376 



Miscellaneous, 



were issued ; there were 1068 plates, of which 1064 were actually- 

 published, the last four having been prepared, but the text never 

 written, owing to the illness and death of Dr. Shaw. iN'ow 287 

 parts make up 23 years 11 months if issued monthly ; and as 

 Dr. Shaw died on July 22, 1813, leaving the descriptions of the 

 last set of plates (1065-1068) unpublished, we may suppose this to 

 have been the number for July 1813, the concluding number of the 

 twenty-fourth vol. Pursuing this argument further, we find that 

 the first number should have appeared as an August number in 

 1789, and wo find it reviewed in the ' Gentleman's Magazine' for 

 October of that year. Referring to a copy of the ' Nat. Misc.' in 

 the British Museum (jSTat. Hist.), the required evidence is found in 

 one of the original circulars about the work, which states that it 

 will be " Published in monthly numbers. Price one shilling and 

 sixpence. To begin the First of August." It is said also that 

 " three, and sometimes more " plates will be published in each 

 number. 



Taking these facts into consideration, as well as the dated plates, 

 I believe the following to be the actual dates of publication of Shaw 

 and Nodder's ' Naturalist's Miscellany ' : — 



Vol. 



III. 



IV 



VI. 

 VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



XI. 



XII. 



Plates. 



1- 15 



16- 37 



38- 52 



53- 74 



75- 87 



88-110 



111-125 



126-145 



146-161 



162-182 



183-195? 



? 196-218 



219-230 



231-254 



255-278? 



? 279-300 



301-324 



325-348 



349-364 



365-396 



397-412 



413-444 



445-463 



464-492 ' 



1789. 

 > 1790. 



1 1791. 



i 1792. 



\ 1793. 



[ 1794. 



i 1795. 



\ 1796. 



j- 1797. 



i 1798. 



I 1799. 



[ 1800. 

 ) 1801 . 



Vol. 

 XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



Plates. 

 I 493- sbsj 1801. 



568- 588 I 

 589- 612 ( 

 613- 635 I 

 636- 660 f 

 661- 6841 

 685- 708 f 

 709- 732 ( 

 733- 756 f 

 757- 7801 



1803. 



1804. 

 1805. 



1806. 



1807. 



j 781- 804 ( 

 ] 805- 828 



829- 852 ( 



853-8781 ,..g 

 j 879- 900 1 ^^"'^• 

 ) 901- 924 

 j 925- 948 i 

 I 949- 972 

 ] 973- 996 ( 

 \ 997-10201 ,., 2 

 j 1021-1044 ( ^^^^• 

 j 1045-1068 1813. 



1808. 



1810. 

 1811. 



It will be comparatively easy to fix with a fair amount of cer- 

 tainty the actual month any of the above plates was issued. 



C. Davies Shekborn 

 (Index gen. et spec. anim.). 



