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He then proceeds to make a somewhat startling comparison 
to the number of generic names which figure in my volumes 
of the “Catalogue of Birds,” viz., io8, as compared with 
those written by my coadjutors, Mr. Seebohm and Dr. Gadow, 
“neither of whom invented a single new genus,” Mr. Osbert 
S'llvin (one), Mr. Edward Hargitt (four). Captain Shelley (five), 
Hr. Ogilvie-Grant (six), Count Salvadori (twelve),* “ while Dr. 
Sharpe in io )4 volumes has favoured us with loS new genera. 
It is obvious that the ‘ genus-standard ’ of Dr. Sharpe must be 
Very different from that of Messrs. Hargitt, Seebohm, Salva- 
tlori, and others, who, in 9)^ volumes, have been content with 
28 new genera, as against his 108.” A more manifestly un- 
fair method of comparison could hardly be conceived, and I 
'Vender at Canon Tristram attempting to prove his point by 
'tieans of the above figures. Mr. Seebohm worked out the 
I^hrushes and fVarblers, a well-worn field, over much of which 
I's had travelled in print, before he wrote Vol. V. of the “Cata- 
logue.” Ur. Gadow’s volumes dealt with Paridee, La?iiidce, 
^ectariniida:, Meliphagidee, all of which had been much 
studied and written about before he undertook this portion 
of the “Catalogue.” Captain Shelley, for instance, had just 
oonipleted a Monograph of the dVedariniidce. The Shrikes 
^ud Tits had received much attention from several ornitholo- 
8'sts, and Count Salvadori and Dr. Meyer had already swept 
board of such new genera as might have fallen to Dr. 
f^adow’s share in the Meliphagidce, by publishing a number of 
t'ow genera not long before the latter commenced to work at 
'•j'o “Catalogue.” Mr. Salvin’s volume consisted mainly of 
0 Humming Birds {Trochilidee), and it is wonderful that he 
®ven found one new genus to characterise, seeing that the 
vuly had been monographed over and over again, by 
'jayc been quile fair, Canon Tristram should have added two new 
a of .Swifts (out of, nine 1 ) published in Mr. llartert’s half volume. 
