Else Hoff’s (fl. 1907–1925) collection of birds from the island of New Britain, Melanesia, with notes on the possibly extinct rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris intactus (Aves: Rallidae)

Pages	5–12
DOI	10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.002
Keywords	Historical ornithology, extinct birds, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Citation	MLÍKOVSKÝ, Jiří. Else Hoff’s (fl. 1907–1925) collection of birds from the island of New Britain, Melanesia, with notes on the possibly extinct rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris intactus (Aves: Rallidae). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 193(1), 5–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.002. ISSN 1802-6842 (print), 1802-6850 (electronic). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/jotnmpnhs/193-1/else-hoffs-fl-19071925-collection-of-birds-from-the-island-of-new-britain-melanesia-with-notes-on-the-possibly-extinct-rail-gymnocrex-plumbeiventris-intactus-aves-rallidae

Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series | 2024/193/1

A collection of 29 birds from the island of New Britain is described. It was made by Else Hoff in 1908 and perhaps in surrounding years, but certainly before 1927, and is now deposited in the National Museum in Praha, Czechia.

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