THE AUSTRAL AVIAN 

 RECORD. 



Vol. IV., No. 1. May 27th, 1920. 



CONTENTS. 

 Dates of Ornithological Works 



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As Appendix B. in Part V. of Volume VII. of my Birds of 

 Australia, which was published on July 10, 1919, ! included 

 the results of an attempt to provide exact dates for Ornitho- 

 logical Works quoted in that work. This was a novel effort, 

 and of course contains many imperfections, but my reviewers 

 have kindly suggested that it was important enough to be 

 reprinted in a more accessible place, and indicated the present 

 vehicle. I have great pleasure in acceding to these desires 

 and am thankful for the appreciation, and have also taken 

 the opportunity of revising some items and adding additional 

 information, so that this list is more complete and accurate 

 than the preceding one ; but I have condensed it so that it 

 gives references to the details, not all the details themselves. 

 It must also be remembered that I only deal with the books 

 referred to in connection with the Australian Avifauna. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. The first 

 Magazine of Natural History was edited by Loudon, the first 

 part being published on May 1st, 1828, and appeared every 

 two months. Nine volumes A\'ere completed, each volume 

 containing six parts, when Charlesworth continued it as editor, 

 but only four volumes had appeared before it succumbed to 



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