142 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. III. 



A FORGOTTEN ORNITHOLOGIST. 

 By Gregory M. Mathews and Tom Iredale. 



Mr. C. Davtes Sherborn, in the continuation of his Index 

 Animalium, recently incorporated the names given in a 

 work which appears to have escaped previous notice by 

 ornithological writers. The immensity of Mr. Sherborn's 

 task similarly escapes the recognition of current workers, 

 save in a few exceptions, and it will probably fall to the lot 

 of the succeeding generation adequately to review the wonder- 

 ful results of his unequalled energy. As publication is still 

 far distant Mr. Sherborn, with unparalleled generosity, has 

 allowed us to put on record the results of his compilation of 

 the names of interest to ornithologists in the work hereafter 

 named. 



The title-page reads : " Zoologiia/czyli/zwierzetopismo ogolne/ 

 podlug/naynowszego systematu/utozone/przez/Felixa Pawla 

 Jarockiego,/Nauk Wyzwolonych i Filozofii Doktora/Professora 

 Zoologii w Krolewsko Warsawskim Uniwersytecie, Czlon-/ 

 ka Towarzystwa Mineralogicznego w Jenie, etc/Tom Drugi./ 

 z dwiema rycinami/Ptaki/w Warszawie/w Drukarni Latkiewicza 

 przy Ulicy Senatorskiey Nio 467./1821." 



This means that the book is the second volume of a series 

 entitled " Zoologiia," the one dealing with Birds. Only -six 

 volumes were issued, the work being too big for completion 

 though perhaps other events, such as war, interfered with 

 the project. 



However, F. P. Jarocki must have been a good ornithologist, 

 as this volume has been prepared in a very careful manner, 

 and is of a high standard for the time. It is entirely in the 

 Polish language, the generic names and examples only being 

 given in Latin. These, however, make it important to the 

 systematist as the author had carefully studied the works 

 of Gmelin, Latham, Le Vaillant, linger and Cuvier, and had 

 access to many birds themselves. He proposes new Orders, 



