10 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. V. 



NOTES OF INTEREST. 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



TITIAN PEALE'S BIRD VOLUME. 



The Vlllth volume of the United States Expl. Exped., written 

 by Peale, is famed on account of its rarity and the number of 

 new specific names therein proposed. The copy in the British 

 Museum bears a label — " Presented by the Congress of the 

 United States to the Government of Great Britain." On 

 pp. ix. to xi. there is a "List of Plates, I. to LXXXIV," 

 which never appeared in this connection, being re-arranged 

 and altered, and 42 plates only issued under the editorship 

 of J. Cassin. On p. xii. is a " List of Woodcuts," and 

 pp. xiii. to XXV. give the contents, thus : 



p. XV. Buteo solitaria. p. 62. Reference to pi. xvi. 

 Circus juxta. p. 64. „ „ xvm. 



Falco ferox. p. 67. ,, ,, xviii. 



and so on. 



In the text on p. 64 Circus approximans is described and 

 this is the name this Harrier still bears. Apparently it should 

 be known as Circus juxta as this name has anteriority and a 

 direct reference is given. Dr. Richmond favoured me with 

 this item and it is now placed on record at his request. 



There does not seem any other complication, but at the end 

 there is a Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia and Birds 

 collected, where appears, p. 308, ^s^?;r/eroa; Peale N.S.W. ;p. 315, 

 Barita cinerea Peale N.S.W. ; p. 326, Daceloalbifrons'Pesile'N.Q. ; 

 and p. 332, Scolopax hohnesii. The two former do not appear 

 to be otherwise mentioned, but the two latter appear as MS. 

 names in synonymy on p. 160 under Dacelo vagans, and on 

 p. 229 under Gallinago aucklandica respectively. Two other 

 MS. names are noted in synonymy : p. 292, Thalassidronm 

 plumbea, Peale MS., as synonym of T. furcata Hinds, pi. 

 Lxxvrn. ; and p. 295, Procellaria Candida, Peale MS., under P. 

 nivea, pi. lxxxi., from 64° S., 104° W., the latter doubtfully. 



