Author:William Yarrell

William Yarrell
(1784–1856)

William Yarrell

Works

Books

• A History of British Fishes (1836)
  • Volume 1 (transcription project)
  • Volume 2 (transcription project)
• Yarrell, William (1843). A History of British Birds. London: John van Voorst.  in 3 volumes; Originally issued in 37 parts between July 1837 and May 1843 (external scan)
  • second editon 1845, in 3 volumes (external scan)
  • third edition 1856, in 3 volumes (external scan)
  • fourth edition 1876; Revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton (vols. I and II) and Howard Saunders

Scientific Publications

• Observations on the Tracheae of Birds, with Descriptions and Representations of several not hitherto figured. — Linn. Trans. 1827, 15. 378.
• Description of a species of Tringa, killed in Cambridgeshire, new to England and Europe. — Linn. Trans. 16. 109.
• On the Organs of Voice in Birds. — Linn. Trans. 16. 305.
• On a new species of Wild Swan, taken in England, and hitherto confounded with the Hooper. — Linn. Trans. 16. 445.
• Description of the Organs of Voice in a new species of Wild Swan (Cygnus buccinator, Richards.). — Linn. Trans. 17.
• Descriptions of Three British Species of Freshwater Fishes, belonging to the genus Leuciscus of Klein. — Linn. Trans. 17. 5.
• On the Habits and Structure of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda of Linnaeus). — Linn. Trans. 21. 155.
• Notice of an Interwoven Mass of Filaments of Conferva fluviatilis of extraordinary size. — Proc. Linn. Soc. 1. 65.
• On the Influence of the Sexual Organ in modifying External Character. — Journ. Linn. Soc. 1857, 1. 76-82.
• On the Growth of the Salmon in Freshwater, with six coloured illustrations of the fish of the natural size. Oblong Folio. van Voorst, London, 1839.
• "Note on the occurrence of Birds lately ascertained to be British". The Zoologist. 1st series, vol 1 (3, March): 79–80. 1843. 
• "Note on the recent occurrence of new or rare Fishes in England". The Zoologist. 1 1 (3, March): 85–86. 1843. 

Works about Yarrell

• "Yarrell, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Yarrell, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• review of Yarrell 1843 (edition 1876): "A History of British Birds. By the late William Yarrell, V.-P.L.S., F.Z.S. Fourth Edition. Revised by Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of Cambridge. Part 10, Nov. 1876. Van Voorst, Paternoster Row". The Zoologist. 3rd series, vol 1 (issue 1, January—section 'Notices of New Books'): 35–37. 1877. 
• review of Yarrell 1843 (edition 1876) in: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, series 5, vol. 16, p. 390–393