Description:
Lecture notes about birds, mostly in Swedish, some in Latin. From early youth and later.
Probably based on lectures given by Linn. Pat.
ff. 1-15: introductory material.
ff. 1-12: commentary on the introductory sections on 'Aves' in Linné, Carl von. 1758. "Systema naturae". Stockholm (10th edition), pp. 78-80.
ff 14-67: catalogue of birds, from 'Accipitres' to 'Passeres'. Numbers, specific eptithets and classification correspond to Linné, Carl von. 1758. "Systema naturae". Stockholm (10th edition), except for the genera "Manacus" (f. 56) and "Parus pendulinus" (f. 64) which correspond to Linné, Carl von. 1766. "Systema naturae". Vol. 1 Part 1. Stockholm (12th edition).
Some older sheets with botanical annotations reused.
The latin binomials are accompanied by the Swedish vernacular names.
Title:
'Aves'
Author(s):
Carl von Linné 1741-1783
