1848 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
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Years:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851

the slender-billed white-eye was described by John Gould in 1848

• Wilhelm Gueinzius ornithological collection sold to the museum of Leipzig University
• Ludwig Becker leaves Germany during the 1848 revolution. Many scientists left Europe at this time.
• Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson and William Allen publish A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the river Niger, in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N
• Hugh Edwin Strickland publishes The Dodo and its Kindred
• Death of Ludwig Leichhardt
• Joseph Wolf arrives in London and begins work at the British Museum

Ongoing events

• Fauna Japonica