Author:Robert Ridgway

Selected publications

 * "The Belted Kingfisher Again," American Naturalist 3 (1869 March).
 * "A New Classification of the North American Falconidae, with Descriptions of Three New Species." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22 (1870)
 * "On the Relation between Color and Geographical Distribution in Birds, as Exhibited in Melanism and Hyperchromism." (part 1 of 2) American Journal of Science, 3rd ser., 1872 (December).
 * "On the Relation between Color and Geographical Distribution in Birds, as Exhibited in Melanism and Hyperchromism." (part 2 of 2)  American Journal of Science, 3rd ser., 1873 (September)
 * A History of North American Birds: Land Birds. (1874) Volume I, A special edition, published in the same year, of 50 copies contained 36 plates hand-colored by Ridgway.
 * "Ornithology." Volume IV, part III Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1877
 * "A Catalogue of the Birds of North America," Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 1880 (September),
 * 1881. "Nomenclature of North American Birds Chiefly Contained in the United States National Museum,"  Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum.
 * 1882. "Description of Two New Thrushes from the United States." Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4: 374–379.  Description of Bicknell's thrush, as Hylocichla alici&aelig; bicknelli.
 * 1884. The Water Birds of North America. Little, Brown, Boston.  Volume I, 537 pp.; Volume II.
 * American Ornithologists' Union. 1886.  The Code of Nomenclature and Check-List of North American Birds.  New York.
 * 1886. A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, and Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists. Little, Brown, Boston.  129 pp. 10 colored plates and 7 plates of outline illustrations.
 * 1887. A Manual of North American Birds, Illustrated by 464 Outline Drawings of the Generic Characters.  J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia.
 * 1889. "A Descriptive Catalog of the Birds of Illinois," part I of Ridgway, Robert, and Forbes, S.A., The Ornithology of Illinois.  State Laboratory of Natural History, Springfield, Ill.  Volume I of part I.  Retrieved 22 January 2013.
 * 1890 (February). "Scientific Results of Explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, No. I: Birds Collected on the Galapagos Islands in 1888." Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12.
 * 1891. "Directions for Collecting Birds."  Bulletin of the United States National Museum 39A.
 * 1892. "The Humming Birds."  Report of the National Museum for 1890.
 * 1894 (November). "Descriptions of Twenty-Two New Species from the Galapagos Islands." Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17
 * 1895. "A Descriptive Catalog of the Birds of Illinois," part I of Ridgway, Robert, and Forbes, S.A., The Ornithology of Illinois.  State Laboratory of Natural History, Springfield, Ill. Volume II of part I.  Retrieved 22 January 2013.
 * 1897 (March). "Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago." Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19
 * 1901 (October). The Birds of North and Middle America.  A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds Known to Occur in North America, from the Arctic Islands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and Other Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago.  No. 50, Part I.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1902 (October). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part II.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1904 (December). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part III.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1907 (July). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part IV.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1911 (November). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part V.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1914 (April). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part VI.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1916 (May). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part VII.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1919 (June). The Birds of North and Middle America.  No. 50, Part VIII.  U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * 1923 (April). "A Plea for Caution in the Use of Trinomials." The Auk.
 * 1923 (April). "A Plea for Caution in the Use of Trinomials." The Auk.

About Robert Ridgway and his work

 * Review of Ridgway 1901, in The Zoologist, 4th series, vol 6, issue 730 (April, 1902), p. 154/155.