316 Mr. C. D. Sherborn on 



XXVIII. — Note on P. Picofs ' Tallies Methodiques des 

 Mammiferes et des Oiseaux . . . de la Haute Garonne.' 

 By C. Da vies Sherborn. 



As the tract here cited appears from my observations to be 

 very scarce*, it may be thought advisable to reprint the 

 diagnoses of the few new species of birds founded therein 

 by Picot. There are no new species of mammals. 



The full title of the tract reads as follows : — " Tables 

 Methodiques | des | Mammiferes et des Oiseaux | observes | 

 dans le Departemeut de la | Haute-Garonne, Par Philippe 

 Picot-Lapeyrouse, | Membre de PInstitut national, Pro- 

 fesseur | d'Histoire naturelle a PEcole centrale ; | Imprimees 

 par ordre de F Administration du | departement de la Haute- 

 Garonne : j A l'usage des Eleves de l'Ecole centrale. | A 

 Toulouse, | De PImprimerie de Veuve Douladoure. | An 

 vii." | [1799, 8 V0 . viii, 54 Pp.]. 



The author signs his ' Avertissement ' : — 



Ph. e PICOT. 



A Lapeyrouse, le l. er frimaire, 

 an VII de la Republique. 



and this is here reproduced as showing his real name. 

 The following are the species founded by him : — 



P. 10.— "*5. L'ALIMOCH. Pic. Encycl. Vultur alimoch. 

 Pyren. PL iv. 



u Petite espece, ainsi que le suivant. Blanc sale 



Plumes de ailes noires .... Jabot proeminent .... Tete, 

 cera et jabot couleur de safran. Pic. Encycl." 



* Mr. Sherborn writes to the Editors as follows : — 



" When compiling my ' Index Animalium ' I failed in my attempts 

 to obtain a sight of Picot's ' Tables Methodiques.' But since the 

 publication of the Index I have purchased a copy of the work at the 

 Gerbe sale in Paris, while I have found another copy in private hands. 

 It may, however, be worth while, for general ornithological purposes, 

 to reprint the diagnoses of 7 "new species" described in it, and I 

 hope that you will find space for this in your Journal.'' 



