[From The Ibis for July 1903.] 



Note on P. Picotfs e Tables Méthodiques des Mammifères et 



des Oiseaux . . . de la Haute Garonne/ By C. Davies 



Sherborn. 

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As the tract here cited appears from my observations to be 

 very scarce*, it may be thought advisable to reprint the 

 diagnoses of the few new species of birds foimded therein 

 by Picot. There are nj new species of mammals. 



The f ull title of the tract reads as follows : — " Tables 

 Méthodiques | des | Mammifères et des Oiseaux | observés | 

 dans le Département de la | Haute-Garonne, Far Philippe 

 Picot-Lapeyrouse, | Membre de l'Institut national, Pro- 

 fesseur | d' Histoire naturelle à l'Ecole centrale ; | Imprimées 

 par ordre de l'Administration du | département de la Haute- 

 Garonne : | A l'usage des Elèves de l'Ecole centrale. | A 

 Toulouse, | De l'Imprimerie de Veuve Douladoure. | An 

 vii." | [1799, 8 V0 . viii, 54 Pp.]. 



The author signs his ' Avertissement ' : — 



Ph. e PICOT. 



A Lapeyrouse, le l. er frimaire, 

 an VII de la République, 



and this is here reproduced as showing his real name. 

 The following are the species founded by him : — 



P. 10.— "*5. L'ALIMOCH. Pic. Encycl. Vultur alimoch. 

 Pyrén. Pl. iv. 



u Petite espèce, ainsi que le suivant. Blanc sale 



Plumes de ailes noires .... Jabot proéminent .... Tête, 

 céra et jabot couleur de safran. Pic. Encycl" 



* Mr. Sherborn writes to the Editors as follows : — 



" When compiling my ' Index Animalium ' I failed in my attempts 

 to obtàin a sight of Picot's 'Tables Méthodiques.' But since the 

 publication of the Index I hâve purchased a copy of the work at the 

 Gerbe sale in Paris, while I have found another copy in private hands. 

 It may, however, be worth while, for gênerai ornithological purposes, 

 to reprint the diagnoses of 7 "new species" doscribed in it, and I 

 hope that you will find space for this in your Journal." 



