182 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. IV 



The fact that a title page for the " Part First " appears in 

 connection with Part XII. suggests these Parts 13 and 14 

 are part of another volume, but this is all we know at present. 



The signatures help to arrange the text so that we have a 

 series A, B, C, D, E, F, G, h, i, k, K, N, Q, U, V, W, Y, b b, 

 b b 2, but wliile the first four do follow, the b b, and b b 2 

 come in before E and F, and something is missing, while G 

 does not directly follow F but G, h, i, k continues a series, as 

 does U, V, W, but the others are odd and Y comes in before 

 b b so that the sequence reads A, B, C, I) . . .Y . . . b b, 

 b b 2 . . . E, F . . . G, h, i, k, 2 k . . . K . . . N . . . 

 Q. . . U, V, W. 



Now, as to the publication of these parts. Apparently 

 the wrappers were printed and dated in advance, because we 

 have No. I., April 1845; II., May 1845; III., June 1845; 

 IV., July 1845; V., August 1845; VI., September 1845; 

 VII., October 1845, but no more. The wrappers for the 

 succeeding numbers were those of the above with the figures 

 altered by hand, and there are discrepancies between the 

 London and Manchester issues. In the latter as given above. 

 Parts 8 and 9 were issued in one wrapper and that was of a 

 No. v., whereas the London Parts 8 and 9 appear to have 

 wrappers separately, a No. VII. wrapper being used by the 

 addition of a I. for the eighth part and a No. II. for the ninth, 

 and while in the former the word October was crossed out, 

 in the latter the word NOV^- was introduced in place 

 of May. In both issues Parts 10, 11, 12 were issued together, 

 a No. I. wrapper being altered for the London issue. III. for 

 Manchester, but no date added. In both these instances the 

 price was also altered, the 3s. being made into 6s. for the 

 double part and into 9s. for the three-part issue. 



It will be seen then that Parts I. to VII. are dated at montlily 

 intervals, and apparently 8 and 9 are for November 1845, 

 yet Parts 10, 11, 12 include title page and introduction date 

 June 1846, and agrees with an item " Illustr. . . Smith and 

 Elder 1847. 36s." 



No evidence as to such publication has yet been traced, 

 and though Part I. appears among the books pubhshed in 



