Alfred Edmund Brehm joins Johann Wilhelm von Müller on an expedition to Egypt, the Sudan, and the Sinai Peninsula. Death of Giuseppe Géné René Primevère Lesson receives the Legion of Honour Jean Louis Cabanis erects the genus Geothlypis in Ornithologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte William Henry Edwards publishes A Voyage Up the River Amazon, with a residency at Pará
Ongoing events Fauna Japonica
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