THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Daudin, Francois Marie. —Born 1776. Died 1804. Great French Naturalist. 
Traite d’Ornithologie, 2 vols., 4to, Paris. 
Vol. I. reviewed Jan. 1800 ; Vol. II. May 14th, 1800. Cf. Richmond, Auk, Oct. 
1899, p. 325, note. 
Falco blagrus , Corvus paradoxus. 
The Traite never got beyond the Falcons and Crows. Daudin gained more notoriety 
through his action in naming, according to Lacepede’s system, the birds in an edition 
of Buffon’s Natural History, published by Didot, following the printing by Plassan. 
This nomination of the bird forms appears in the XIVth volume of Quadrupeds, 
which though dated “ 1799 ” was published in October, 1802, as shown by Richmond, 
Auk, Oct., 1899, pp. 328-9, and by Sherborn, Natural Science, December, 1899, p. 406^ 
The names I have quoted are Rhea casuarius , Phaeton lepturus , and the majority of 
Lacepede’s genera published in 1799 and 1801 really date from Daudin’s book, as Rhea, 
Hydrogallina , Macrotarsus , Garbo , Fregata , and especially Circus , Nisus and Mihus. 
Daudin was only about twenty-five years of age when he started this work, which 
was to have extended to six volumes. 
Davies, Thomas {General). — A great English Ornithologist whose history is little known 
to Australian students, and the first note of enquiry appears in the Austral Av. Rec., 
Vol. IV., pp. 114-122, Dec. 16th, 1920, which should be read. Latham described 
many birds from his paintings and specimens, as Turdus leucotis , Loxia cyanoptera , etc., 
and Shaw described Muscicapa malachura. 
Davies’ only paper in the Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. VI., pp. 207-210, pi. xxn. 
(published June 5th, 1802), deals with the description of Menura superba , a bird of New 
South Wales, which apparently he was the first to receive in England. Latham 
simultaneously published the Menura and, unfortunately, Latham’s name M. novce- 
hollandice has priority. 
Degen, Edward. —A working Ornithologist who was at one time in Australia and who has 
just recently died (1923). 
Emu, Vol. III., pp. 201-207, April 2nd, 1904. 
Remarks on New Species of Australian Magpies, G . longirostris Milligan and G. 
dorsalis Campbell, with reflections on the Revision of the Genus Gymnorhina Hall. 
Gymnorhina albicruralis. 
Deleuze, Joseph Phillippe Francois. —Born 1753. Died 1835. Histoire et Description 
Museum Roy^ale, Paris, 2 vols., 8vo, Paris, 1823. 
History and Description of the Royal Museum of Natural History. Translated by 
A. Roger. 2 vols., 8vo, Paris, 1823. 
This book is remarkable for the fact that it was published in Paris both in French 
and English, the first volume in both languages being recorded in the B.F., Feb. 8th, 
1823 ; the second volume in French on June 28th, 1823; in English on Aug. 9th, 1823. 
The pagination differs : Vol. I., French ed., pp. vi, 1-330; Vol. II., pp. 331-720; 
English ed., Vol. I., pp. viii., 1-236 ; Vol. II., pp. 237-608. 
Menura magnifica is first used in this book. 
Descr. Catal. Spec . Nat. Hist, in Spirit , Mus. Royal College Surgeons, England , 4to, 
London, 1859. 
The Editor is unknown, see Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pp. 17-18, 1922. New names 
are quoted ex Shaw Manuscript, Columba talla , Merops calm , Motacilla acanthura, but 
the MS. could not be traced in a recent search at the College. It may be noted that 
Bullock (q.v.) received the stuffed specimens from this Institution, which somehow 
acquired a series of Captain Cook’s birds. 
Desmarbst, Anselme Gaetan. —Born 1784. Died 1838. Famous French Zoologist who 
contributed articles on Pigeons and Parrots in the Dictionnaire Sciences Naturelles 
(Levrault), and utilised in the latter case the generic names previously proposed by 
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