402 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1841-43. Thompson, W.— Coutinued. 



221-230, 373-381; x, 1842, pp. 50-59, 171-179; xi, 1843, pp. 283-290; xii. 1843, 

 pp. 31-38, 254-2.58. 



This is nu interesting and valuable series of articles ou Irish ornithology, each having, after 

 the running part of the title here given, a modified caption which I omit in order to bring the 

 series together. It is in some sense a prodrome of the author's standard treatise which 

 appeared later. Tliompson was very active in these matters for some years, as his numerous 

 contributions to various periodicals testify. 



1841. White, G. (Ed Lady Dover.) Tbe | Natural History of Selborue. | By | The 

 Rev. Gilbert White, A. M., | Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | [Cut.] | New- 

 York: I Harper and Brothers, Cliff-street. | — | 1841. 1 vol. ISino. Title-p. ; 

 pp. vii-x (account of White, and index); 1 1., list of en.^r. ; pj). 13-335; with 

 .52 woodcuts. 



This is the original issue of the Ilarpeis' American reprint of the Ladij Dover edition, l)eing 

 No. 147 of the Family Library. By the courtesy of the pul)lishers themselves I am informed 

 of the successive issues, as follows:— 1842 (two), 1847, 1853, 1855, 1859, 1868. 



It is a reprint of the 'Bowdlerized' edition (London. 1833), "arranged for joung persons", 

 for which we are indebted to the mother (Lady Dover) of H. A[gar]. E[llisl. Wliite said 

 little not virginUms puerisque. but was castrated nevertheless. It is a curious thing about 

 this ed. that all Ww woodcuts in the first part (to Pennant) are reversed, while those in the 

 second i)art (to Barriugton) are not. A new woodcut is introduced at p. 223, instead of the 

 original of tlic Mistletoe Thrush. 



1841. WiLSox, ,T. Additional Notice regarding St. Kilda. <^Edinh. New Phllos. 



Journ.. xxxii, 1841, pp. 178-180. 

 Only oniithological in reference to Coracias garrida. 



1842. Dale, ,J. C. Fauna of Dorsetshire. <C^Aiu>. Ma<j. Xat. Hi.it., viii, 1842, pp. 



472, 473. 



Notices briefly some of the larer Birds. 

 1842. Fleming, J. History | of | British Animals, | exhibiting the descriptive char- 

 acters and systematical | Arrangement | of | the genera and species of Quad- 

 rupeds, Birds, I Reptiles, Fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata | of the United King- 

 dom; I including | the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct | kinds, together 

 with periodical | and occasional visitors. | — | By John Fleming, D. D. F. E. 

 S.E. M.W. S. &c. I Minister of Flisk,Fifeshire; ] and author of the "Philos- 

 ophy of Zoology." I — I Second Edition. | — | London: | Duncan and Malcolm, 

 Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLII. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. i-xxiv, l-.5()(), 1 1. 



Grig. ed. much earlier (Preface dated 27 Dec, 1827). 



Birds, pp. 41-146; a systematic synop-sis (by no means a "history') of 237 spp., treated with 

 l)rief diagnosis, a little synonymy, and fair descriptions, some of wliich include r(>niarks ou 

 liabits, &c., interspersed with .analyses of higher groups. 



The author's classification i.s— Order I. Pissipedes (Land Birds). Trilxi I, Terrestres: Sect. 

 1. Ambulatores, with 4 groups, Gallinadoe, Columbadce, Accipitres, Passcrcs; Sect. II. ,Scan- 

 ■sores. Ttihe 11. Gralloe. Order II. PaJmipetZcs (Water Birds). 



< Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., ix, 1842, p. 79. 



< A)in. Mag. Xat. Hi^l.,ix, 1842, p. 333. 



< Ami. Mag. Xat. Hist., x, 1842, pp. 238, 239. 

 Notices of a few species. See same author, 1841. 



1842-50. Meyer, H.L. Coloured | Illustrations | of | British Birds, | and their | Eggs- 

 I By H. L. Meyer. | Vol. I [-VII]. | Containing sixty [60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 72,] 

 plates. 1 [Vignette.] ] Loudon: | G. W. NickLssou, 215, Regent Street, | Succes- 

 sor to the late James Eraser [Simpkiu, Marshall, & Co.]. | 1842 [-1850]. 7 

 vols. 8vo. Vol.I,1842,pp.i-iv,l-230,pll.60; Vol. II, 1844, pp. i-iv, 1-233, pU. 

 60; Vol. Ill, 1846 (imprint changes), pp. i-iv, 1-240, pll. 60; Vol. IV, 1847, pp. 

 i-iv, 1-215, pll. 60; Vol.V, 1848, pp. i-iv, 1-192, pll. 60; Vol. VI, 1849, pp. i-iv, 

 1-185, pll. 60; Vol. VII, 1850, pp. i-iv, 1-20G, pll. 72.— In all, 432 plates, mo.stly 

 coloured. Pub. in parts. 

 This is a reissue of the origmal 4to ed., pub. in 78 numbers of (about?) 4 pll. col'd each, 1835 



