Species I've encountered while reading Patrick O'Brian's fantastic Aubrey-Maturin series. For the uninitiated, Stephen Maturin is the ship's surgeon and an avid naturalist. He never gets to spend enough time describing new flora and fauna (his excursions generally being curtailed by the demands of the service), but his total nature-nerdery is inspiring nonetheless.
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 93
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 155. Stephen asks a hand what the sailors call them, and receives the reply, "Some says bone-breaker, and some says albatross's mate, but most says Mo... Más
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 147, sailing south in the southern Atlantic, approaching the 40s (?)
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 155, listed as Diomedea fuliginosa. Given this, I think this might be the Sooty Albatross.
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Blue at the Mizzen (ISBN 0-00-651378-6) p. 126, with the lovely Christine Wood.
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Blue at the Mizzen, listed as Caprimulgus longipennis.
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 310. It's hard to say for sure if this is what Stephen was referring to as Hirundo esculenta, which is a Linnean name with an odd history, but apparen... Más
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Referred to as a "wariangle" in The Commodore (ISBN 0393314596), p. 95, while Stephen and Jack are ashore in Britain.
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 235, not sure which species, but still on Pulo Prabang. "Stephen shook his head, thinking of the simple-minded little creature that had gazed at him w... Más
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 229. I think this is the rhino Stephen describes as Rhinoceros unicornis, since the current species with that name is native to the Himalayan plateau ... Más
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 76, Stephen finds one near Lisbon.
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The Thirteen Gun Salute (ISBN 0393029743), p. 189 and many subsequent pages, in Pulo Pragang.
