6&0 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. [Vol-V 



1802. AUJDEBERT, J. B., and ViEiLLOT, L. p. — Coutinued. 



Histoire Naturelle des Grimpereaux. pp. 107-128, pll. 72-88. 



Histoire Naturelle | des | Oiseaux de Paradis. | pp. 1-34, jill. 1-16. 



Table gen^rale des matieres. pp. 35-40. 



The composition of the whole work is not evident at first sight. As consisting of two toIs. 

 folio, the oeneral title is simply Oiseaux dor^.s OU a reflets m^talliques, by Audebert and 

 Vieillot, and such is the preliminary half-title printed on the first leaf of each vol. 



But the full title-page of Vol. I is as above given. It includes the Colibris and Oiseaux- 

 Mouches i= Trochilidce) , by botli authors; then the Jacamars (Galbulidce) by Vieillot, separa- 

 tely paged and half-titled, plates separately numbered , then the Promerops ( TTpupidce, Prome- 

 ropidce, etc.) by Vieillot. also half- titled, separately paged, and the plates separately niunbered. 

 The vol. closes with a table of contents of the whole, continuously paged with Promerops. 



Vol. II is stUl more composite as to the birds treated, but has only two paginations and 

 two numerations of plates. The preliminary title is Oiseaux dor6s, etc., as before, Vol. H. 

 The full-page title is as given above under "Contents"; but the "Grimperaux" of the full 

 Title are subdivided by a sort of chapter-headings into "Grimpereaux Soui'-Mangas", 

 •'Grimpereaux Guit-guits", "Grimpereaux H6oro-taires", and "Grimpereaux"; continu- 

 ously paged, their plates continuously numbered. Then the " Oiseaux de Paradis" are half- 

 titled, separately paged, and their plates separately numbered. The vol. closes with a table 

 of contents of the whole, continuously paged with Oiseaux de Paradis. 



The "Grimpereaux" are a most misceUaneous lot of birds, about equal to the Linnsean 

 Oerthia; mclxiAiug Meliphagidce. Ocerebidce, Sylvicolidce, Dendrocolaptidce, eic. The Paradise 

 birds are less composite, but still include others than the Paradiseidce of modern authors. 



The work is said to have been published in 32 livraisons, the dates of which are unknown 

 ro me. The date above given is that of the title-page of each vol., being the completion of the 

 work. There are said to be actually 192 plates, though the ostensible series is 70 -j- 6+ 9 -[-88 

 -|- 16 = 189. The edition is said to have been of 200 copies. There aie said to have been also 100 

 copies printed on vellum, and 10 copies printed with gold instead of black ink. In the copy 

 f«amined, in the Libr. Phila. Acad., the names on the plates are aU in gold. 



Fortunately or otherwise, no scientific nomenclature is used in this luxurious work. It 

 should be used in connection with Vieillot's article " Colibri ' in Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat, vii, 

 1817, which see. 



1804. Barton, B. S. Facts relative to the Food of the Humming-Bird [Trochilus co- 

 lubris]. < Barton^s Med. and Phys. Joiirn. , part i, vol. i, 1804, pp. 88, 89. 



"— that the Trochilus does actually subsist, in part, upon the different species of insects." 



1817. V[iEiLLOT, L. P.] Colihri, Trochilus, Lath. <^Nouv. Diet. d'Hist Nat., vii, 

 1817, pp. 340-376, pll. B 38, B 19. 



In Audebert and Vieillot's ouvrage de luxe. Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metalliques, which 

 was completed in 1802, no scientific names are given to the Hummers and other glittering 

 birds so beautifully depicted ; but in the present article, Vieillot names many species in due 

 form, with references to the plates of the Ois. dor., as follows :—T. caudacuius, V., p. 347 ; T. 

 multicolor. Lath.', p. 347: T. azfM-, V., p. 347; T. superciliosus, J^Ath., p. 347 (pll. 17, 18 of Ois. 

 Dor.) ; T. /hscms, V., p. 348 ; T. galeritus, Lath., p. 348 ; T. cinereus, Lath., p. 348 (pi. 5 of O. D.) , 

 T. ZewcwrMS, Lath., p. 348; T. nigricollis, V., p. 349; T. fulvifrons. Lath., p. 349; T. flavifrons, 

 Lath., p. 349 ; T. granaiinus. Lath., p. 350 (pi. 4 of O. -D.) ; T. aurulentus. Audeb., p. 350 (pll. 12, 

 13 of O.D.): T. elegans, A^uleb., p. 351 (pi. 14 of O.D.); T. ^ectomiis, Lath., p. 351; T. para 

 diseus. Lath., p. 352 ; T. cristatellus, Lath., p. 352 : T. hirsuttis. p. 352 (pi. 20 of O. D.) ; T. thau 

 mantias, Lath., p. 353 ; T. mango, Lath., p. 353 (pi. 7 of 0. D.) ; T. mango, var., p. 353 ; T. quad 

 ricolor, V., p. 353 ; T. viridis, V., p. 354 (pi. 41 of 0. D.) ; T. torquatus, Lath., p. 3.54 ; T. atrUa- 

 pillus, v., p. 354; T.polytmus, Lath., p. 355 (pi. 47 of O. D.) -. T. pella. Lath., p. 355 (pll. 2, 3 of 

 O.D.); T. exilis, Lath., p. 356 : T. atrigaster, V., p. 356 (pi. 65 of O. D.)-. T. punctatus, Lath., p. 

 357 (pi. 8 of O. D.) : T. viridis, V. [not viridis of p. 354|, p. 357 (pi. 15 of O. D.) ; T. brasiliensis, 

 Lath., p. 357 (pi. 19 of O. D.) ; T. holosericeus, Lath., p. 357 (pi. 6 of O. D.) -. T. violaceus, Lath., p. 

 358 ; T. punctulatus, Lath., p. 358 ; T. amethystinus. Lath., p. 358 ; I. albirostris, V., p. 359 (pi. 45 

 of O.D.); T. serrirostris, V., p. 359 ; T. cinereus, V., p. 359 ; T. mellivorus. Lath., p. 360 (pll. 22, 

 23, 24 of O.D.): T. obscurus, Latli., p. 361; T. .^plendidus,Y. , i^.dGl ; T. ourissia, Lath., p. 361; 

 T. carbuneulus. Lath., p. 361 (pi, 5 of O. D.) ; T. coeruleus, V., p. 361 (pi. 40 of O. D.) ; T. macu- 

 latus, v., p. 361 (pi. 44 of O. D.); T. rufieollis, V., p. 362 ; T. leucogaster, Lath., p. 363 (pi. 43 of 

 0. D.) ; T. inellisugus. Lath., p, 363 (pi. 39 of O. D.) ; T. maximus. Lath., p. 364 ; T. ornatus, Lath, 

 p. 364 (jjl. 49 of O. D.) ; T. cristatus, Lath., p. 365 ; T. pileatiis, Lath., p. 365 (pi. 63 of O. D.) ; T. 

 latipennis, Lath., p. 365 (pi. 21 of O. D.) ; T. longirostris, V., p. 366 (pi. 59 of 0. D.) ; T. macrov 

 rus. Lath., p. 366 ; T.forftcatus, Lath., p. 366 (pi. 60 of O. D.) : T. magnificus, V., p. 367 ; T. marmo 

 ratus, v., p. 367 ; T. maugceus, V., p. 368 (pi. 37 of O. D.) ; T. auritu.% Lath., p. 368 (pi 25, 26 of O 

 D.): I. minimus. Lath., p. 369; T. ruber, Lath., p. 369; T.cyanurusY.. p. 369; T. glaucopis, 



