Nos. 2 & 3.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 49 



DATES OF PUBLICATION OF PLATES OF THE 

 " ORNITHOLOGY ... OF THE ' COQUILLE.' " 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



An important pubKcation was that entitled " Voyage 

 a-utour du Monde, . . . sur ... la Co qui lie, pendant . . . 

 1822-25 ... Par L. J. Duperrey." 



The Ornithology was written by Lesson and Garnot, 

 and many new species of birds were described. These 

 are all contained in the first volume of the Zoology. 



For many years the date for these new species was 

 accepted as 1826, the year g/ven on the title-page. 



However, internal evidence clearly showed that this 

 was an impossible date, and Mr. C. Davies Sherbom 

 and Mr. B. B. Woodward, with indefatigable energy, 

 worked out accurately the dates and pubhshed them 

 in the Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, Vol. VII., p. 391, 

 1901. Scientific ornithologists have not accorded Mr. 

 Sherborn the meed his careful and praiseworthy work 

 deserves, and quite commonly 1826 is still quoted. 

 ■Only those who have investigated dates can fully 

 ' appreciate the dreary and weary detail- work involved 

 in so few lines, and few realize how absolutely necessary 

 at the present time such unthanked labour is. There 

 was always evidence that the plates were pubhshed 

 in advance of the text, and so a doubtful factor still 

 existed as to the correct date of the names. I herewith 

 dispel that doubt, and it is to be hoped full use will 

 be made of the facts here presented. 



Mr. Sherborn has given me permission to make use 

 of his data, which is here reproduced. 



Zoologie, Vol. I., appeared in sixteen livraisons as 

 follows : — 

 Livr. Sheets. 



1 6 Vol. I., pp. 1-48 Bibl. Franc. 1 Nov., 1826. 



2 5 „ 49-88 „ 17 Jan., 1827. 



3 5 „ 89-128 „ 18 Apr., 1827. 



4 5 „ 129-168 „ 25 July, 1827. 







