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to have been in a muddle, and minutes are very 



condensed. 



(Signed) Heber A. Longman, 



Deputy Director. 



Diggles' first three papers, pp. 1 to 8, were separately 

 printed with a pink wrapper, the remains of which is 

 still visible in the bound copies, not before May, 1874, 

 but between that date and 1878. Ramsay quotes 

 Diggles' names for the first time in P.L.S., n.s.w., 

 VqI. II, p 205, January, 1878, but says he only knew 

 them from a newspaper report of a paper read before 

 the Philosophical Society of Queensland. 



THE DATES OF PUBLICATION OB^ VIEILLOT'S 

 GALERIE DES OISEAUX. 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



Some years ago I instituted an investigation into the 

 dates of the pubhcation of this work. I collated all the 

 data possible but withheld pubhcation, as I did not 

 consider it complete and hoped in the future to obtain 

 more facts. 



In the Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 11, June, 1911, I 

 replaced Microglossus Vieillot (Galerie d'Oiseaux, Vol. L, 

 p. 47, pi. 50) by Solenoglossus Ranzani, 1821. It was 

 in connection with this name that my inquiries were 

 made. 



Recently it has been suggested that I was incorrect 

 in giving Ranzani's name priority, as it was not published 

 until March, 1821, whereas it was claimed that Vieillot's 

 name was pubhshed in January, 1821. In order that 

 such an erroneous conclusion should not be pubhshed, 

 I herewith place on record my data, incomplete as it is, 

 but definite as regards the name in question. 



I have to sincerely thank Mr. C. Davies Sherborn 

 and Dr. C. W. Richmond for the additional data they 

 have generously handed to me, thereby confirming 

 mv own results. 



