660 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.x 



180-^. ArDKUEKT, J. B., and Vikillut, L. P. — Continued. • 



HistoiiT Naturelle des Gnmpereaux. pp. 1()7-1'28, ](11. 72-88. 



Hi.stoirc Xaturt'lle | des | Oiseanx rte Parudis. | p]!. l-:'>4, pll. l-Ki. 



Table irc'-nerale des luatieres. pp. 35-40. 



The composition of the Avbole work is not (ividcnt at first siirlit. As consisting of t%vn vols, 

 folio, the general title is simt)ly OlSEAUX DOKfo ou A keklets MfeTALUyuES, by Audebert and 

 Vii-illot, and such is the i>reliminary half-title printed on the first leaf of each vol. 



Uut the full title-page of Vol. I is as above given. It includes the Colibris and Oiscaux- 

 Mourhcs (-— Trochilid(V). by both authors : then the Jaeamars {Galbulidce) by Vieillot, separa- 

 tely paged and half-titled, plates separately numbered : then the Promerops ( Vpvpidce, Prome- 

 ropidre, etc.) by Vieillot. also lialftitled. separately paged, and tlie ])lates separately numbered. 

 The vol. closes with a table of contents of the wliole. eimtinuously paged with Promerops. 



Vol. H is still more composite as to the birds treated, but has only two ])agination8 and 

 two numerations of plates. The preliminary title is Oiseaux dor6s, etc., as before, Vol. II. 

 The full-page title is as given above under "Contents": but the "Grimperaux" of the full 

 title are subdivided by a sort of chapter-hefldings into "Grimpereaux Soui-Mangas", 

 • ' Grimpereaux Gitit-gnits", "Grimpereaux Heoro-taires', and "Grimpereaux"; continu- 

 ou.sly paged, their plates continuously nitmbered. Then the " OLseaux de Paradis" are half- 

 titled, separately paged, and their plates separately nimibered. The vol. closes with a table 

 of contents of the whole, continuously paged with Oiseaux de Paradis. 



The "Grimpereaux" are a most miscellaneous lot of birds, about equal to the Linmean 

 Certhia; inchiAiug Meliphagidre. Coerebidce. Si/lvicnlidce, Dendrocolaptidce, etc. The Paradistn 

 birds are less composite, but still include others than the Paradiseidce of modem authors. 



The work is said to have been published in '32 livraisons, the dates of which are unknown 

 to me. The date above given is that of the title-page of each vol.. being the completion of the 

 work. There are said to be actually 192 plates, though the ostensible series is 70 -|- 6+9-|-88 

 -{-16=: 189. The edition is said to have been of 200 copies. Therearesaid to have been also 100 

 copies printed ou vellum, and 10 copies printed with gold instead of black ink. In the copy 

 examined, in the Libr. Phila. Acad., the names on the plates are all in gold. 



Fortunately or otherwise, no scientific nomenclature is used in this luxurious work. If 

 should be used in connection with Vieillot's article " Colibri" in Xouo. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 

 1817. which .see. 



1804. Bartox. B. S. Facts relative to the Food of the Hmnming-Bird [Trochilna co- 

 Inbris]. <^ Barton's Med. and Phjis. ,/o«r»., part i, vol. i, 1804, pp. 88, 89. 



■ — that the Trochilus does actually subsi.st. in part, upon the different species of insects." 



1817. V[iEiLLOT, L. P.] Colibri, Trochilns, Lath. <::^Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii. 

 1817, pp. :U0-87fi, pll. B '^'^, B 19. 



In Audebert and Vieillot's ou\Tage de luxe. Oiseaux dores ov d reflets metalliqves, which 

 was completed in 1802. no scientific names are given to the Huuuuers and other glittering 

 birds so beautifully depicted: but in the present article, Vieillot names many species in due 

 form, with references to the'plafes of the Ois. dor., as follows : — 'T. cavdacutvs. Y., p. 347 ; T. 

 multicolnr. Lath., p. 347: T.azai;Y.. p. 347: T. superciliusus, Lath., p. 347 (pll. 17, 18 of Oin. 

 Dor.) : T. /iisnw, V., ]). 348 : T. galeritus, Lath., p. 348 : T. cineretis, Lath., p. 348 (pi. 5 of O. D.) . 

 T. leueurus, LAth., \>. 348: T. nigricollis, V., p. 349: T. fulvifrons. Lath., p. 349: 2'. flavifrons. 

 Lath., p. 349 : T. granoiimis. Lath., p. 3.')0 (pi. 4 of O. D.) -. T. aurulentii.s. Aud.-b., p. 350 (pll. 12, 

 13 of O. D.) : T. elegaas. Audeb., ]>. 351 (pi. 14 of O. D.) : T. peetoralis, Lath., p. 351; T. para 

 diseas. Lath., p. 3:52 : T. crigtateUm, Lath., p. 352: T. hirsvtus. p. 3.52 (pi. 20 of O. D.) ; T. thav 

 niantias. Lath., p. 353 ; T. mango, Lath., p. 353 (pi. 7 of O. D.) ; T. mango, var., p. 353 ; T. quad 

 ricolor. V.,p. 353; T. viridig, V.,p. 354 (pi. 41 of O. D.) ; T. torquatus. Lath., p. 354; T. atrica- 

 pillvs, v., p. 354 ; T. polytmus, Lath., p. 355 (pi. 47 of O. D.) -. T. pella. Lath., p. 355 (pll. 2, 3 of 

 O. D.) ; T. exilii. Lath., p. 356 : T. atrigaster, V., p. 356 (pi. 65 of O. D.) : T. punctatus, Lath., p. 

 357 (pi. 8 of O. D.) : T. viridis. V. [not viridis of p. 354|, p. 357 (pi. 15 of O. D.) : T. brasiliensis. 

 Lath., p. 3.57 (pi. 19 of O. D.) : T. holnsericeus, Lath., p. .357 (]d. 6 of O. D.) : T. violaceus, Lath., p. 

 358 ; T. pvnctulatu9. Lath., p. 358 : T. amethystinus, Lath., p. 358 ; T. albirontris, V., p. 359 (pi. 45 

 otO.D.): T. serrirostris. V., p. 359; T. einereus, V.,p. 359: T. mellivorus. Lath., p. 360 (pll. 22. 

 23, 24 of O.D.): T. obseurug, Lath., p. 361: T. splendidus,'V., p. 361: T. ourisgia. Lath., p. 361; 

 T. carbunculus. Lath., p. 361 (pi. 5 of O. D.) ; T. ccertdeus, V., p. 361 (pi. 40 of O.D.); T. viacn- 

 latus, v., ]). 361 (pi. 44 of O. D.) -. T. ruficollis, V., p. 362 : T. leucogaster. Lath., p. 363 (pi. 43 of 

 O. D.) ; T. melUsugus, Lath., p. 363 (jd. 39 of O.D.): T. maximus. Lath., p. 364 ; T. ornatus, Latli., 

 p. 364 (pi. 49 of O.D.): T. eristatus. Latli., p. 365 : T. pileatus. Lath., p. 365 (pi. 63 of O. D.) : T. 

 latipennis. Lath., p. .365 (pi. 21 of O. D.) ; T. longlrostrig. V., p. 366 (pi. .59 of O.D.): T. inacron- 

 rus, Lath., p. 366 : T.for/ieatus, L:ith., ]>. 366 (pi. 00 of O. D.) ; T. magnijicus, V., p. 367 ; T. marnio- 

 rat>'.s. v., p. 367 ; T. maiigmts. V., p. 368 (pi. 37 of O. D.) ; T. auritus. Lath., p. .368 (pi 25, 26 of O 

 i>.>: T. niinliniis. L;tth., p. 360: T. ruber. Lath., p. 309: T. ctiaiutrvs Y.. p. 369: T. glaucopis. 



