1878 in birding and ornithology
# 1878 in birding and ornithology

## Events

* Death of George Dawson Rowley

## Publications

* William Vincent Legge A history of the birds of Ceylon Published by the author [1878-1880] BHL
* Daniel Giraud Elliot On the Fruit-Pigeons of the Genus Ptilopus Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.1878 500--575 London :Academic Press
* Anton Reichenow and Gustav Mützel , Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen [Pictures of Birds from Faraway Lands] Theodor Fischer, Kassel, Germany: 1878-83
* George Ernest Shelley A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878)

Ongoing events

* John Gould The birds of Asia 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart
* Henry Eeles Dresser and Richard Bowdler Sharpe A History of the Birds of Europe, Including all the Species Inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region.Taylor & Francis of Fleet Street, London
* José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage Ornithologie d'Angola. 2 volumes, 1877–1881.
* The Ibis
