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Part X., no date, Psittacula taranta. 



Platycercus erythropterus . 

 „ XL, ,, Macrocercus ararauna. 



Platycercus stanleyii. 



Palaeomis cucullatus. 

 ,, XII., ,, Platycercus palliceps. 



Calyptorhynchus baudinii. 



Palaeomis melanura. 



Platycercus pileatus. 



The wrappers of Nos. IX., X., XL are different in 

 design to those of the other parts. The title page, 

 which was issued in Part XII., is dated " 1832," which 

 is the date usually accepted for the whole work. The 

 authorship of the species is usually credited to Vigors, 

 but as no authority for such treatment is evident from 

 the wrappers or the book itself, I prefer to quote 

 them as of Lear. 



II, — Verhandl. Nat. Gesch. Land-en Volkenkunde. 



The above is the short, abbreviated title under which 

 this work is commonly cited — the author, S. Miiller. 

 I have procured a copy of this work in the original 

 wrappers. It is often quoted 1839-44, but of course 

 such a citation at the present time is absurd. Some 

 authors, apparently with access to notes regarding the 

 dates of publication, have given individual years, 

 but I have been unable to trace any account giving 

 individual dates for the whole work. My copy shows 

 it to have been issued in ten parts, the first eight each 

 of thirty-two pages, the ninth of twenty-four, and the 

 last of one hundred and ninety-two pages ; each part 

 is dated with the year only. I have therefore the 

 following information : 



Part I., pp. 1- 32, 1840 Part VI., pp. 161-192, 1843 



„ II., pp. 33-64,1840 „ VII., pp. 193-224, 1843 



„ III., pp. 65- 96, 1841 „ VIII., pp. 225-256, 1845 



„ IV., pp. 97-128, 1841 „ IX., pp. 257-280, 1845 



„ V., pp. 129-160, 1842 „ X., pp. 281-472, 1847 



That this last date is correct is easily proven by internal 

 evidence where reference to 1846 periodicals are given. — 

 See footnotes pp. 328, 397, 404, etc. 



