546 Richmond, "Oiseaux d'Afrique." [A" k 



Larus fuscus affinis Reinhardt. 



10 adult males, wing 394-428 (412.3), tail 152-167 (160.3), 

 tarsus 63-69 (65.9), toe without claw, 47-53 (50.3), culmen, 49-56 

 (52.9), depth of bill at base, 16-19 (17.3), at angle, 16-19 (17.8); 



4 adult females, wing 382-407 (392.2), tail 151-158 (155.7), 

 tarsus 57-66 (61), toe without claw, 42-51 (45.5), culmen, 44-50 

 (47.5), depth of bill at base, 14-15 (14.7), at angle, 15-16 (15.7). 



FORSTER'S EDITION OF LEVAILLANT'S "OISEAUX 

 D'AFRIQUE." 



BY CHARLES W. RICHMOND. 



Publication of Levaillant's celebrated 'Histoire Xaturelle des 

 Oiseaux d'Afrique' was begun in Paris in 1796, and completed 

 in six volumes in 1S0S. It was issued in folio, with two sets of 

 plates, black and colored, also in 4°, with colored plates, and in 4°, 

 with plain plates; there was also an edition in 12mo of two volumes. 



In 1797 Bechstein began at Nurnberg a translation under the 

 title ' Franz Le Vaillant's Naturgeschichte der Afrikanischen 

 Vogel,' but it was discontinued at the end of the " Erster Band " 

 in 1S02. It consisted of 8 parts, each with 6 plates and corre- 

 sponding text; in all 48 plates, with pages i-xii, 13-210, 4°. It is 

 uncommon, though met with occasionally in the second-hand book 

 catalogues. Additional matter by Bechstein is given in footnotes, 

 but this is of little interest concerning nomenclature, since the 

 translator did not give any new scientific names to the species, 

 except possibly that of Falco lagopus Varietas africana, described 

 on p. 96 (note). 



A very little known translation was begun in Halle in 1798 by 

 a publisher named Dreyssig, who secured the cooperation of J. R. 



