PDF

Olson, S. L. 1974. A Reappraisal of the Fossil Heron Palaeophoyx columbiana McCoy. Auk 91:179-180. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1974. Tantalus milneedwardsii Shufeldt - A Synonym of the Miocene Pheasant Miophasianus altus (Milne-Edwards). Wilson Bulletin 86:110-113. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1974. Telecrex Restudied: A Small Eocene Guineafowl. Wilson Bulletin 86:246-250. DejaVu  PDF,  Also here

Olson, S. L. 1974. The Pleistocene Rails of North America. Condor 76:169-175. DejaVu  PDF,  Also here

Olson, S. L. 1975. A review of the extinct rails of the New Zealand region (Aves: Rallidae). National Museum of New Zealand Records 1(3):63-79. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1975. An Evaluation of the supposed Anhinga of Mauritius. Auk 92:374-376. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1975. Ichthyornis in the Cretaceous of Alabama. Wilson Bulletin 87:103-105. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23, 49 pages. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. A Jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(19):259-264. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. Fossil Woodcocks: an extinct species from Puerto Rico and an invalid species from Malta (Aves: Scolopacidae: Scolopax). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89:265-74. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. An Erroneous Fossil Record of Chionis from Australia. Emu 76:90. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. [Letter in response to R. J. Scarlett's on the status of Gallirallus hartreei]. Notornis 23:79. (March) PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. Oligocene fossils bearing on the origins of the Todidae and the Momotidae (Aves: Coraciiformes). In: Olson, S. L. (Ed.), Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27: 111-119. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1976. Alexander Wetmore and the Study of Fossil Birds. Publications in Avian Paleontology by Alexander Wetmore. Index to Fossil Avian Taxa Described by Alexander Wetmore. In: Storrs L. Olson, editor. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27:xi-xxvi PDF

Olson, S. L. [Editor] 1976. Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27: xxvi + 211 pages. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1977. A Great Auk, Pinguinis [sic], from the Pliocene of North Carolina (Aves: Alcidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90:690-697. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1977. A Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 35:1-33. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1980. The Significance of the Distribution of the Megapodiidae. Emu 80:21-24. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1981. The museum tradition in ornithology - a response to Ricklefs. Auk 98:193-195. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1982. Fossil Birds of the Bahamas. Bahamas Naturalist, 6(1):33-37. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1982. A Critique of Cracraft's Classification of Birds. Auk 99:733-739. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1982. A New Species of Palm Swift (Tachornis: Apodidae) from the Pleistocene of Puerto Rico. Auk 99:230-235, 2 figures, 1 table. (14 April) DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. [Editor] 1982. Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 48: 65 pages. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1983. Evidence for a Polyphyletic Origin of the Piciformes. Auk 100:126-133. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1984. A brief synopsis of the fossil birds from the Pamunkey River and other Tertiary marine deposits in Virginia. In: Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain. Guidebook for the 1984 Field Trip (L. W. Ward and K. Krafft, eds. ), pp. 217-223. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geol. Assoc. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1984. The Relationships of the Extinct Chatham Island Eagle. Notornis 31:273-277. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1984. A Hamerkop from the Early Pliocene of South Africa. (Aves: Scopidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97:736-740. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1984. Evidence of a Large Albatross in the Miocene of Argentina (Aves: Diomedeidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97:741-743. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1985. A New Species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary Cave Deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:526-532. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1985. Faunal Turnover in South American Fossil Avifaunas: The Insufficiencies of the Fossil Record. Evolution 39(5):1174-1177. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1985. The fossil Record of Birds. In: Farner, D. S., King, J. R. & Parkes, K. C. (eds.): Avian Biology 8:79-238; New York (Academic Press). PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1985. Fossil Seabirds and Marine Environments [Reply to M. R. Cooper and M. P. Stuart Irwin]. South African Journal of Science 81(6):290-291. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1985. A New Genus of Tropicbird (Pelecaniformes: Phaethontidae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:851-855. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1986. Emendation of the Name of the Fossil Rail Rallus hodgeni Scarlett. Notornis 33:32. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1986. A replacement name for the fossil penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves: Spheniscidae). Journal of Paleontology 60:785. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1987. More on the Name Rallus hodgenorum. Notornis 34:167-168. (June) PDF

Olson, S. L. 1991. The Fossil Record of the Genus Mycteria (Ciconiidae) in North America. Condor 93:1004-1006. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1993. In memoriam: Pierce Brodkorb, 1908-1992. Auk 110:911-915. DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. 1993. Index to Brodkorb's Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Special Publication 1, 78 pp. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1994. A giant Presbyornis (Aves: Anseriformes) and other birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(3):429-435. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 1999. A new species of Pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112:503-509. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1999. Early Eocene birds from eastern North America: a faunule from the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia. In: Weems, R. E. & Grimsley, G. J. (eds): Early Eocene Vertebrates and Plants from the Fisher/Sullivan Site (Nanjemoy Formation) Stafford County, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152. PDF

Olson, S. L. (ed.) 1999. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century. Proc. of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1999. The Anseriform Relationships of Anatalavis Olson and Parris (Anseranatidae), with a New Species from the Lower Eocene London Clay. In: Olson, S. L. (ed.): Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century. Proc. of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:231-243. PDF

Olson, S. L. 1999. Laysan Rail, Hawaiian Rail. In: Poole, A. & Gill, B. J. (eds.): Birds of North America, No 426, 20 pp. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 2000. Countdown to Piltdown at National Geographic: the rise and fall of Archaeoraptor. Backbone. Newsletter of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History 13(2):1-3. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2000. Red-shouldered Hawk in the Bahamas: Calohierax quadratus Wetmore synonymized with Buteo lineatus (Gmelin). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1):298-301. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2003. First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves, Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(3):732-736. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2004. A fossil of the Great Auk (Penguinus impennis) from Middle Pleistocene deposits on Bermuda. Atlantic Seabirds 5(2):81-84. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2004. Taxonomic review of the fossil Procellariidae (Aves, Procellariiformes) described from Bermuda by R. W. Shufeldt. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117(4):575-581. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 2005. Correction of erroneous Records of Cormorants from Archeological Sites in Alaska. Condor 107(4):930-933. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2005. Refutation of the Historical Evidence for a Hispniolan Macaw (Aves: Psittacidae: Ara). Caribbean Journal of Science 41(2):319-323. PDF

Olson, S. L. 2006. Fossil evidence of the Rufous Crab-Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) in Jamaica. Journal of Raptor Research 40(4):284-287.PDF

Olson, S. L. 2006. Birds, including extinct species, encountered by the Malaspina Expedition on Vava'u, Tonga, in 1793. Archives of Natural History 33(1):42-52.PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 2007. Alca antiqua (Marsh 1870), an invalid combination for a fossil auk (Alcidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127(3):225. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 2008. A new genus and species of buteonine hawk from Quaternary deposits in Bermuda (Aves : Accipitridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121(1):130-141. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. 2008. A new species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a middle Pleistocene deposit on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121(3):398-409. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Alvarenga, H. M. F. 2002. A new Genus of small teratorn from the Middle Tertiary of the Taubaté Basin, Brazil (Aves:Teratornithidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(4):701-705. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Daniels M. 1994. (Untitled report). Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Information Letter 8:10. HTML

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Eller, K. G. 1989. A New Species of Painted snipe (Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, South-western Cape Province, South Africa. Ostrich 60:118-121. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Farrand, J. Jr 1974. Rhegminornis Restudied: A Tiny Miocene Turkey. Wilson Bulletin 86:114-120. DejaVu  PDF,  Also here

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Feduccia, A. 1979. Flight Capability and the Pectoral Girdle of Archaeopteryx. Nature (London) 278:247-248. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Feduccia, A. 1980. Presbyornis and the Origin of the Anseriformes (Aves: Charadriomorphae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 323:1-24. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Feduccia, A. 1980. Relationships and Evolution of Flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 316:1-73. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Gillette, D. D. 1978. Catalogue of Type Specimens of Fossil Vertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Part III: Birds. Proceedings of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia 129:99-100. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Hasegawa, Y. 1979. Fossil counterparts of giant penguins from the North Pacific. Science 206:688-689. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Hasegawa, Y. 1985. A Femur of Plotopterum from the Early Middle Miocene of Japan (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C, 11(3):137-140. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Hasegawa, Y. 1996. A New Genus and two New Species of Gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves, Pelecaniformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):742-751. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Hearty, P. J. 2003. Probable extirpation of a breeding colony of short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) on Bermuda by Pleistocene sea-level rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100:12825-12830 PDF  HTML,  and here,  and here

Olson, S. L. & Hilgartner, W. B. 1982. Fossil and Subfossil Birds from the Bahamas. In: Storrs L. Olson, editor. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 48:22-56. PDF

Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1982. Prodromus of the Fossil Avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365:1-59. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1982. Fossil Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Evidence for Wholesale Extinction by Man Before Western Contact. Science 217:633-635. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1984. The role of Polynesians in the extinction of the avifauna of the Hawaiian islands. In: Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G. (eds.), Quaternary extinctions: a prehistoric revolution. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 768-780. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1989. Fragile Outposts. In: Jake Page and Eugene S Morton. Lords of the Air, pp. 110-115. Washington, D.C.. Smithsonian Books. PDF

Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1991. Descriptions of Thirty-two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. Non-passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs, 45:1-88. PDF,  Also here

Olson, S. L. & James, H. F. 1997. Prehistoric status and distribution of the Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), with the first fossil record from Kauai. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 49:65-69. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Jouventin, P. 1996. A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island Southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas). Condor 98:1-9. DejaVu  PDF,  Also here

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Kurochkin, E. N. 1987. Fossil Evidence of A Tapaculo in the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves: Passeriformes: Scytalopodidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:353-357. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Lund, J. N. 2007. Whalers and woggins: a new vocabulary for interpreting some early accounts of the great auk and penguins. Archives of natural history 34(1):69-78.PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Maíz López, E. J. 2008. New evidence of Ara autochthones from an archeological site in Puerto Rico: a valid species of West Indian macaw of unknown geographical origin (Aves: Psittacidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 44(2):215-222. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Matsuoka, H. 2005. New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1046:1-15. PDF

Olson, S. L., Overstreet, L., Lund, J. N. 2007. An Alca-bibliographical study of The English pilot: the history of its account of the great auk (Alcidae: Pinguinus impennis). Archives of natural history 34(1):79-86. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Parris, D. C. 1987. The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 63: 22 pages. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Pregill, G. K. 1982. Introduction to the Paleontology of Bahaman Vertebrates. In: Storrs L. Olson, editor. Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 48:1-7. PDF

Olson, S. L., Pregill, G. K. & Hilgartner, W. B. 1990. Studies on Fossil and Extant Vertebrates from San Salvador (Watling's) Island, Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 508:1-15. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, D. T. 1986. The Paleoenvironment of the Earliest Hominoids: New Evidence from the Oligocene Avifauna of Egypt. Science 233:1202-1204. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, P. C. 2001. Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. In: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III, edited by C. E. Ray and D. J. Bohaska. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:233-365. PDF

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Suárez, W. 2008. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) from the Pleistocene of Cuba: a New Subfamily for the West Indies. Waterbirds 31(2):285-288. PDF

Olson, S. L., Swift, C. C. & Mokhiber, C. 1979. An Attempt to Determine the Prey of the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis). Auk 96:790-792. (4 December) DejaVu  PDF

Olson, S. L. & Walker, C. A. 1997. A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves: Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(4):624-628. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Warheit, K. I. 1988. A new genus for Sula abbotti. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 108(1):9-12. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Wetmore, A. 1976. Preliminary Diagnoses of Two Extraordinary New Genera of Birds from Pleistocene Deposits in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(18):247-258. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Wingate, D. B. 2000. Two new species of flightless rails (Aves Rallidae) from the Middle pleistocene "crane fauna" of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(2):356-368. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Wingate, D. B. 2001. A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris/elegans complex (Aves: Rallidae) from the late Pleistocene of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(2):509-516. PDF

Olson, S. L. & Wingate, D. B. 2006. A new species of night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(2):326-337.PDF

Olson, S. L., Wingate, D. B., Hearty, P. J. & Grady, F. V. 2005. Prodromus of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Geochronology of Bermuda. Proceedings Of The International Symposium "Insular Vertebrate Evolution: The Palaeontological Approach" September 16-19 Mallorca. Monografies De La Societat D'història Natural De Les Balears 12:219-232. PDF,  Also here

NEW! Olson, S. L. & Ziegler, A. C. 1995. Remains of land birds from Lisianski Island, with observations on the terrestrial avifauna of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 49:111-125. PDF

Ono, K. 1980. Comparative Osteology of Three Species of Japanese Cormorants of the Genus Phalacrocorax (Aves, Pelecaniformes). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C, 6(4):129-151. PDF

Ono, K. 1980. Pliocene tubinare bird from Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13:29-34. PDF

Ono, K. 1985. Fossil wading birds from Northeast Honshu, Japan. Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan Sempo = Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 17:39-46. PDF

Ono, K. 1989. A bony-toothed bird from the Middle Miocene, Chichibu Basin, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C: Geology & Paleontology = Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan Kenkyu Hokoku, C Rui: Chishitsugaku, Koseibutsugaku 15:33-38. PDF

Ono, K., Mishima H., Mano, K., Kurokawa, A. & Kinugawa, T. 1984. Concerning the occurrence of a fossil loon in the Late Pleistocene of Imba County, Chiba Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C: Geology & Paleontology = Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan Kenkyu Hokoku, C Rui: Chishitsugaku, Koseibutsugaku 10(3):123-129. PDF

Ono, K. & Ueno, T. 1985. Tertiary fossil vertebrates from Sado Island. Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan Sempo = Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 18:65-72. PDF

Orr, R. T. 1940. Another record of Puffinus diatomicus. Auk 57:105. DejaVu  PDF

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Ösi, A. 2006. Iharkút, the first Hungarian Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate locality. Hantkeniana 5:116-120. PDF

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Ostrom, J. H., Poore, S. O. & Goslow, G. E. Jr 1999. Humeral rotation and Wrist Supination: Important Functional Complex for the evolution of Powered Flight in Birds? In: Olson, S. L. (ed.): Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century. Proc. of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:301-309. PDF

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NEW! Oustalet, E. 1896. Notice sur la faune ornithologique ancienne et moderné des îles Mascareignes et en particulier de l'île Maurice d'après des documents inédits. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zool. Paléont.) (8) 3:1-128. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Oustalet, E. 1901. A. Milne-Edwards. Ornis 11:465-475. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

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Owen, R. 1843. Letter from Rev. W. C. Cotton on birds sent by Rev. W. Williams to Dr. Buckland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1843, Pt II, p. 1. PDF

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Owen, R. 1843. Remains of Dinornis novaezealandiae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12:444-446. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1844. Note sur des ossemens fossiles d'un animal gigantesque de la famille des Autruches. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zool.) 1844. 188-189. PDF

Owen, R. 1844. On Dinornis, an extinct genus of tridactyle Struthious birds, with descriptions of portions of the skeleton of five species which formerly existed in New Zealand. (Part I) Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3:235-275. PDF

Owen, R. 1845. On the extinct mammals of Australia, with additional observations on the genus Dinornis of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16:142-143. PDF

Owen, R. 1846. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. London, John Van Voorst, xlvi + 558 pp. (Aves pp. 545-558.). PDF ,  Also here,  and here

Owen, R. 1846. Über die angeblichen Dinornis-Nester in Neuseeland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846:768. PDF

Owen, R. 1846. On the supposed fossil bones of Birds from the Wealden. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2:96-102. PDF

Owen, R. 1846. (On the Dinornis (Part II), descriptive of parts of the skeleton transmitted from New Zealand since the reading of Part I). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14:46-49. PDF

Owen, R. 1846. (Appendix to Memoir on the Dinornis. Observations on the skull and the osteology of the foot of the Dodo). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14:51-53. PDF

Owen, R. 1846. On Dinornis (Part II): containing descriptions of portions of the skull, the sternum and other parts of the skeleton of the species previously determined, with osteological evidences of three additional species, and of a new genus, Palapteryx. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3:307-328. PDF, and here

Owen, R. 1848. On the remains of the gigantic and presumed extinct wingless or terrestrial birds of New Zealand (Dinornis and Palapteryx), with indication of two other genera (Notornis and Nestor). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16(180):1-11. PDF

Owen, R. 1848. On Dinornis (Part III): Containing a description of the skull and beak of that genus, and of the same characteristic parts of Palapteryx, and of two other genera of birds, Notornis and Nestor forming part of an extensive series of ornithic remains discovered.... Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3:345-378. PDF, and here

Owen, R. 1850. On the gigantic birds of New Zealand, and on the geographical distribution of animals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 5:147-152. PDF

Owen, R. 1850. [Proceedings of a meeting: Memoir on gigantic, wingless birds of New Zealand, communicated; read Feb. 26 1850]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18(203):45-46. PDF

Owen, R. 1851. [Proceedings of a meeting: Paper read on the Cranium of D. giganteus and D. ingens; Read Nov. 12 1850]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18(213):208-209. PDF

Owen, R. 1851. On Dinornis (Part IV): Containing the restoration of the feet of that genus and of Palapteryx, with a description of the Sternum in Palapteryx and Aptornis. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4(1):1-20. PDF, and here, and here, and here

Owen, R. 1852. Notes on the Eggs and Young of the Apteryx and on the Casts of the Eggs and certain Bones of Aepyornis (Isid. Geoffroy), recently transmitted to the Zoological Society of London. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852:9-13. PDF

Owen, R. 1852. On Dinornis (Part V): containing a description of the skull and beak of a large species of Dinornis, of the cranium of an immature specimen of Dinornis giganteus (?) and of Crania of species of Palapteryx. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4:59-68. PDF

Owen, R. 1855. On the bones of the leg of Dinornis (Palapteryx) struthioides and the Palapteryx gracilis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22(275):244-248. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1856. On the affinities of the large extinct bird Gastornis parisiensis Hébert indicated by a fossil femur and tibia discovered in the lowest eocene formation near Paris. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 12:204-217. PDF

Owen, R. 1856. (On Dinornis (Part VII): Containing a description of the bones of the leg and foot of the Dinornis elephantopus, Owen). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856:54-61. PDF

Owen, R. 1858. On Dinornis (Part VI): containing a description of the bones of the leg of Dinornis (Palaptéryx) struthioides and of Dinornis gracilis OWEN. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4:141-147. PDF

Owen, R. 1858. On Dinornis (Part VII): Containing a description of the bones of the leg and foot of Dinornis elephantopus Owen. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4:149-157. PDF

Owen, R. 1858. On Dinornis (Part VIII): containing a description of the Skeleton of the Dinornis elephantopus OWEN. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4:159-164. PDF

Owen, R. 1863. On the Archaeopteryx of VON MEYER, with a description of the fossil remains of a long-tailed species from the lithographic stone of Solnhofen. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 153:33-47; London. PDF/TIFF

Owen, R. 1863. On the fossil remains of a longtailed bird (Archaeopteryx macrurus Ow.) from the lithographic slate of Solenhofen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 12:272-273. PDF/TIFF

Owen, R. 1865. Description of the skeleton of the Great Auk or Garfowl (Alca impennis L.). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5:317-335. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1866. Evidence of a species, perhaps extinct, of large Parrot (Psittacus mauritianus Owen), contemporary with de Dodo in the island of Mauritius. Ibis (2) 2:168-171. PDF

Owen, R. 1866. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Vol. 2: Birds and mammals. London, viii + 592 pp. PDF

Owen, R. 1866. On Dinornis (Part IX): containing a description of the skull, atlas, and scapulocoracoid Bone of the Dinornis robustus OWEN. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5:337-358. PDF

Owen, R. 1866. On Dinornis (Part X): Containing a description of part of the skeleton of a flightless bird indicative of a new genus and species (Cnemiornis calcitrans, Ow.). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5(5):395-404. PDF

Owen, R. 1869. On Dinornis (Part XI): containing a description of the Integument of the Sole, and Tendons of a Toe, of the Foot of Dinornis robustus OWEN. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6:495-496. PDF

Owen, R. 1869. On Dinornis (Part XII): containing a description of the Femur, Tibia, and Metatarsus of Dinornis maximus, OWEN. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6:497-500. PDF

Owen, R. 1869. On Dinornis (Part XIII): containing a description of the Sternum in Dinornis elephantopus and D. rheides, with Notes on that Bone in D. crassus and D. casuarinus. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 7:115-122. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1869. Notice of the fourteenth part of his series of memoirs of Dinornis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869:59. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Owen, R. 1870. On Dinornis (Part XIV): containing contributions to the craniology of the genus, with a description of a fossil cranium of Dasornis londinensis Ow., from the London Clay of Sheppey. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 7:123-150. PDF, and here

Owen, R. 1870. [Preliminary notice of a paper, to contain (inter alia) description of D. curtus]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870:128. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Owen, R. 1871. On Dinornis (Part XV): containing a description of the skull, femur, tibia, fibula and metatarsus of Aptornis defossor, OWEN, from near Oamaru, Middle Island, New Zealand; with additional observations on Aptornis otidiformis, on Notornis mantellii, and... Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 7:353-380. PDF

Owen, R. 1871. On Dinornis (Part XVI): containing notices of the Internal Organs of some species, with a description of the Brain and some Nerves and Muscles of the Head of the Apteryx australis. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 7:381-396. PDF, and here, and here.

Owen, R. 1872. On Dinornis (Part XVII): containing a description of the Sternum and Pelvis, with an attempted Restoration of Aptornis defossor Ow. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 8:119-126. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1872. Osteology of the Solitaire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 9:241-242. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Owen, R. 1873. Description of the skull of a dentigerous bird (Odontopteryx toliapicus Ow.) from the London Clay of Sheppey. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 29:511-522. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Owen, R. 1873. On Dinornis (Part XVIII): containing a description of the Pelvis and Bones of the Leg of Dinornis gravis. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 8:361-380. PDF

Owen, R. 1874. On Dinornis (Part XIX): containing a description of a Femur indicative of a new Genus of large Wingless Bird (Dromornis australis OWEN) from a post-Tertiary deposit in Queensland, Australia. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 8:381-384. PDF

Owen, R. 1875. On Dinornis (Part XX): containing a Restoration of the Skeleton of Cnemiornis calcitrans OWEN, with remarks on its affinities in the Lamellirostral Group. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9:253-272. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1875. (On Dinornis (Part XXI). Memoir on the bones of the trunk and limbs of a gigantic bird of prey). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875:470. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Owen, R. 1875. Note on a new Locality of Dinornithidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875:88. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

Owen, R. 1877. On Dinornis (Part XXI): containing a Restoration of the Skeleton of Dinornis maximus OWEN. With an Appendix, on Additional Evidence of the Genus Dromornis in Australia. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 10:147-188. PDF, and here

Owen, R. 1878. Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand; with an appendix on those in England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius and Rodriguez. Vol 1, 612 pp., Vol. 2, Plates 1-130. PDF

NEW! Owen, R. 1879. On the extinct animals of the colonies of Great Britain. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute X:267-97. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Owen, R. 1880. On the skull of Argillornis longipennis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 36:23-26. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Owen, R. 1882. Abstract of the twenty-fourth of his series of memoirs on the extinct birds of the genus Dinornis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882:549. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

NEW! Owen, R. 1882. Abstract of the twenty-third of his series of memoirs on the extinct birds of the genus Dinornis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882:1-2. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

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NEW! Owen, R. 1884. [Proceedings of a meeting: Notice of 25th memoir; D. didinus (nomen nudum)]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884:176. PDF (No direct access outside the US)

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