PEEFACE. vii 
sa taclie, et de mettre a sa disposition les materiaiix qui seront 
disponibles entre vos mains." 
The plates mentioned in the foregoing extracts were 
125 in number, of which 14 represented Birds, and 
AuDOUiN's text in explanation of the latter is repro- 
duced in the following pages. 
The first (folio) edition of Audouin's ornithological 
contribution to the 'Description de I'Egypte' bears no 
date; but it may be presumed to have appeared not 
earlier than 1826. The second edition forms part of 
Volume XXIII of the (octavo) issue, published by 
Panckoucke at Paris in 1828. A collation of the two 
shews that, except as regards pagination, the differences 
between them are very slight ; and, since the second 
edition alone is dated, it has been chosen for the present 
reprint, in which every peculiarity of the original is as 
learly as possible preserved. The Index appended 
?ives the necessary references to both editions. 
The singular error of placing the genus Larus 
pp. 340 et seqq) among the Fasseres was most likely 
lue to some accidental and unobserved misplacement 
'f a portion of manuscript. It is obvious from Audouin's 
emark (p. 342) that he was aware of the close affinity 
f Lariis and Sterna, which last genus he properly in- 
luded in the Palmijndes, 
A. Js^. 
17 March, 1883. 
