THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
of Procellaria and two of Diomedea^ one of the latter being a Penguin! In 
the 1 2th edition, 1766, the number of species of Petrels was increased to six, 
one being still unrecognisable ; the other two both northern forms. 
In the Syst. Nat., edited by Gmelin, 1788-1789, Latin names were 
given to the forms described by Latham in the General Synopsis as above noted, 
and there twenty-two Petrels were included, and of these fifteen were the results 
of Cook’s voyages. 
In 1820, Kuhl, having access to the Banksian drawings, reviewed the group, 
and introduced into literature many of the names attached to the drawings 
by Solander, attributing them in some cases to Banks, and in others to Forster. 
It should be noted however that very many of the drawings made by Sidney 
Parkinson and George Forster are simply pencil sketches, with the soft parts 
coloured in or descriptions of these carefully written in, by the artist at the 
time, after which apparently the birds were handed to Dr. Solander or John 
Reinhold Forster, who made most minute descriptions of the specimens. 
In 1844 were published the descriptions drawn up by John Reinhold Forster, 
but as almost all the birds noted by him had been previously described by 
Latham and named by Gmelin, most of Forster’s names sank into synonymy. 
But the details given by Forster are very useful, inasmuch as they enable us to 
fix definitely the type-localities of many of the Gmelinian species, when only such 
data as “ South Seas ” or “in the Antarctic Circle ” were formerly known. 
The same year Gould reviewed the group and wrote : “I have endeavoured 
wherever possible to identify them with those described by Forster, Banks, etc., 
whose drawings and descriptions have been consulted for the purpose.” 
Gray, in his List of Spechnens in the British Museum and also in the Genera 
of Birds^ noted in the synonymy several names accredited to Solander MSS. 
which had not previously been used in literature. 
In 1852 Reichenbach in his Systema Avium introduced new generic names 
for many of the species, and reproduced figures of other authors as well as 
many original ones. 
This practically includes all the work done up to the time of that great 
worker, Bonaparte, and his Conspectus Generum Avium. 
As a preparation for this great work, the Consp. Gen. Av., Bonaparte 
4- contributed a series of papers to the Comptes Rendus Sci. (Paris), 1855 and 1856, 
and gave interesting points regarding this group which was at that time in 
manuscript. In order to make his work of permanent value, Bonaparte visited 
most of the museums of Europe, and apparently at the British Museum examined 
the Solander MSS. and the Banksian drawings. That he saw the Petrel MS. 
is certain from his quotations of names occurring therein, and which 
were not previously referred to by Gray. Moreover, he attaches these names 
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