Author:Walter Lawry Buller
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New Zealand barrister, naturalist and ornithologist
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Walter Lawry Buller
Works[edit]
- A Classified List of Mr. S. William Silver's Collection of New-zealand Birds (at the Manor-house, Letcombregis), With Short Descriptive Notes (1888) (transcription project)
Contributions to Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute[edit]
- Notes on Herr Finsch's Review of Mr. Walter Buller's Essay on New Zealand Ornithology (1868)
- On the Ornithology of New Zealand (1868)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1869)
- On the New Zealand Rat (1870)
- A List of the Lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with Descriptions (1870)
- Critical Notes on the Ornithological portion of "Taylor's New Zealand and its Inhabitants" (1870)
- Notice of a Species of Megapode, in the Auckland Museum (1870)
- On Zosterops lateralis in New Zealand, with an Account of its Migrations (1870)
- On the Structure and Habits of the Huia (Heteralocha Gouldi) (1870)
- On the Katipo, or Venomous Spider of New Zealand (1870)
- Notes on the Genus Deinacrida in New Zealand (1870)
- Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1870)
- Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand (1872)
- Natural History Notes (1872)
- Notes on the New Zealand Hawk (1872)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1873)
- Notes on the Little Bittern of New Zealand (Ardetta maculata) (1873)
- Note on Platycercus unicolor in the British Museum (1873)
- Remarks on Captain Hutton's Notes on Certain Species of New Zealand Birds (1873)
- Notes by Captain Hutton on Dr. Buller's "Birds of New Zealand," with the Author's Replies thereto (1873)
- On the Ornithology of New Zealand (1874)
- Notes on certain disputed Species of New Zealand Birds (1874)
- On the Existence of two Species of Hieracidea in New Zealand (1874)
- Notes on an alleged new Species of Tern (Sterna alba, Potts) (1874)
- Description of a new Species of Petrel (Procellaria affinis) (1874)
- On the Occurrence of Plotus novæ-hollandiæ in New Zealand (1874)
- Notice of a new Species of Parrakeet in New Zealand (1874)
- On the Genus Himantopus in New Zealand (1874)
- On some Additions to the Collection of Birds in the Colonial Museum (1874)
- Note on Rallus modestus (1874)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1875)
- Notes on Gerygone flaviventris (1875)
- Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Huia (1875)
- On the Occurrence of Apteryx oweni at high altitudes in the North Island (1875)
- Remarks on Dr. Finsch's paper on New Zealand Ornithology (1875)
- Remarks on various Species of New Zealand Birds (1875)
- Notes on the Tuatara Lizard (Sphenodon punctatum), with a description of a supposed New Species (1876)
- Description of a New Lizard (Naultinus pulcherrimus) (1876)
- On the Ornithology of New Zealand (1876)
- On the occurrence of the Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) (1876)
- Observations on a Species of Shag inhabiting Queen Charlotte Sound (1876)
- On a Tendency to Deformity in the Bill of Nestor meridionalis (1876)
- On the alleged Intercrossing of Ocydromus earli, and the Domestic Fowl (1876)
- Insect Architecture, or Notes on the Habits of the Black Spider-wasp of New Zealand (1876)
- On the Proposed Introduction of the Polecat into New Zealand (1876)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1877)
- Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1877)
- On the Disappearance of the Korimako (Anthornis melanura) from the North Island (1877)
- Further descriptive Notes of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) (1877)
- On the Egg of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) (1877)
- On the Species forming the Genus Ocydromus, a peculiar Group of brevi-pennate Rails (1877)
- Notice of the Occurrence of the Shy Albatros (Diomedea cauta) in the North Island (1877)
- On the Addition of the Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phæton rubricauda) to the Avifauna of New Zealand (1877)
- Notice of a new Variety of Tuatara Lizard (Sphenodon) from East Cape Island (1877)
- Further Notes on the Habits of the Tuatara Lizard (1878)
- On the specific Value of Prion banksii (1878)
- Remarks on the Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (1878)
- Remarks on a species of Lestris inhabiting our Seas (1878)
- Note on Mr. Howard Saunders' Review of the Larinæ, or Gulls (1878)
- On a further Occurrence of the Australian Tree Swallow (Hylochelidon nigricans) in New Zealand (1878)
- Additions to List of Species, and Notices of Rare Occurrences, since the publication of 'The Birds of New Zealand' (1878)
- Further Contributions to the Ornithology of New Zealand (1878)
- Description of a new Species of Lizard of the Genus Naultinus (1879)
- Further Contributions to the Ornithology of New Zealand (1879)
- Description of a new Species of Lizard of the Genus Naultinus (1880)
- On the Notornis (1881)
- Description of Bird Skins presented to the Museum (1881)
- On some rare Species of New Zealand Birds (1883)
- Address by the President of the Wellington Philosophical Society (1884)
- Remarks on new New Zealand Birds (1884)
- Note on the Wandering Albatros (Diomedea exulans) (1889)
- An Exhibition of New and Forms of New Zealand Birds, with Remarks thereon (1890)
- On the Wandering Albatros: with an Exhibition of Specimens, and the Determination of a New Species (1890)
- On a Huge Kiwi (Apteryx maxima) from Stewart Island (1890)
- Notes and Observations on New Zealand Birds (1891)
- Further Notes and Observations on Certain Species of New Zealand Birds (with Exhibits) (1891)
- On the large Kiwi from Stewart Island (Apteryx maxima) (1891)
- Notes on Mus maorium, Hutton, with Exhibition of Specimen (1892)
- Note on the Bats of New Zealand (1892)
- Note on the Flightless Rail of the Chatham Islands (Cabalus modestus) (1892)
- Notes on New Zealand Birds (1892)
- Further Notes on the Birds of New Zealand (1892)
- On a New Insectivorous Plant in New Zealand (1892)
- Notes on a Kapu, or Carved Funnel, and a Kaea, or Maori War-trumpet (1892)
- Notes on an Albino Sparrow (1892)
- Note on the Occurrence of the Hedge-sparrow (Accentor modularis) in New Zealand (1892)
- Note on a White Tern (Gygis alba) from the Kermadec Islands (1892)
- On the Blue-necked Crested Shag (Phalacrocorax nycthemerus) from Antipodes Island (1892)
- On the Birds observed during a Voyage from New Zealand to England, and Notes made on the Return Voyage from Plymouth to Auckland by way of the Cape of Good Hope (1893)
- Note on a curious Maori Flute in the Collection of the late Dr. Shortland (1893)
- Note on a Remarkable Maori Implement in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow (1893)
- The Story of Papaitonga; or, A Page of Maori History (1893)
- Illustrations of Darwinism; or, The Avifauna of New Zealand considered in Relation to the Fundamental Law of Descent with Modification (1894)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand; with an Exhibition of Rare Specimens (1894)
- On a New Species of Fern-bird (Sphenœacus) from the Snares Islands; with an Exhibition of Specimens (1894)
- Notes on the Flightless Duck of the Auckland Islands (Nesonetta aucklandica) (1894)
- Notes on Phalacrocorax colensoi, of the Auckland Islands, and on Phalacrocorax onslowi, of the Chatham Islands (1894)
- Notes on Œstrelata neglecta; with an Exhibition of Specimens (1894)
- Some Curiosities of Bird-life (1894)
- On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species (1894)
- Observations on some peculiar Maori Remains, with Remarks on the Ancient Institution of Tapu (1894)
- Note on the Vegetable Caterpillar (Cordiceps robertsii) (1894)
- Exhibit of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatum) and Young (1894)
- Remarks on Paryphanta hochstetteri (1894)
- On a New Species of Deinacrida or Forest-cricket from Nelson (1895)
- Notes on New Zealand Ornithology, with an Exhibition of Specimens (1895)
- On the Occurrence of the Nankeen Kestrel of Australia (Cerchneis cenchroides) in New Zealand (1895)
- Remarks on an Albino Tai and Naultinus versicolor (1895)
- Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand (1896)
- On the Ornithology of New Zealand (1898)
Works about Buller[edit]
- "Buller, Walter Lawry," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
- "Buller, Sir Walter Lawry," in The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, by Philip Mennell, London: Hutchinson & Co. (1892)
- "Buller, Walter Lawry," in Men-at-the-Bar (2nd ed.), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)
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