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Synopsis of the Birds 
The following is a list of the publications we have consult- 
ed, with the abbreviations under which they are quoted. 
L.— -Linne, Sy sterna Naturae. Editio duodecima Vin~ 
dobonae. 1767. 
Briss. — Brisson, Ornithologia sive Synopsis methodica 
Avium. Parisiis. 1760. 
Gm. — -Gmelin, Linne Systema Naturae. Editio decima** 
tertia. Leipsic. 1788. 
Lath.— Latham, Index Ornithologicus, sive Systema Orni- 
thologiae. Londini. 1790. and Supplement 1801. 
111. llligeri Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et 
Avium. Berolini. 1811. 
Cuv.- — -Cuvier, Regne Animal. Paris. 1817. 
/ Vieillot, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de FAme« 
\rique Septentrionale (incomplete work). Paris. 
Vieill. 
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1807, & the different articles on birds in the 
Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle of De- 
ter ville. Paris. 1816—1819. 
f Temminck, Manuel d’Ornithologie. Paris. 1S20. 
Temm r ^ emmmc ^ i et Laugier, Nouveau Recueil de 
* } Planches coloriees d’Oiseaux. Paris 1820—25, 
l (to pi. 360.) 
Ranz. — Ranzani, Elementi di Zoologia. Bologna. 1821— 
23.* 
Latr. — Latreille, Families Naturelles du Regne Animal. 
Paris. 1825. 
In addition to the above mentioned authors a few others 
will be occasionally quoted, as Savigny, Meyer, Lacepede, 
* In this judicious compilation, the new zoological modifications are 
ably and critically discussed. Every good Italian must be grateful to Mr* 
Ranzani for his successful prosecution of this patriotic and arduous enter- 
prise. which has long been a desideratum. 
