Charles Johnson Maynard
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Charles Johnson Maynard was an American naturalist
and ornithologist born in Newton, Massachusetts
. He was a collector, a taxidermist
, and an expert on the vocal organs of birds.
He published many books himself, unusual for the period because they contained color plates produced by a process that Maynard invented.
Maynard named the Caribbean
subspecies of the Osprey
, Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi, for another American ornithologist, Robert Ridgway
Naturalist
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and ornithologist born in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
. He was a collector, a taxidermist
Taxidermy
Taxidermy is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals for display or for other sources of study. Taxidermy can be done on all vertebrate species of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians...
, and an expert on the vocal organs of birds.
He published many books himself, unusual for the period because they contained color plates produced by a process that Maynard invented.
Maynard named the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
subspecies of the Osprey
Osprey
The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
, Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi, for another American ornithologist, Robert Ridgway
Selected publications
- The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts (1870)
- The birds of eastern North America (1881)
- The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history (1887)
- A field ornithology of the birds of eastern North America (1916)
- Directory to the birds of eastern North America, illustrated with many wood cuts and ... plates drawn and engraved by the author (1907)