402 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1841-43. Thompson, W. — Continued. 



2-21-230, 37:1-381; x, 184'2, pp. ,50-59, 171-179: xi, 1843, pp. 283-290 ; xii, 1843, 

 PI). 31-38, 254-258. 



This is an interesting and valuable series of articles on Irisli ornithology, each havmg, after 

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

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

 appeared later. Thompson was very active in these matters for some years, as his numeroua 

 contributions to various periodicals testify. 



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

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

 York: | Harper and Brothers, Cliti-street. | — | 1841. 1vol. 18mo. Title-p. ; 

 pp.vii-x (accouut of White, and index); 1 1.. list of engr. ; pj). 13-335; with 

 .52 woodcuts. 



This is the original issue of the Harpers' American reprint of the Lady Dover edition, being 

 'So. 147 of the Fainil)/ Library. By the courtesy of the publishers themselves I am informed 

 of the .successive issues, as follows: -1842 (two), 1847, 1853, 1855, 1859, 18G8. 



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

 for which we are indebted to the mother (Lady Dover) of H. A[garJ. E[llis]. White said 

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

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

 second ]mrt (to BaiTington) are not. A new woodcut is introduced at p. 223, instead of the 

 original of tlie Mistletoe Thrush. 



1841. Wilson, .1. Additiou.al Notice regarding' St. Kikfa. <^Edinh. New FhiJoii. 



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

 Only ornithological iu reference to Coraeins garrula. 



1842. Dalk, J. ('. Fauna of Dorsetshire. < .//u^ Ma(j. Xat. Hist., viii, 1842, pp. 



472, 473. 

 Notices Ijrietly some of tbe 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 Eeptiles, 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. R. 

 S. E. M. W. S. «fee. I Minister of Flisk, Fifeshire ; | and author of the "Philos- 

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

 Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLII. 1 vol. 8vo-. pp. i-xxiy, l-.56(i, 1 1. 

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



Birds, pp. 41-146 ; a systematic synopsis (bynomeansa ''history") of 237 spp., treated with 

 brief diagnosis, a little synonymy, and fair descriptions, some of which include remarks ou 

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



The author's classification i.s— Order I. Fissipedes {Ija.nA Birds). Tribe I, Terrestres: Sect. 

 T. Ambidatores, with 4 gioups, GalUnadee, Columbadce, Accipitres, Passeres; Sect. II. Scan- 

 sores. Tribe II, Gralloe. Order II. Palmipedes (Water Birds). 

 1842. GURNEY, ,1. H. Norfolk Birds. <.-!»«. Ma*/. A'it/. JEfi^i., ix, 1842, p. 79. 



4 spp. 

 1842. GUUNEY, .1. II. Norfolk Birds. < Ami. Mai/. \at. Hist. , ix, 1842, p. 333. 



4 spp. 

 1842. Mummery. S. Birds of Kent. < Ann. Ma;/. Xaf. Hi-ff., x, 1842. ])p. 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 [(30, 60, 60, 60, 60, 72,] 

 plates. I [Vignette.] | London: | G. W. Nicki.sson. 215, Regent Street, | Succes- 

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

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

 60; Vol.111. 1846 (imprint changes), pp. i-iv, 1-240, pll. (iO; Vol. IV, 1847, pp. 

 i-iv, 1-215, pll. 60; Vol. V, 184S, pp. i-iv, 1-192, pll. 60; Vol. VI, 1849, pp. i-iv, 

 1-185, pll. 60; Vol. VII, 1850, pp. i-iv, 1-206, pll. 72.— In all, 432 plates, mostly 

 coloured. Pub. iu parts. 

 This is a reissue of the original 4to ed., pub. iu78 numbers of (about?) 4 pll. col'd each, 1835 



