24 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. V. 



birds which were made by Mr. Wliite, the author of the 

 * Journal of New South Wales,' formerly in the library of 

 the late Mr. A. B. Lambert, from whence Dr. Latham des- 

 cribed most of the Australian species jjubhshed in tlie Supple- 

 ment to the ' Synopsis of Birds and Index Ornithologicus,' 

 my brother has examined for me the s\monyma of these 

 species, and I send you for insertion in the ' Annals ' the 

 result of his labours, as they must be of corL«iderable use to 

 those ornithologists who have not the opportunity of consult- 

 ing the original drawing. Mr. Stiicldand kindly assisted 

 my brother in comparing some of the figures with the specimens 

 in the collection of the British Museum. I am, my dear Sir, 

 Yours very truly, J. E. Gray." 



Then follows the determination of one hundred and fifteen 

 species, using the Lathamian names, as in the " Names 

 proposed " very many were left undetermined. 



Apparently Strickland was not satisfied with the con- 

 servatism of G. R. Gray, so he enlisted the services of Gould 

 and pubhshed more details in the same volume two months 

 later (p. 333, et seq.), stating that the paintings were 225 in 

 number, of which the first was a landscape, the next ten of 

 mammals and the rest birds. No title-page, date, or artist's 

 name was found, and though they had been supposed to be 

 the work of John Wliite, Gould differed: " This is probably 

 a mistake ; they were, perhaps, made by some convict. 

 Mr, Lambert told Mr. Prince, upon showing him the draw- 

 ings som^^time before his death, that they were made by 

 an artist in the colony for one of the governors, by whom 

 they were presented to Mr. Lambert. " Strickland also 

 noted: "In 1800 they were borrowed by Dr. Latham, as 

 appears from an autogi'aph letter from liim to Mr. Lambert." 



Ten years ago the three volumes in the Library of the 

 Earl of Derby were examined, and the paintings considered 

 to be similar to the ones just previously determined by 

 Sharpe. In the library also is the following letter referred to 

 by Strickland, addressed "A. B. Lambert, Esq., No. 26, 

 Lower Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square, London. Dear 

 Sir, — ^I hope \'ou will receive back safe your valuable books 



