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Plate 32 Picus cMlensis LnT. 3 



1827 





33 Centropus menbeki , 



, 6 



1828 





, 34 Centropus ateralhus 



, 2 



1827 





, 35 Psittacula desmarestii , 



, 5 



1827 





, 35 Psitiacara patagonica 



, 10 



1829 





36 Megapodius duperreyi , 



, 2 



1827 





, 37 Alecthelia urvillii , 



, 4 



1827 





, 38 Talegallus cuvieri , 



, 8 



1828 





, 39 Columba zoeae Less. , 



, 6 



1828 





,40 ,, araucana , 



, 4 



1827 





,41 ,, Qceanica , 



, 4 



1827 





,42 ,, cyanovirens , 



, 4 



1827 





, 43 Vanellus cinctus , 



, 2 



1827 





, 44 Ardea heliosyla , 



, 7 



1828 





, 45 Podiceps kalipareus , 



, 5 



1827 





, 46 Puffinuria garnotii Lesson , 



, 8 



1828 





, 47 Sterna inca , 



, 3 



1827 





, 48 Carho gaimardi , 



, 7 



1828 





, 49 Anas radjaJi , 



, 8 



1828 





, 50 Anser antarcticus Vieillot , 



, 4 



1827 



By means of Sherborn's dates we have the exact 

 month of pubhcation of the h^nraison, and it will be at 

 once noted that all the plates of birds were issued in 

 advance of the text dealing mth them. Consequently 

 as regards the " Coquille " publication, the plates have 

 clear priority. A few interesting pomts arise : it is 

 seen on reference to the plates that no authority is given, 

 the Latin name being followed by a " N " only, save m 

 the cases of Columba zoeae and Puffinuria g rnotii 

 where Lesson is named. 



Li the text some of the species are credited to Lesson, 

 others to Garnot ; that the readers wore ignorant of 

 the authorship is shown by the fact that in some of the 

 reviews in the Bull. Sci. Nat., signed by " D," many 

 species are credited to Lesson which were described by 

 Garnot when the text appeared. 



This comphcation is often removed by the fact that 

 Lesson described a few of the species — sometimes a brief 



