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''The Natural History of Ireland'' is a four volume work by William Thompson. The first three volumes were published by Reeve and Benham, London between 1849 and 1851. Volume 4 was published by Henry G. Bohn, London in 1856. ''The Natural History of Ireland'' is very influential of later developments. The parts are: *Volume 1: ''Birds, comprising the orders raptores and insessores'' (1849) *Volume 2: ''Birds, comprising the orders rasores and grallatores'' (1850) *Volume 3: ''Birds, comprising the order natatores'' (1851) *Volume 4: ''Mammalia, reptiles and fishes. Also, invertebrata'' (1856) edited and published by George Dickie, James Ramsey Garrett and Robert Patterson four years after Thompson's death. The ''Natural History of Ireland'' was the first attempt to produce an account of the fauna of Ireland. ''"With so much already done pictorially and descriptively, on the subject of British ornithology, it may be considered superfluous to treat of the birds of Ireland in a separate work, but, in the author's opinion, every country should possess a Natural History specially appertaining to itself. In the publications referred to, the birds of Ireland have been but briefly indicated, — a species generally dis- missed in a single line, and so much appearing only in two works; — those of Sir Win. Jardine and Mr. Yarrell"''. ==Precursors and sources== In 1837 Robert Templeton published a scientific paper entitled "Irish Vertebrate Animals", selected from the Papers of the late John Templeton in the Magazine of Natural History s:Irish Vertebrate Animals: selected from the Papers of John Templeton. This is the first scientific Irish list of Ireland's bird, mammal and fish. Text on the bird species, Thompson’s main interest, is a mixture of his own observations (some of which he had previously published in ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''), and as quotations, those of British authors and his many correspondents in Ireland. William Sinclaire, a merchant in Belfast and a bird collector, John Vandeleur Stewart and Richard Langtry an estate owner at Milltown near Belfast figure prominently. Reference is also made to specimens held by the Belfast Museum, Dublin University Museum and the Royal Dublin Society Museum. There is frequent mention of bird preservers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Natural History of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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