376 



Miscella n eo us. 



were issued ; there were 1068 plates, of which 1004 were actually 

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

 written, owing to the illness and death of Dr. Shaw. Now 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 last set of plates (1065-1068) unpublished, we may suppose this to 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 j'ear. Picfcrring to a copy of the ' Nat. Misc.' in 

 the British Museum (Xat. 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 ono 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 foUo'^nng to be the actual dates of publication of Shaw 

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



Vol. 

 I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



h 



Plates. 



1- 16 



16- 37 



38- 52 



53- 74 



75- 87 



88-110 



111-125 



126-145 



140-161 



102-182 



183-196? 



? 196-218 



219-2.30 



231-254 



255-278 P 



? 279-300 



301-324 



326-348 



349-364 



365-396 



397^12 



413-444 



445-463 



464-492 ■ 



1789. 

 1790. 



\n 



1791. 



1792. 



1793. 



1794. 



1795. 



1796. 



1797. 



1798. 



1799. 



1800. 

 1801. 



Vol. 

 XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



Plates. 

 I 493- 508J 1801. 

 ] .509- 5401 .^,y 



541- 567 f ^^^^• 

 I 568- 588 ,noo 

 ) 689- 612 ( ^^"'^• 

 I 613- 635 [ ,gQ. 

 j 636- 660 \ ■'""*• 

 ^ 661- 6841 ..Q. 



685- 708 \ ^^"^• 



709- 732 ( ,j.^. 



733- 756 f ^^"^• 



757- 780 i -,r.(.y 



781- 804 f ^^"'^• 



805- 8281 



829- 852 (■ 



863- 878 ,g,)q 



879- 900 ( ^*"'^- 



901- 924! ,g,^ 



925- 948 f ^^^"• 



949- 9721 , 



. 973- 996 f ^"^^• 



i 997-1020,., 2 



11021-10441 ^"^^• 



h045-1068 1813. 



IP 



1808. 



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

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



C. Davies Shekboen 

 (Index gen. et spec, anim.). 



