Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum
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Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum is a multi-volume 19th-century ornithological reference work documenting and classifying the bird specimens held by the British Museum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum canonical | 1 |
| Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8424129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum Context triple: [Richard Bowdler Sharpe, notableWork, Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum]
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A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company
A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company is a 19th-century ornithological reference work by Thomas Horsfield documenting and classifying the bird specimens held in the East India Company's museum.
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B.
The Birds of America
The Birds of America is John James Audubon’s landmark 19th-century illustrated book featuring life-sized, meticulously detailed paintings of North American bird species.
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C.
Catalogue d’oiseaux
Catalogue d’oiseaux is a monumental solo piano cycle by Olivier Messiaen that transcribes and transforms French birdsong into highly coloristic, spiritually infused music.
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D.
The Birds of Britain
The Birds of Britain is a renowned ornithological book that provides comprehensive descriptions and illustrations of British bird species.
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E.
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale is an ornithological work by Louis Pierre Vieillot that systematically describes and illustrates the bird species of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum Target entity description: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum is a multi-volume 19th-century ornithological reference work documenting and classifying the bird specimens held by the British Museum.
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A.
A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company
A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company is a 19th-century ornithological reference work by Thomas Horsfield documenting and classifying the bird specimens held in the East India Company's museum.
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B.
The Birds of America
The Birds of America is John James Audubon’s landmark 19th-century illustrated book featuring life-sized, meticulously detailed paintings of North American bird species.
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C.
Catalogue d’oiseaux
Catalogue d’oiseaux is a monumental solo piano cycle by Olivier Messiaen that transcribes and transforms French birdsong into highly coloristic, spiritually infused music.
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D.
The Birds of Britain
The Birds of Britain is a renowned ornithological book that provides comprehensive descriptions and illustrations of British bird species.
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E.
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale is an ornithological work by Louis Pierre Vieillot that systematically describes and illustrates the bird species of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multi-volume work
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ornithological reference work ⓘ scientific catalogue ⓘ |
| aim |
to classify bird species
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to document bird specimens held by the British Museum ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Department of Zoology, British Museum ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrnithologist | Richard Bowdler Sharpe ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | Linnaean taxonomy ⓘ |
| contains |
geographical distribution data for bird species
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references to original species descriptions ⓘ synonymies of bird names ⓘ taxonomic descriptions of bird species ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| documentsCollection | bird specimens in the British Museum ⓘ |
| editor | Richard Bowdler Sharpe ⓘ |
| editorRole | general editor ⓘ |
| endPublicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| field | ornithology ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
museum curators
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ornithologists ⓘ zoologists ⓘ |
| hasFormat | printed book ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent global bird checklists ⓘ |
| institutionDocumented | British Museum ⓘ |
| institutionSuccessor | Natural History Museum, London ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition | 19th-century natural history catalogues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive coverage of known bird species of its time
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standard reference for late 19th-century bird taxonomy ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 27 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| predecessor | earlier British Museum zoological catalogues ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher |
British Museum
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Trustees of the British Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Board of Trustees of the British Museum
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| relatedTo |
British Museum (Natural History)
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linked to:
Natural History Museum, London
systematic zoology ⓘ |
| startPublicationYear | 1874 ⓘ |
| subject |
birds
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taxonomy ⓘ zoological specimens ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | 19th-century ornithology ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | museum collection catalogue ⓘ |
| usedFor |
avian taxonomy
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historical research on bird collections ⓘ nomenclatural reference ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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George Robert Gray
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notableWork
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Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum
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linked to: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum