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and Neozelanic birds, reference was made to this work, and 

 it was seen that in many cases it had been overlooked. We 

 therefore had to carefully work through it, and we found 

 that new names were not common. It was not an easy 

 task, so we thought it as well to note all the names that 

 seemed strange. 



We propose to put on record such as we have noted, not 

 with the idea that our list is absolutely complete, but as a 

 suggestion to the systematic worker in every continent that 

 this Dictionnaire should be consulted. 



In order to make this article useful, we have taken the 

 trouble to get the date of publication as near as possible. 

 This matter has been more or less neglected up to the present 

 time, but it is really important. In this Journal many 

 exact dates of works have already been given, but we note 

 that our foremost systematic ornithologists seem careless 

 about these details, even failing to make use of these items 

 when presented to them. 



From the Bibliographie de la France (by an extraordinary 

 lapsus written in error Bibliotheque Franyaise, p. 154, of 

 this volume) we have gained the following information. 



A prospectus in quarto is recorded on June 15, 1816, in 

 which it is stated that the first livraison will appear in August, 

 the second in September, and then every two months. 



On July 20, 1816, a prospectus in octavo is noted, but 

 no further details. 



The volumes themselves were received as follows : — 



Vols. I. & II. On Title Page, 1816. 

 III. & IV. 



V. „ „ 1817. 



VI. & VII. 

 VIII. 

 IX. ,, ,, ,, 



JvL. ,, ,, 1818. 



XI. & XII. 



XIII. „ „ 1819. 



-A.-L V • J 5 53 , , 



Oct. 



12, 



1816. 



Jan. 



11, 



1817. 



Mar. 



8, 



1817. 



May 



24, 



1817. 



Aug. 



23, 



1817. 



Dec. 



6, 



1817. 



May 



23, 



1818. 



Jan. 



9, 



1819. 



July 



24, 



1819. 



Aug. 



14, 



1819, 



