THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
This was allowed to be published by J. R. Forster, but does not contain any 
novelties, only general observations being made on the natural history. German ed 
8vo, Berlin, 1783. 
French and Dutch translations of this were published. 
Tagebuch. Reise Sudsee, 1776-80 unter Cook, Clerke, Goreund Bang, Berlin, 1781 
A few Latin names are given in footnotes as Procellaria similis, vittata , fidiginosa. 
Commentationes Soc. Reg. Scient. Gottingensis, Vol. III., (after May 15th) 1781 
(Comm, phys.), pp. 121-148. 
Historia Aptenodytse, generis Avium orbi australi proprii. 
This is the famous monograph of the Penguins. 
Aptenodytes minor , chrysocome. 
Mem. de math, et de phys. pres, a l’Acad. Paris, Vol. X., pp. 563-572, 1785. 
Memoire sur les Albatros. 
This is another memorable monograph. 
Diomedea chrysostoma , palpebrata. 
Enchiridion Historic Naturali inserviens, 8vo, Halae, [March 27th] 1788. 
Diagnoses of genera only. There is a species Loxia corrophantes mentioned at the 
bottom of p. 21. Includes Callceas (great Wattle Bird of N. Zealand) and 
Ghionis. A reset was issued at Edinburgh in 1794, nothing altered. 
Indische Zoologie, folio, Halae, 1781. 
See Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pp. 91-94, 1917. 
Faunula Indica, folio, Halae, pref. June 20th, 1795. 
This was a revision of Latham and Davies’ account added to the second edition of 
Pennant’s Indian Zoology ; while editing, etc., Forster added new names introducing 
Pratincola and Glareola (Pratwieola) maldivarum , coromanda and madraspatana . 
Faunula Sinensis. Sometimes quoted, is appended to Forster’s translation of Osbeck’s 
“ Travels ” which was published in 2 vols., London, 8vo, 1771. The Faunula Sinensis 
occurs in Vol. II., pp. 321-338. 
As above noted, when Forster returned to Germany he took with him his manuscript 
descriptions made during his voyage with Cook. These were deposited in the Museum 
at Berlin and were referred to and utilized by other workers. Thus Schneider used 
the fishes, and Wagler described many birds from Forster’s MSS. After many years 
Lichtenstein published the whole of the descriptions under the title : 
Descriptiones animalium quae in intinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772- 
74 suscepto, 8vo, Berlin, (pref. Jan. 1st) 1844. 
Though the majority of the names had been anticipated, this is a very useful book 
as it gives the exact localities of many species described by Latham and named by 
Gmelin, and references to Georg ^Forster’s drawings aforementioned. Procellaria 
leucocephcilo , similis , hcesitata , inexpectata, gavia , Scolopax undulata , S. pacifica, Hcema- 
topus unicolor , Pelecanus plotus , Falco leucostos, are, however, quoted from this book. 
Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria.—B orn 1789. Died 1860. A Synoptical Catalogue of 
British Birds, 8vo, London, Dec. 1817. 
In this Catalogue many new names are proposed, while Leach’s names, printed a 
little previously, are legitimised. 
Totanus guinetta , Inmicula , L. glottis , Moris, Trior dies, Nycticorax, Egretta , Zaporina 
n.n., Octogometra, Ortygometra , Chelidon , Spipola , Charadrius torquatus . 
There is a note of an 1821 edition. 
The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Natural Phenomena, 8vo, London, 1827. 
For notes on this refer to Austral Av. Rec., Vol. IV., pp. 160-3, 1921. 
Butor , Zapornia. 
Other works containing natural history notes by Forster, T., are : 
Researches about Atmospheric Phsenomena, 3rd. ed., 1823. 
Perennial Calender, March 1824. 
Circle of the Seasons, 1827. 
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