The Birds of Australia (Gould)
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| Author | John Gould |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 1840 to 1848 |
| No. of books | 7 |
| Followed by | Handbook to the Birds of Australia |
The Birds of Australia is a book written by John Gould and published in seven volumes between 1840 and 1848, with a supplement published between 1851 and 1869. It was the first comprehensive survey of the birds of Australia and included descriptions of 681 species, 328 of which were new to Western science and were first described by Gould.