ORNITHOLOGIST S TEXT-BOOK. O 



as the classing under the same generic head the 

 perfectly distinct genera Coccothraustes (G rosbeak) , 

 Pyrrhula (Coalhood), and Cracirostra (Crossbill), 

 but it was of singular use at that time, and has 

 done much to advance the science. Linnaeus may 

 be considered the father of modern Naturalists, and 

 the student of Ornithology must be thoroughly 

 acquainted with the Systema Natures before he 

 proceeds to the study of more modern and abstruse 

 classifications. We are, however, far from advising 

 any one to adhere to the Linnaean system at the 

 present day; that would be absurd, at the advanced 

 state the science has now attained. The system 

 of Linnaeus is merely the basis on which all other 

 classifications are founded. A thirteenth edition 

 was published by Dr. Gmelin, after the death of 

 Linnaeus, and this was subsequently translated 

 into English, by William Turton, M.D. — Fauna 

 Suecica is also indispensable to the Ornithologist. 



Voyage to the Islands of Madeira, Barbadoes, 

 Nevis, St. Christopher's, and Jamaica, with the 

 Natural History, fyc., by Sir Hans Sloane, M.D., 

 2 vols, folio, 1707—1727. 



Sir Hans Sloane is better known as a liberal 

 patron of natural science, and an extensive collector, 

 than from his writings. In the former capacity he 

 certainly never had an equal. We have not seen 

 his Voyage, but according to Cuvier (Regne Animal) 

 the plates, 274 in number, are " mediocres on 

 mauvaises." 



Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the 

 Bahama Islands, by Mark Catesby. 1731, folio. 

 2 vols. 



