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PREFACE. 
folios were followed by the ' Histoire Naturelle des 
Oiseaux de FAmerique septentrionale ^ (1807). In 1816 
he produced the present 'Analyse d^une nouvelle Orni- 
thologie elementaire/ the main features of which had 
been^ he says, communicated in 1813 to the ' Memorie 
della R. Accademia di Torino / and_, in fact, the receipt 
of a paper of this nature is acknowledged under date 
of the 10th January, 1814, but it does not appear to 
have been published there ; on the contrary it is said to ♦ 
have been pushed forward in haste, in order to anticipate 
the publication of some of Cuvier's works. The main 
principles of classification adopted by Vieillot are applied 
by him in his portion of the ' Nouveau Dictionnaire 
d''Histoire Naturelle^ (1816-1819), although some appear 
to have been modified, in consequence, perhaps, of the 
criticisms passed upon the ' Analyse ^ by Temminck. In 
1820 Vieillot undertook the continuation of the ' Tableau 
encyclopedique et methodique des trois Regnes de la 
Nature,^ commenced by Bonnaterre in 1790; and in 1821 
he began the issue of the Taune fran9aise,-' which was 
left, unfinished in 1828. In addition to tliis, in conjunc- 
tion with P. L. Oudart, he published the ' Galerie des 
Oiseaux' in two volumes. It is believed that this prolific 
author died at Rouen, in 1831, in comparative poverty. 
In the present reprint of the ' Analyse,' the original 
errors of the press, which are tolerably numerous, have 
been faithfully reproduced. 
HOWARD SAUNDERS. 
7 Radnor Place, Ilyde Park, W., 
4tli December, 1883. 
