Mo. 7.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 157 



The first item of importance to be recognised is that 

 the book as generally bound does not show the correct 

 method of pubhcation for the following reason : After 

 the title appears, " Avis de I'Editeur," beginning : 

 " Le premier plan de cet ouvrage ay ant paru inad- 

 missible, on a dn le changer," and concluding, " Les six 

 premieres livraisons n'etant point le travail de M. Vieillot, 

 et n' off rent de rapports avec son ouvrage que par les 

 descriptions et les figures, doivent etre reunies et placees 

 en forme de supplement a la fin des volumes, de la 

 maniere indiquee dans VAvis au relieur." 



This has been done and Volume I. consists of two 

 parts, bound together, and paged 1 onwards, the plates 

 numbered 1 onwards. Volume II. contains at the end 

 the text and plates of the first six livraisons together 

 with all the black plates. In a copy in the Bird Room 

 of the British Museum (Natural History) these are 

 separately bound together and labelled Volume III. 



Consequently page 1, plate 1, of Volume I. appeared 

 n Livraison 7, published March 31, 1821. 



Microglossus aterrimus is figured on plate 50 and 

 consequently would be included in Livraison 20, which 

 was recorded under date November 16, 1822. That 

 it was not published before March, 1821, can be seen 

 from the fact that in the letterpress accompanying the 

 plate is written (p. 48), " M. Geoff roy Saint Hilaire ... a 

 publiee des details du plus grand inter et dans un memoire 

 lu a r Academic des Sciences de le 6 Juillet 1821." 



In the BuU. Gen. et Univ. Annonces et Nouv. Sci. 

 (Ferussac), Vol. I., No. 1 (? Jan.) 1823, is recorded : 



(p. 60) " Galerie des Oiseaux 18® livr. in 4 d'une feuille 

 et 4 planches coloriecs. ... II a deja paru vingt-cinq 

 livraisons de cette ouvrage Desm." 



In Vol. II., p. 62 (? Apl.) 1823, the receipt of Livraisons 

 26, 27 and 28 is noted and the contents given. 



" La 2(f hvr. de 1 f . et demie de texte et 4 pi. contenant 

 lie Tangara multicolor {Tanagra multicolor). L'Habia vert- 

 ohve {8altator oUvaceus). L'Arremon a collier (Arremcn 

 torquatus). Le Jacapa Scarlate {Ramphocelus coccineus). 



