12 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. V. 





Date of 



Preface date. 



Receipt. 



Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds B.M., 





G. R. Gray . . . . Apr. 0, 1855 



Apr. 18, 1855 



Handl. Gen. Sp. Birds, B.M. 





G. R. Gray, pt. i. . . May 10, 1869 



Feb. 2, 1870 



11. .. Nov. 9, 1870 



Nov. 23, 1870 



III. .. July 8, 1871 



Aug. 18, 1871 



It will be seen from the preceding that most of the books 

 were issued soon after the preface date, and the notewortli}' 

 case is that of the Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, which proves to 

 have been issued very near the preface date. 



The first five vohimes of the Catalogue Birds Brit. Museum 

 also show the receipt dates as follows : — 



Vol. I. Preface date. June 1, 1874. Received July 2, 1874 



II. Dec. 1875. Dec. 14, 1875 



III. June 1877. July 24, 1877 



IV. March 1879 March 26, 1879 

 V. Jan. 14, 1881 Sept, 5, 1881 



The last now needs investigation, but I hope to get correct 

 details of the whole series later. 



REICHENBACH, CABANIS & BONAPARTE. 



In Wiegmann's Archiv. f iir Naturg. , pt. ii, for 1849, Hartlaub 

 includes " Avium Systema Naturale. Das natiirliche System 

 der Vogel. Mit 100 Tafeln Abbildungen der Kennzeichen der 

 bis jetzt entdeckten 925 Gattungen aller Welttheile " ist der 

 Titel. . . . dessen erste Halfte, 50 Kupfertafeln imifassend, 

 vor uns leigt. Der Text fehlt noch und somit die Berechtigung 

 zu einem eigentlichen Urtheil." 



The following are the only notices I have : — 



p. 56. " Reichenbach anderte den Namen Hylomanes sehr 

 willkiihrUchm Momotula um : Syst. Av. nat., t. 48." 



p. 57. "Reichenbach dagegen creirt in seinem 'Av. System. 

 Natur.' flir Troch. recurvirostis u.s.w. die Gattung 

 Avocettula, fiir stephanoides die Gatt. Eustephayiiis, 



