14 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. IV. 



LiNNE, Fauna Suecica. 1st ed. prefaced February 25, 1746. 

 Syst. Nat. lOth Edition, date accepted, January 1, 1758. 

 Fauna Suecica, 2nd ed. prefaced July 28, 1761. Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed. prefaced May 24, 1766. 



Littler. Handbook Birds Tasm., 1910. Reviewed Emu 

 July 1st 1910, London, December 10.. 



Macgillivhay. Hist. Brit. Birds, Vol. I., prefaced May 1, 

 1837 ; Vol. II., prefaced June 1, 1839 ; Vol. III., prefaced 

 June 1, 1840. On sale July 1, 1840. Vol. IV., prefaced March 

 20, 1852 ; and Vol. V., prefaced July 31, 1852. 



Rapacious Birds Great Britain. Published January 16, 1836. 



Manual Land Birds. Published November 28, 1840. 



Manual Water Birds. Published May 28, 1842. 



Mag. de Zool. Plates and text issued irregularly, and 

 sometimes text dated, but these are dates of manuscript only, 

 not of publication. No exact collation yet known. 



Mathews. Birds Austr. Details given in Vol. VII, p. 

 458, 1919. 



Handl. Birds Australasia. January 1908 as Supplement 

 to Emu, Vol. VII. ■ 



List Birds Australia,. December 1913. 



Reference List to the Birds of Australia was published in the 

 Nov. Zool, Vol. XVIIL, pp. 171-656, January 31, 1912, 

 following two important papers on nomenclature in the same 

 Journal, containing details of dates of publication. Vol. XVII. , 

 pp. 492-503, December 15, 1910, and Vol. XVIIL, pp. 1-22, 

 June 17, 1911. Lias also published many papers in the Ibis, 

 Emu, Auk, South Australian Ornithologist, etc., as well as 

 majority in the Austral Avian Record. 



Mathews & Iredale. Reference List of the Birds of Neio 

 Zealand appeared in Ibis, 1913, pp. 201-263, April 2, pp. 402- 

 45, July 1. 



Meyer & Wiglesworth. Birds of Celebes. A most 

 important work to students of Australasian birds. Two 

 volumes 1898 issued together and received at British Museum, 

 June 25, 1898. Dates are used as signatures, appearing con- 

 tinuously throughout the work, but are dates of printing of 

 sheets, not of publication, the first being October 4, 1897, and 



