No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 5 



ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE DICTIONNAIRE 

 DES SCIENCES NATURELLES (LEVRAULT). 



By G. M. Mathews and Tom Iredale. 



A publication entitled " Dictionnaire des Sciences natur- 

 elles . . . par plusieurs Professeurs du Museum national 

 d'Histoire naturelle et des autres principales Ecoles de Paris," 

 was commenced in Paris in 1804, the publishers being 

 " Levrault, Schoell et Cie." 



The articles on birds were by C. Dumont. Five volumes 

 only were issued in 1804-06 and the work was suspended. 



In 1816 it was resuscitated under the same title, the 

 authors however reading . . . Par plusieurs Professeurs du 

 Jardin du Roi, et des principales Ecoles de Paris. 



An explanation was given on the first leaf that " Les 

 cinq premiers volumes de cet ouvrage furent publies dans 

 l'intervalle de 1804 a 1806. On en fait la remarque ici, pour 

 ne pas etre soup9onne de dormer comme nouveau un ouvrage 

 qui ne Test pas. C'est par des supplemens que ces cinq 

 premiers volumes ont ete ramenes au niveau des connoissances 

 actuelles, et ces supplemens se trouvent places a la fin de 

 chacun des volumes auxquels ils se rapportent. F. G. Levrault." 



It was apparently published at Strasbourg and Paris, 

 as the title-page bears the imprint : " Strasbourg, F. G. 

 Levrault, Editeur. Paris, Le Normant, rue de Seine, No. 8." 



Some volumes at the end read : " Strasbourg, de l'im- 

 primerie de F. G. Levrault, imprimeur du Roi," others, 

 " Imprimerie de le Normant, Rue de Seine, No. 8." 



Though some of the contributors differed, C. Dumont 

 still was the only author of the bird articles. Towards the 

 end, however, Lesson introduced some articles and also 

 collaborated with Dumont in others. It might be here 

 observed that Lesson became Dumont's son-in-law. 



Valenciennes also monographed the Woodpeckers, etc., 

 in this work, while Desmarest dealt with Parrots. 



Some time ago, while preparing the synonymy of Australian 



