BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
An edition under the direction of Lesson in 1830 had an additional number of volumes 
with new species in them known as “ Complements de Buffon,” and another edition, 
also by Lesson, had a supplementary volume commonly known as “ Descr. Mamm. 
et Oiseaux.” These w r ill be mentioned under Lesson. 
Buller, Walter Lawry. —Born 1S38. Famous New Zealand Ornithologist who died in 
1906. Memoir in Ibis (VI., 79, 1906). Emu, Trans. New Zeal. Inst., etc. 
Essay on New Zealand Ornithology, 8vo, Wellington, (pref. Feb. 1st) 1865. 
Prize Essay presented to the New r Zealand Exhibition in 1865. Reprinted in the 
first volume of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute in 1869. This first 
volume w r as itself later reprinted. In the original issue of the Transactions the Essay 
is separately paged ; in the reprint the Essay is paged consecutively with the Trans¬ 
actions. 
Rallus featJierstonii , Mirnus carunculatus. 
History of the Birds of New Zealand, 1 vol., 4to, London, 1873. 
This was issued in five parts : Pt. I., pp. 1-72, March, 1872 ; pt. ii., pp. 73-148,. 
June 1872 ; pts. m. and iv., pp. 149-300, Dec. 1872 ; pt. v., pp. 301 to end, preface, 
etc., April 1873. 
Second Edition, 2 vols., 4to, London, 18S8. 
Issued in thirteen parts, pts. i.-vn. forming the first volume, pts. vm. to xm., 
Vol. II. Part i., pp. 1-32, 4 pis., July 1887 (B.M. receipt date, Sept. 4th); pt. n., 
pp. 33-72, 4 pis., Oct. 1S87 (B.M. Nov. 30th) ; pt. in., pp. 73-120, 4 pis., Jan. 1888 
(B.M. Feb. 2nd); pts. iv., v., vi., pp. 121-236, 12 pis., March 1888 (B.M. March 13th); 
pt. vn., pp. 237-250, pp. 1-lxxxiv., no pis., May 1888 (B.M. June 8th); pts. vm* and 
ix., pp. 1-104, 9 pis., Aug. 1888 (B.M. Sept. 1st); pts. x. and XL, pp. 105-224, 7 pis., 
Nov. 1888 (B.M. Dec. 12th); and pts. xn. and xm., pp. 225-359, pp. i-xv., Dec. 
1888 (B.M. Feb. 20th, 1889). 
Supplement, 2 vols., 4to, London, 1906. 
Vol. I., 5 pis., pref. Mch. 1905, reed. B.M. Aug. 5th, 1905. 
II., 7 pis., pref. Mch. 1906, reed. B.M. Oct. 27th, 1906 ; but both volumes 
reviewed in Ibis, July, 1906. 
Heroprogne here occurs, but is a mis-spelling only. 
Manual of the Birds of New Zealand, 8vo, London, (pref. Jan. 2nd) 1882. 
Hirundolanius with H. cceruleus. 
Buller contributed many articles to the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 
and in Vol. XXIII., 1890 (1891), p. 234, described Diomedea regia. 
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Chib. —The Club was founded in 1893 and meetings 
are held monthly from October to June inclusive, the Bulletins being issued the same 
month; exactly dated, but unfortunately the issue has not always taken place on the 
date fixed. Many new species have been described in this place by different 
writers. 
Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. —This periodical was begun by Dr. H. O. Forbes, the 
Director, but only ran for a short time. Included was a series of papers by Forbes 
and Robinson entitled “ Catalogue (of Birds) in the Derby Museum,” and this catalogue 
shows many specimens received direct from Gould, while there are also a number of 
notes given in connection with specimens received from Ronald Gunn of Tasmania 
from a MS. list preserved. 
Bulletin Scientifique Acad. Imp. Sci . St. Petersbourg. —Apparently published irregularly, 
but dates are general]} 7 given on last page of number of early parts. Brandt published 
some papers in this and recently Bianchi (q.v.). 
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. —Founded in 1878, and the forerunner of the Auk,, 
the organ of the American Ornithologists’ Union, which began in 1884. 
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