ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS' NAMES 

 TITLES OF BOOKS, JOURNALS, ETC. 



Our abbreviations were made before the issue of the list used in the "Zoological Record" which i« 

 recomn.ended by the "Deutschen Zoologisehe Gesellschaft" as a model for such, or we'^oulfhave ^doptd 

 least a part of them, but many are far too long to be made use of in a synonymy, and others are not praSLl 



Portions of abbreviations here enclosed in brackets are often omitted in the text. 



Abh. (Ber.) Mns. Dresden = Abhandlungen und Be- 

 richte des Kgl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch- 

 Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 

 Abh. (Naturw.) Ver. Bremen = Abhandlungen heraus- 

 gegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu 

 Bremen. 

 Abh. Seuckenb. Natnrf. Ges. = Abhandlungen heraus- 

 gegeben von der Senckenbergischen natui-forschenden 

 Geeellschait. Frankfurt am Main. 

 Acta (Noval Acad. Leop. (Carol.) = Nova Acta Acade- 

 miae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae 

 Naturae Curiosorum. Also = Verhandlungen der 

 Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen 

 Akademie der Naturforscher. 

 Alb., Nat. Hist. B. = E. Albin: Natural history of 



British Bii-ds. 1738 — 40. 

 Am. Journ. of Sc. & Arts = American Journal of 



Science and Arts. 

 Ann. (K. K.) Nat. Ilofmus. (Wien) = Annalen des K. K. 



Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums zu Wien. 

 Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. = Annali del Museo Civico di 



Storia Naturale di Genova. 

 Ann. (& Mag.) N. 11. = The Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History, including Zoolog)', Botany, and 

 Geologj-. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. = Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoo- 



logie et Paleontologie. 

 Arcli. Nat. = Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte. 

 Atti Ac. Sc. Tor(ino). = Atti della Reale Accademia 



delle Scienze di Torino. 

 Atti Soc. It. Sc. Nat. Mil. = Atti della Society italiana | 



di Scienze naturali. Milano. 

 Andubon, B. N. Am. = J. J. Audubon: The Birds of 



America. 182G seq. 

 Ank = The Auk. Quarterly Journal of Omithologj-. 

 Ausland = Das Ausland. AVochensebrift fiir Lander- 



und Volkerkunde. 

 Baird, Brew. & Kidg., Water B. N. Am. = S. P. Baird, 

 T. M. Brewer, and R Ridgway: The Water Birds 

 of North America. 1884. iMemoirs of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology at flanard College, Vol YD. 

 and Xm. 



Baldamns, Leben europ. Knck. = E. Baldamus: Das 

 Leben der europiiischen Kuckucke. Nebst Beitragen 

 zur Lebenskunde derubrigen parasitischen Kuckucke 

 und Starlinge. 1692. 

 Bartl., (Men.) Weaver-b. = A. D. Bartlett: A Mono- 

 graph of the Weaver-birds. 1888. 

 Bechst, Natnrg. Deutschl. = J. M. Bechstein: Gemein- 

 nutzige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands, nach alien 

 3 Reichen. 2. verb. Aufl. 1801—1809. 

 Bechst., Orn. Taschenb. = J. M. Bechstein: Omitho- 

 logisches Taschenbuch von und fur Deutschland 

 1802—12. 

 Begbie. Malay Penin. = P. J. Begbie: The Malayan 

 Peninsula; history, manners and customs of the in- 

 habitants, politics, natural history etc. 1834. 

 Bijdr. ft. d.) Dierk. = Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 

 Uitgegeven door het K. Zoologisch Genootschap 

 "Natura artis magistra", Amsterdam. 

 Bijdr. taal, land, volkenk. Ned. Ind, = Bijdragen tot 

 de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch 

 Indie. 



Blanf., Faun. Br. Ind(ia; B. = The Fauna of British India, 

 incl. Ceylon and Burma. Ed. by W. T. Blanford. Bii-ds, 

 by E. W. Gates and W. T. Blanford. 1889—1895. 



Blak., Amend. List B. Jap. = T. W. Blakiston: 

 Amended List of the Birds of Japan, according to 

 Geogi-aphical Distribution. 1884. 



W. Bias., lirannschw. Anzeigen = W. Blasius in the 

 ''BraunschweigischeTi Anzeigen" (Newspaper). 



"Isis": Zeitschrift fur alle naturwissenschaftlichen 

 Liebhabereien. 



Blyth, B. Burmah = E. BIyth: A Catalogue of the 

 Mammals and Birds of Burmah Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1S75, pt.n, extra number), 



Blyth, Cat. (B.) Mns. A(8). S. (B.i = E. BIyth: A Cata- 

 logue of the Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic 

 Society, 1849. 



Bodd., Tab!. PI. Enl. = M. Boddaert: Table des plan- 

 ches enlumincez d'histoire nat., de d'Aubenton. 1783, 



Boll. 11 us. Torino = Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia 

 ed Anatomia comparata della R, Universita di Torino. 



