20 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. IV. 



ScHLEGEL. De Dierentuim. Title page dated 1872, but 

 issued in fifteen parts of 40 pp. each. The cop}^ in my library 

 has the covers bound in, but no dates appear on these. Schlegel 

 edited Mus. des Pays-Bas, but accurate dates not yet determined. 



ScHRANCK. Fauna Boica, Vol. I., 1798, pref. July 20, 

 1797; VoL 11., 1801, pref. March 12, 1801 ; Vol. III., 1803; 

 pref. November 8, 1802. 



ScopoLi. Annus. Hist. Nat., I., 1769; II., 1709; III., 

 1769 ; IV., 1770 ; V., 1772. 



Introd. Hist. Nat., 1777. 



Delic. Florce et Faun. Insubr., 1786-88. 



Selby. Author of works on British Birds, who collaborated 

 with Jardine in the Illustrations of Ornithology, which see. 

 W^rote the volume in the Naturalists' Library (Jardine) dealing 

 with Pigeons, which was published between May and August 

 1835, date at issue. 



Seebohm. Famous worker on British Birds, who wrote 

 monograph on V\^arblers and Thrushes in Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. and a separate monograph on Thrushes and Geog. 

 Distribution of Charadriiformes, which appeared in parts, 

 but which I have not traced ; and, though important, dates 

 of publication are not technically valuable. 



Sharpe, R. B. Head of Bird Department of British 

 Museum for many j'ears. Wrote Monograijli of Kingfishers, 

 which appeared in 15 parts, pt. i., July 1, 1868 and xiv. 

 and XV., January 1, 1871. Dates and contents of parts given 

 in preface. Initiated the Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., of which he 

 wrote about half the monographs. Completed a Handlist 

 Genera Species Birds Brit. Mus., in which no references are 

 given, and consequently it is only a very incomplete guide to 

 known species of birds. Sharpe published many papers in the 

 Ibis, etc. , and also important monographs ; the birds in the Zoot. 

 Coll. Alert, 1884 (pref. June 20), are important to Australians, 

 and especially the articles in the Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Brit. 

 Mus., Vol. II., 1906; where Sharpe reviewed the paintings 

 made by Forster, Ellis and Watling dealing with Australian 

 birds. Attention is again drawn to it, as it was not included 

 in the Zoological Record for 1906, though it is a very important 



