INTRODUCTION. 



FEW papers are less accessible to ornithologists than those 

 published by the late Sir Andrew Smith prior to the 

 issue of his great work " Illustrations of the Zoology 

 of South Africa." The South African Quarterly 

 Journal*, wherein most of them appear, is a collection 

 of miscellaneous papers in octavo, issued in two series 

 by the South African Institution between the years 1830 

 and 1834. The first series contains five numbers, the 

 first four bearing the date 1830, and the fifth 1832. The 

 second series commenced in 1833 with one number 

 divided into three parts; three more numbers of three 

 parts each appeared in 1834 when the journal ceased. 

 Printed, and for the most part published as this 



* The South African Quarterly Journal. No. I., From October 

 1829, to January 1830. Edited at the South African Institution. 

 Cape Town : Published by W. Bridekirk, Heeregracht : and by 

 J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill, London. 1830. Price, Three shillings. 



No. II. From January to April, 1830. 



No. III. From April to July, 1830. 



No. IY. From July to September, 1830. 



No. Y. October, 1831. Published by George Greig, Keizers- 

 gracht; 1832. 



The South African Quarterly Journal. Second series. No. 1 . 

 October to December, 1833. Edited at the South African Institu. 

 tion, Published in monthly parts. Part i. (part ii., part iii.). Cape 

 Town: Printed and Published by George Greig, Keizersgracht, 1833. 



No. 2. January to March, 1834, part i., 1834, part iii. (err. for 

 part ii.) part iii. Printed and published by George Greig, Heere. 

 gracht. 



No. 3. April to June. Part i., part ii., part iii. 



No. 4. July to September. Part i., part ii., part iii. 



