L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux

…discussion of the dolphin, and L’histoire de la nature des oyseaux (1555; “Natural History of Birds”), illustrating, classifying, and describing about 200 species, include original observations and concepts that made a deep impression on contemporary and later science. Belon was murdered by unknown assailants in the Bois de Boulogne.

In his L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux (1555; “Natural History of Birds”), however, in which Belon’s taxonomy was remarkably similar to that used in the modern era, he showed a clear grasp of comparative anatomy, particularly of the skeleton, publishing the first picture of a bird…