10 Synopsis of the Birds 



The following is a list of the publications we have consult- 

 ed, with the abbreviations under which they are quoted. 



L. Linne, Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima Vin- 



dobonae. 1767. 



Briss. — Brisson, Ornithologia sive Synopsis methodica 



Avium. Parisiis. 1760. 

 Gm. Gmelin, Linne Systema Naturae. Editio decima- 



tertia. Leipsic. 1788. 

 Lath. — Latham, Index Ornithologicus, sive Systema Orni- 



thologiae. Londini. 1790. and Supplement 1801. 

 111. Illigeri Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et 



Avium. Berolini. 1811. 

 Cuv. Cuvier, Regne Animal. Paris. 1817. 



/ Vieillot, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Ame- 

 \rique Septentrionale (incomplete work). Paris. 

 Vieill. M807, & the different articles on birds in the 

 jNouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle of De- 

 f terville. Paris. 1816—1819. 



Temm. 



Temminck, Manuel d'Ornithologie. Paris. 1S20. 



I& Temminck et Laugier, Nouveau Recueil de 



I Planches coloriees d'Oiseaux. Paris 1820 — 25. 



(to pi. 360.) 

 Ranz. — Ranzani, Elementi di Zoologia. Bologna. 1821 — 



23.* 

 Latr. — Latreille, Families Naturelles du Regne Animal. 



Paris. 1825. 



In addition to the above mentioned authors a few others 

 will be occasionally quoted, as Savigny, Meyer, Lacepede, &c. 



* In this judicious compilation, the new zoological modifications are 

 ahly and critically discussed. Every good Italian must be grateful to Mr. 

 Jlanzani for his successful prosecution of this patriotic and arduous enter- 

 prise, which has long been a desideratum. 



