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" Zoology " is dated 1794, and there is no preface or dedication, 

 thus showing that it was considered to be one book, and it was 

 so bound in one of my copies. 



The wrappers in parts i. and ii. are small, and pasted on larger 

 covers. No. i reads : — 



" To be continued occasionally/of/Zoology and Botany/of/New 

 Holland/and/the Isles adjacent/Published by J. Sowerby and Co., 

 No. 2 Mead Place/Lambeth ; may be had at No. 42 Paternoster 

 Row,/and of the town and country booksellers." ■ 



The wrapper on part ii. is almost the same, but it has — " In 

 future a number of this will be published every two months." 



Part i. contains title page, half-title page, dedication, preface, 

 and plates i.-iv., with their letter-press of botany, and, I think, 

 Psittacus eximius and Didelphis -pygmcea (original description), with 

 their letter-press of zoology. 



Part ii. contains plates v.-viii., with their letter-press of botany, 

 and, I think, Coliimha antartica (original description) and Chcetodon 

 constrictus (original description) (?), with their letter-press of zoology. 

 After this the " Zoology " and " Botany " were issued separately. 

 Two more parts of each came out and contained each four plates. The 

 botanical plates were issued as now numbered, and are sixteen in 

 number, and probably most of them received their scientific names 

 for the first time. Part iv. of " Botany " is dated 1794, but three of 

 the plates are dated ist January, 1795. Plates vii. and viii. are 

 dated ist October, 1793 ; plates xiv., xv., xvi. are dated ist 

 January, 1795. 



In the "Zoology" the plates were not issued in their right order. 

 Part i., I think, contained plates i. and ii. 

 Part ii. contained plates v. and vi. 



Plates Nos. ix., Turdus pundatus (original description) ; x., 

 Coluhor porphyriacus (original description) ; xi., Didelphis sciurea 

 (original description) ; xii., Didelphis macroura, were issued 

 together, and are dated September and November, 1794. 



Plates Nos. iii., Psittacus terrestris ; iv., Merops phrygius (original 

 description) ; vii., Testudo longicollis (original description) (?) ; 

 viii., Canser serratus (original description) (?), were issued together, 

 and have " 1794 " on them. The wrapper to this part reads : — 



" Zoology/of/New Holland/by/George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S.,/&c., 

 &c./ The figures by/James Sowerby, F.L.S./ This volume 

 contains/The Ground Parrot. The Embroidered Merops. The 

 Long-necked Tortoise. The Serrated Lobster./ In binding this 

 work, the order of the pages only is to be attended to in/Descrip- 

 tions, which are immediately to follow the corresponding Plates/. 

 London/Printed by J. Davis/ published by J. Sowerby, No. 2 

 Mead Place, Lambeth, to be had/at No. 13 Broadway, Black- 

 Friars, and of the Town/and Country Booksellers/M.DCC.XCIV." 

 It will thus be seen that after the " Zoology " and " Botany " were 

 issued separately, they were published at a different place than 

 formerly, although still by the same publisher. In the " Zoology " 

 there are 5 plates of birds, 3 of mammals, i fish, i tortoise, i 



