+. 4 ; m : ‘ ot 2 ty 7h 
“204 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
every point in which he can be of service ; he sh 
be allowed to ward off, and to correct from time 
time, all that may tend to deform and enfeeble his g 
object: he will have to choose between names of t 
same date, “and even between good and bad ones of ai 
date.” * Without in the least presuming to arroge 
this authority to ourselves, we still, however, fe 
bound to make our humble labours subservient to th 
spirit of these observations ; and in the following Syn 
opsis we have endeavoured to act accordingly. W 
further trust, that as many of our own generic names ar 
in the rejected list, the purity of our motives in respet 
to the others will not be doubted, however we may b 
thought in error as to particular rejections. 
(222.) In conclusion, we have used the followin 
abbreviations to designate the chief part of those wor 
we have quoted, the full titles of which have been give 
in our First Volume. 
Lev. Af., or Ois.d’Af,, Le Vaillant’s Oieunx d’ Afrique. 
or Ole: 1; Se 
gg 
Pl. Enl., or P. E. = - Planches Enluminées, 
Pl. Col., or P. C. - Planches Colorées. 
Wilson, or Wils. - Wilson’s American Ornithology. 
White, Voy. -  - White’s Voyage to New South Wales. 
Lewin, or Lew. - Lewin’s Birds of New South Wales. 
' Selby - - Illustrations of British Ornithology. 
Iii. of Ora» or IIL: ©: atte and Selby’s Illustrations of 
, rnithology. i 
Gould’s Cent. - Century of Hymalaia Birds. r 
Gould’s Monog. - Monograph of the Trogonide. . 
Tem. Man., or T. M. Temminck’s Manuel d’ Ornithologie. 
Lesson, Cent. - - Lesson’s Centurie Zoologique. f 
Z. Miss. - - Leach’s Zoological Miscellany. 4 
Freyc. Voy., or Fr. V. - Freycinet’s Voyage autour du Monde. 
Spix - - Spix’s Avium Species Nove. 
Lin. Tr. - - Transactions of the Linnzan Society. 
Vieil. Gal., or V. G. - Vieillot’s Galerie des Oiseaux. \ 
Vieil. Am.,or O. Am. - Hist. Nat. des Oiseaux de ]’ Amerique. 
Ois. Ch. - - Vieillot’s Oiseaux Chanteurs. f 
Nz. i= - Northern Zoology, vol. ii. . 
Peta or Z. Lo Zoological Illustrations, i. (first seri 
ii. (second series). 
* Introduction to Botany, 2d’ed, p. 383. — 
