Scott Barchard Wilson
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Scott Barchard Wilson was a British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 ornithologist and explorer.

In 1887, Wilson was sent by his professor Alfred Newton
Alfred Newton
Alfred Newton FRS was an English zoologist and ornithologist.Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907...

 to study and collect birds in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

. On his return he wrote Aves Hawaiienses (1890-1899) with Arthur Humble Evans
Arthur Humble Evans
-Bibliography:*Birds, illustrated by George Edward Lodge, Cambridge Natural History *Aves Hawaiienses .-References:* -External links:* --Rotschild's Birds of Laysan....

, illustrated by Frederick William Frohawk
Frederick William Frohawk
Frederick William Frohawk was an English zoological artist and lepidopterist.Frohawk was the author of Natural History of British Butterflies , The Complete Book of British Butterflies and Varieties of British Butterflies .Frohawk was born at Brisley Hall, East Dereham, Norfolk, the son of a...

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