398 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1837-43. Yarrell, W.— Coutiuued. 



The following are the editions of this celebrated work : — 



1837-43. Editio princeps, ut supra. 



1845. (Supplement to the same. 8vo. London. "Van "Voorst, pp. 54.) 



1845. Second edition. 



1856. (Supplement to the same. 8vo. London. "Van "Voorst, pp. x, 72.) 



1856. TauiD edition. 



1871-188-. i'ouRTH edition (now in progress). 

 "Many lecent wood-engravers have approached Bewick, but none have yet equalled hia. 

 Among the most successful of these the Messrs. Thompson of London must be specially mea< 

 tioned. Their woodcuts in Tarrell's ' British Birds' are beautiful works of art ; in delicacy 

 of execution they often exceed the engravings of Bewick ; but the occasional stiffness of atti- 

 tude in the birds, and a conventional sketchiness in the accompaniments, indicate the profes- 

 sional artist and not the self-taught child of Nature. The beauty of Tarrell's 'British Birds' 

 is much enhanced by improvements in the preparation of paper and ink, and in the mode of 

 taking off the impres.sions which have been introduced since Bewick's time. It is probable 

 thatif thu wood-blocks of Bewick, now in the possession of the great engraver's family, wer» 

 intrusted to one of our flrst-rate London printers, an edition of Bewick's ' Birds ' could be now 

 produced, far superior in execution to any which was issued in the lifetime of the author."— 

 (Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1844, 1845, p. 202.) 



1838. Couch, J. A | Coruish Fauna: | Ijeiug a compendium | of the Natural History 

 I of I the county, | Intended to form a Companion to the Collection in the 

 Museum of the Royal | Institution of Cornwall. | — ] Part I, | containing the 

 I "Vertebrate, Crustacean, | and a portion of the | Radiate Animals. | — | By 

 Jonathan Couch, F. L. S., «fec. &c. | — | Truro: | Printed for the Royal Insti- 

 tution of Cornwall, | By L. E. Gillet. | — | 1838. 1 toI. 8vo. pp. i-vi, 5-84. 

 There are three parts of this " Coraish Fauna" : Pt. II, 1841, by the same ; Part III, 1844, 

 by Richard Q. Couch. Part I, as above, is occupied with Birds at pp. 10-30 ; being an anno- 

 tated list of species. 



1838. Editorial. [Notice of Macgilli-va-ay's History of British Birds, "Vol. I. < Mag. 

 of Zool. and Bot, ii, 1838, pp. 267-269. 



1838-39. Eyton, T. C. An Attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North 

 "Wales. < Ann. of Nat. Hist., i, 1838, pp. 285-293 ; ii, 1839, pp. 52-56. 

 An annotated list of species. 



1838-43. Jardine, W. The | Naturalist's Library. 1 Edited by | Sir William Jar- 

 dine, Bart., I F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc., etc. | Vol. I. [-IV.] | — | Ornithology. 

 1 Birds of Great Britain and Ireland.— Part I. [-IV.] \ By the Editor. | — | 

 Edinburgh : W. H. Lizars, [etc. ] n. d. [1838-1843. ] 4 vols. sm. 12rao. Vol. I, 

 1838, portrait of Sibbald, eng. title, other title, contents, 1 leaf, pp. 17-315; 

 unnumbered woodcc, pll. col'd 1-34. Vol.11, portrait of Smellie, eng. and 

 col'd title, other title, contents, 1 leaf, pp. 17-409 ; cuts, pll. col'd 1-30 (with 

 title-vignette and portrait = 32 plates). Vol. Ill, 1842 ?, portrait of Rev. Dr. 

 "Walker, eng. title, other title, contents, pp. 17-349; cuts, pll. col'd 1-34 

 (+ portrait and vignette = 36, not " 34 " as said by the editor). Vol. IV, 1843, 

 portrait of Wilson, eng. title, other title, contents, 1 leaf, pp. 17-313 ; cuts, 

 pll., 1,2,2*, 3-30 (with portrait and vignette = 33 plates). 



Vol. I =:" IX", "Vol. 11= "XI", Vol. 111= "XII", Vol.IV = "XrV", of the general ar- 

 rangement of the series ; see Jard. Nat. Libr., 1833-1844. The 1st vol. treats of Raptores; 2d, 

 Dentirostres, Gonirostres, Scansores, Tenuirostres, Fissirostres ; 3d, Gallince and Orallas; 4tli, 

 Natatores; with memoirs of the persons whose respective portraits are prefixed. 



The pleasure of handling the admirable and most attractive publications of which the 

 Baronet is author or editor, in some moments gives way to a feeling of vexation at the offish- 

 ness, or amateurishness, which seems to disdain the conventionalities of book-making. 



1838. Selby, p. J. The Fauna of Twizell. < Mag. of Zool. and Bot., ii, 1838, pp. 387- 

 397. 



One of a series ; chiefly ornithological; general sketch of the avifauna, and nominal list of 

 112 spp. 



1838. Selby. P. J. Ueber die vierfAssigen Thiere und V6gel in der Grafschaft South- 

 erlaud in Schottland im Sommer 1834. < Oken's Ms, Bd. xxxi, 1838, pp. 



68-73. 

 Aus d. Ildinb. New Fhilos. Joum. voL xx, p. 156-161, 286-295. 



