Vol. XVII 
1900 
RICHMOND, Lacépéde’s ‘ Tableaux. 167 
“Discours | d’ouverture et de cléture | du cours | d’histoire 
naturelle | Donné dans le Muséum national d ’Histoire naturelle, | 
1’ an vii de la République, | et | Tableaux méthodiques | des 
mammiféres et des oiseaux, | par le C™ Lacepéde, | De 1’ Institut 
national de France [seven lines of titles, etc.] | a Paris | chez 
Piassan, Imprimeur—L)’ ibraire. | L’ an vii de la Republique. | .” 
These ‘ Discours ’ occupy 56 pp., followed by 18 pp. of mammi- 
feres and 20 pp. of oiseaux, the subheading for the latter being 
‘‘Tableau des sous-classes, divisions, sous-divisions, ordres et 
genres des oiseaux.” 
Mr. Sherborn gives the date of this tract as late in 1799, a 
detailed review being given in the ‘Journ. général de la Litt. de 
laeirance: for Nivose, An. VIL; (Dec. 21, 1709, to, jan. 1a, 
1800). ‘There is, however, no reference to it in the ‘Journ. 
Typographique,’ although Daudin’s ‘Traité,’ Vol. I, is duly 
announced on 30th Nivése (Jan. 19, 1800). 
While the ‘Discours’ and the ‘ Traité’ doubtless appeared 
within a few weeks of one another, and the contents of the bird 
‘tableau’ is practically identical in each case, the former has a 
slight priority and should be quoted, notwithstanding its inaccessi- 
bility to the majority of ornithologists. 
In November last, while looking over some books in the library 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, I found an 
incomplete copy (the bird niatter only) of Lacépeéde’s paper in a 
volume of tracts. 
A perusal of this copy shows the following list of genera to be 
credited to Lacépede, with page references : 
Touraco, p. 2. Ceyx,.p: 1a. 
Astur, p. 4. Tridactylus, p. 11. 
NV SUS..PLA> Gouan, p. 12. 
Buteo, p. 4. Pelecanoides, p. 13. 
CHrres, Boia: Prion, p. 14. 
Milvus, p. 4. Urinator, p. 14. 
Tyrannus, p. 5. Carbo, p. 15. 
Muscivora, p. 5. Hans, p. 17. 
Myrmecophaga, p. 6. Lbis,.p: 48. 
Cacicus, p. 6. Macrotarsus, p. 18. 
Picoides, p. 7. fHydrogallina, p. 19. 
Orthorhyncus, Pp. 9. Touyou, p. 20. 
