A catalogue of British Pleistocene birds identified by Colin J.O.Harrison and stored in the Natural History Museum, London, (Department of Palaeontology)
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Colin J. O. Harrison made great contribution in studying the fossils and determining the presence of various species in different habitats, the most important one being the identification of a bizarrely assembled group of British Pleistocene birds, which is still stored in the Natural History Museum of London. He studied the ecology of each species and showed how they could occur under the same topographical level with the altitude determining the variations.
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Year: 2006
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Colin James Oliver Harrison (1926-2003)
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Colin James Oliver Harrison was a well-known ornithologist, who was remembered for his various contributions into understanding different aspects of bird behavior and to rejuvenate interest in the study of avian fossils. He was a very intelligent, generous and social man and did a great job by finding out the origin of the Recent Palaearctic bird species and by presenting his great works in the form of several books.
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The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius
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Various researches and illustrations are used to study about the ecology and morphology of the famous bird of Mauritius, dodo Raphus cucullatus, a terrestrial vertebrate that has completely disappeared over the past few centuries. All aspects of the dodo's ecological history, contemporary accounts and illustrations, importation of specimen and fossil record are examined.
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