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L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux
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- In Pierre Belon
…discussion of the dolphin, and L’histoire de la nature des oyseaux (1555; “Natural History of Birds”), illustrating, classifying, and describing about 200 species, include original observations and concepts that made a deep impression on contemporary and later science. Belon was murdered by unknown assailants in the Bois de Boulogne.
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- In biology: Advances in botany
In his L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux (1555; “Natural History of Birds”), however, in which Belon’s taxonomy was remarkably similar to that used in the modern era, he showed a clear grasp of comparative anatomy, particularly of the skeleton, publishing the first picture of a bird…
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