THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
He acknowledges two species, Falcunculus leucogaster , Psilopus fuscus , as being loaned 
by the Earl of Derby, one, Cysticola campestris, as being loaned by Strickland, one, 
Schceniclus magnus , was from the Neville Collection and one, Himantopus palmatus , 
from the Leadbeater Collection. In Australia he described one species, Graucalus 
phasianellus , from Coxen’s Collection. Afterwards all his species were described from 
his own collecting, Gilbert’s collection and receipts from the Surveying Ships collected 
by Macgillivray or loaned him by Capt. Chambers, Capt. (after Sir) G. Grey, Bynoe, 
Bring, etc. He also described specimens collected by Sturt in his travels into the 
interior, but in the first case he was unfortunate in naming a series as collected oil the 
Murrumbidgee River, whereas they had been collected on Norfolk Island. They had 
been presented by Capt. Sturt to the Zoological Society and it appears that the address, 
etc., had been lost. 
Gould, Mrs.— Was a Miss Coxen, daughter of Nicholas Coxen of Kent, and married Gould 
in 1829-30 and was probably the mainspring of Gould’s success. She was a fine artist 
and painted all the earlier bird paintings, some 600, before she unfortunately died, 
about 1842. She accompanied Gould to Australia and it was soon after his return 
that she died, but .apparently she had inculcated into Gould a little of her artistry, 
and he generally sketched the later pictures to be drawn by Richter, etc. 
The Gouldian Finch was named by Gould in her honour, and it is one of the char¬ 
acteristic birds of Australia with its beautiful and variable colouring. One of Gould’s 
daughters is still alive (1923). 
Gould Collection. —The history of this has been often given and the Collection is now 
in Philadelphia, United States of America. 
Witmer Stone, the Curator, prepared a complete List which was published in the 
Austr. Av. Rec., Vol. I., pts. 6-7, 1913. In that List all the specimens were examined 
and one was selected as the type, all the known facts being taken into consideration 
and the type locality designated. 
Since that date, however, I have noted in the List Spec. Brit. Mus. as recorded, under 
G. R. Gray (q.v.), that all the earlier types were presented to the British Museum by 
the finders of the species, and that the others were secured from Gould himself. Upon 
checking the British Museum collections with this statement in view, I found that 
certainly all the earlier types were possessed by that institution, but that the ones 
named in the early 1840’s were missing. All after 1848 are in the British Museum. 
Goyder, George Woodroefe. —According to Gould it was due to the energy of Goyder 
that the Lake Eyre Expedition was carried out, which resulted in the discovery of 
Amytis goyderi. 
Grant, James (Lieut.). —Narrative of a Voyage of Discover in the Lady Nelson to New 
South Wales, 1800-2, 4to, London, 1803. 
Psiitacus fimbriatus , col. pi. 
Grant, James. —Tasmanian Journal Science, Vol. II., p. 310, (April) 1845. Fulica 
tasmanica (?). 
Fulica tasmanica . 
Grant, William Robert Ogilvie. —Born 1863. Died 1924. Sometimes written as W. 
R. O. Grant, but in later years as W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Lately Head of the Bird 
Room, British Museum. 
Described a few Australian birds from a collection made by G. C. Shortridge on 
account of Mr. W. E. Balston. 
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXIII., p. 73, May 7th, 1909. 
Acanthiza leighi , Sericornis balstoni, Malurus bernieri. 
Ibis, 1909, Oct. No., pp. 650-689, (reed. B.M.) Nov. 27th, 1909, pt. I. 
Ibis, 1910, Jan. No., pp. 156-191, (reed. B.M.) Jan. 31st, 1910, pt. n. 
On a Collection of Birds from Western Australia, pts. i. and n. 
Climacteris wellsi , Zosterops shortridgii , Zosterops balstoni, Certhionyx occidentals. 
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