BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. XI 



Wading-birds and Natatores. In tliis fine work most of the 

 drawings were developed and placed on stone by Mr. W. 

 Hartj who also executed all tbe plates of the later works. 



In 1865 Mr. Gould republished his letterpress of the big 

 work in an octavo form, under the title of ^A Handbook to 

 the Birds of Australia/ but with all the additional species 

 inserted in their proper families ; these two volumes are 

 therefore of great use to the student. After the completion 

 of his work oa ' British Birds/ Mr. Gould devoted himself 

 to the continuation of the ' Birds of Asia ' and the Supple- 

 ment to the 'Birds of Australia/ until, in 1875, he com- 

 menced a work on the * Birds of New Guinea,^ which was to 

 contain also descriptions of any new species that might be 

 discovered in Australia or any part of the Australian region. 

 Of the last-named work eleven parts have appeared, and it 

 was left unfinished at his death, as well as the following 

 works : — ' A Monograph of the Pittidse, or Ant-Thrushes 

 of the Old World ' (one part published), and the Supplement 

 to the ' Monograph of the Humming-Birds.' 



The above list enumerates, I believe, all the works 

 published by Mr. Gould, with the exception of the ' Icones 

 Avium* (issued about 1838, and containing supplementary 

 plates to his previous volumes, with descriptions of new 

 species) , ' A Monograph of the Odontophorinse, or Partridges 

 of America,' ' Synopsis of the Birds of Australia,' and ' A 

 Monograph of the Macropodidse/ published in 1841-42. 

 In addition to the folio volumes he was also in the habit of 

 publishing the introductions to his larger works in an octavo 

 form. 



