BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Broinowski, Gracius J.—The Birds of Australia, 4to, Melbourne, etc. Issued in 6 parts, 
1887-1891. 
Bronn, Heinrich Georg. —Born 1800. Died 1862. Zur angewandten Naturgeschichte 
und Physiologie. Ein Leitfaden fiir akadem., 8vo, Heidelberg, 1824. 
Aquilus . Nude name. 
“ Das Thierreichs,” published in 1870. Republished under the name “ Dr. H. G. 
Bronn’s Klassen und Ordnung des Thier-Reichs.” Band VI., Vogel by Gadow in 
4 Abtheilung, 8vo, Leipzig, 1891-1893. 
Contains a Classification of Birds from “ the deeper seated 55 principles which has 
been accepted, though the writer was no ornithologist but simply an anatomist and 
osteologist, and his values are not good. Gadow’s ornithological knowledge was 
very poor (see Gadow). There is another recent German publication entitled Das 
Tierreich, (q.v.), which it is necessar}’ to remember as being very distinct. 
Brookes, Joshua. —Born 1761. Died 1833. A famous Englishman who had a great 
Anatomical Museum and apparently discriminated genera from his anatomical studies, 
but did not publish these. About 1827 he offered it for sale to the British Museum and 
the following items are there preserved :— 
Brookesean Museum, 4to, London, 1827, 15 pages. 
A prospectus only, on the last page is stated “A Synopsis, comprehending a Catalogue 
Raisonnee of every subject contained in the Museum, will be published as speedily as pos¬ 
sible.” This is apparently a proof sent to J. E. Gray with the offer of the collection. 
A Prospectus of the Brookesean Museum, 4to, 1827. 
This is the same thing with the errors corrected and a wrapper lettered as cited. 
A Prodromus of a Synopsis Animalium comprising a Catalogue Raisonnee of the 
Zootomical Collection of Joshua Brookes, Esq., F.R.S., etc., part the first; and 
of the Anatomical Preparations, part the second, which will be sold by Auction 
about the middle of May. 8vo, London, 1828. 
This is the same as the preceding and these contain no new bird names. 
Then Dr. Richmond has catalogued an item : 
Catal. Mus. Joshua Brookes, pt. h., July 1828, in which appears Oxyporus , a new name 
for Casuarius Linn. 
In the British Museum is the Sale Catalogue Museum Brookeseanum. A Catalogue 
of the Anatomical and Zoological Museum of Joshua Brookes Esq., etc., Part I. For 
Sale on July 14th, 1828, and following days. This deals with Mammalia, but no Birds. 
Part II. A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the remainder of the Anatomical 
and Zoological Museum of Joshua Brookes, Esq., F.R.S., etc. For Sale on March 1st, 
1830. 
This includes the Birds and the following names given to Australian Birds, all here 
nomina nuda, occur :— Columba monolopha , (Microglossum pyrrhogene ), (Sula hebes), 
Centropus speciosus , Fregilus leucomelus, Plyctolophus macrorhampJms, Pezoporus 
melanorrhabdotus , Dromiceius major , Dromicehis minor , Platycercus matoni. 
Brown, Peter. —New Illustrations of Zoology, 4to, London, (pref. May 9th) 1776. Plate 
VII., p 14 (published Nov. 3rd, 1774), Blue-bellied Parrot, very numerous in 
Botany Bay. 
Brown, Robert. —Famous Botanist. Bom 1773. Died 1858. Accompanied Flinders 
on his Voyage and made large zoological collections, very carefully described in MS., 
and this was handed over to the British Museum, duplicates being given to the Linnean 
Society. The former were never reported upon and are now entirely lost, the MS. 
being still preserved. The specimens in the Linnean Society were described by 
Temminck and Kuhl and later by Vigors and Horsfield. In 1810 Brown succeeded 
Dryander as Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks and then from 1827-1857 w r as Keeper of 
the Botanical Dept, at the British Museum. 
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