No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 11 



BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS. 



As heretofore noted, the date of the preface was intended 

 for date of pubhcation, but often this rule was not adhered to. 

 However, there is a series preserved in the British Museum 

 (Natural History) with the date of receipt written therein. 

 This seems to be of importance, so the following notes are 

 here given. 











Date of 





Preface 



date. 



Receipt. 



List Spec. Birds B.M. : 











Pt. I., Accipitres 



Feb. 



12. 



1844 





2nd ed. 



Feb. 



12, 



1848 



Mar. 28, 1848 



II., Sect. I. Fissirostris 







1848 



Nov. 6. 1848 



III., GaUinse GraUse, etc. 







1844* 





III., Sect. I., Ramphastidoe 







1855 



Nov. 6, 1855 



II., Psittacidse 



Mar. 



1, 



1859 



May 28, 1859 



III. and IV.f 



Jan. 





1868 



Apr. 23, 1869 



IV., Columbse 



Apr. 



12, 



1856 



May 16, 1856 



v., Gallinsef 







1867 



Mar. 20, 1867 



List Spec. Brit. Anim., B.M. : 











Pt. III., Birds 







1850 



July 26, 1850 



IX., Eggs Brit. Birds 



Feb. 



16, 



1852 



Mar. 20, 1852 



Cat. Brit. Birds Coll., B.M. 







1863 



Mar. 30, 1864 



Cat. Mamm. Birds Nepal Pres. , 











Hodgs, B. M 



Dec. 



10, 



1846 





2nd ed. 



Jan. 



5, 



1863 



Sept. 15, 1863 



Cat. Mamm. Birds New Guinea, 











B.M 



Dec. 



1, 



1858 



Feb. 8, 1859 



Cat. Birds Trop. Isl. Pac. Ocean, 











B.M 



Oct. 



1, 



1859 



Mar. 7, 1860 



* Received by the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, on or before Oct. 2nd, 1844. 



t Taylor & Francis state that actually the List Spec, pt. iii., sect. iii. & 

 IV. was published on Feb. 27, 1868, and pt. v. was issued on March 6, 1867. 



