Theodore K Lorenz
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Theodore K Lorenz was a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 ornithologist.

Lorenz lived in Russia where he worked as a taxidermist in the Zoological Garden of the Imperial University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

in Moscow.He explored the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

 and Kirghizistan.
Lorenz was an authority on Tetraonidae and Phasianidae
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

.

Works

Partial list
  • Die Lazurmeise
    Azure Tit
    The Azure Tit, Cyanistes cyanus , is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and central Asia....

    , Parus cyanus Journal für Ornithologie
    Journal of Ornithology
    The Journal of Ornithology is a scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft. It was founded by Jean Cabanis in 1853, becoming the official journal of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft in 1854....

    (1871)
  • Beitrag zur Kentniss der Ornithologischen Fauna an der Nordseite des Kaukasus (Moscow, 1887)
  • Briefliches über zwei neue Fasanen-Abarten Journal für Ornithologie 36, 571-572 (1888)
  • Ein neur Bastard - Chrysomitris spinus x Acanthis linaria Journal für Ornithologie 38, 98-100 (1890)
  • Die Vögel des Moskauer Gouvernements" Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 6, 263-321, 1893 - 7, 337-354, 1894 - 8, 325-350 (1895)
  • Über Tetrao tetrix subspec. viridianus Journal für Ornithologie 39, 366-368 (1891)
  • Einiges über den von Herrn V. v. Tschudi beschriebenen seltenen Rackelhahn Journal für Ornithologie 39, 405-412, (1891) *Wiederum Einiges über Rackelwild und Hahnenfedrigkeit Journal für Ornithologie 42, 416-425 (1894)
  • Wiederum Einiges über Rackelwild und Hahnenfedrigkeit Journal für Ornithologie 42, 416-425, (1894)
  • Phasianus mongolicus turcestanicus, nov. subspec. Ornith. Mber., 4, 189-191 (1895)
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