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ornithologists, were published in quarto in 1841 and 1844 respec- 
tively. 
Perhaps the most useful of Mr. Gould’s octavo works is his 
‘Handbook to the Birds of Australia,’ published in two vols. in 
1865 ; for, appearing as it did nearly twenty years after the folio 
work on the same subject, it not only contained numerous 
additions and descriptions of new species, but gave to those who 
could not afford to purchase the more costly folio the latest 
information concerning Australian birds. At this date (1865) 
Mr. Gould was enabled to enumerate in round numbers no less 
than 660 species of Australian birds, the discovery of a great 
number of which was due mainly to his own exertions. 
Elected a Fellow of the Zoological Society in 1840, having 
previously been a corresponding member, he took an active part 
in the scientific meetings, which were frequently enlivened by his 
accounts of the discovery of new and beautifully-plumaged birds 
which he exhibited. His descriptions and papers were published 
from time to time in the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ 
the ‘ Zoological Journal,’ and the ‘ Annals of Natural History.’ 
The catalogue of scientific papers compiled and published by the 
Royal Society (of which Mr. Gould was a Fellow) shows that up 
up to the year 1873 no less than 229 separate papers had 
emanated from his busy pen. 
It is impossible to review so large a contribution to zoological 
literature as is embodied in Mr. Gould’s works without being 
convinced of two things. His publications have given the 
greatest possible stimulus and encouragement to the prosecution 
of zoological research, and the perfection to which he brought 
hand-coloured lithography may be said to have inaugurated a 
new era in the art of zoological illustration. No more beautiful 
coloured representations of mammals and birds can be found 
than those which adorn his own folios. 
In this large series of beautiful volumes Mr. Gould has 
certainly raised an enduring monument to his own fame, for 
they will be quoted and referred to till the end of time. 
