THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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Halley (Rev.), J. J. — A Monograph of the Psittacidae or Parrot family of Australia, pp. 
viii.-x.; Pol. No. 1 ; 1-8 (with 3 plates), Ballarat, 1871. 
Hamlyn-H arris, Ronald Hamlyn. —Former Director of the Brisbane Museum 
Queensland. Born Sept. 1st, 1874, at Eastbourne. Helped me with specimens of 
birds. After whom I named 
Harrisornis . 
Harcus, William. —South Australia : its History, Resources and Productions, London 
8vo, (Dedication Jan.) 1876. 
Pages 281-296, The Fauna of South Australia, by F. G. Waterhouse ; pp. 286-296 
being the birds, a complete list including the Northern Territory, but admitting many 
doubtful species, as Baza subcristata, Hirundo fretensis, Sericornis Icevigaster, Pterodrom 
solandri, etc. 
Hardwicke, Thomas. —Died 1835. Collected the Australian Snipe in Tasmania, which 
J. E. Gray named after him in the Zool. Miscellany ( q.v .). Afterwards famous in connec¬ 
tion with. Hardwicke’s Illustrations of Indian Zoology, published by J. E. Gray, for 
details of which refer to Gray. 
Totanus lathami. 
Hartert, Ernst Johann Otto. —Born 29th October, 1859. Famous European Orni¬ 
thologist who has made the study of Palsearctic subspecies his life-work. 
Katalog Vogelsammlung im Museum, Frankfurt, 8vo (pref. mid-Jan.) Not 
published till July at earliest, 1891. 
Himantopus seebohmi . 
Co-editor with Rothschild of the Novitates Zoologicae, the organ of theTringMuseum, 
at which institution Hartert is in charge of the bird collections. 
Novit. Zool., VoL VI., pp. 423-428, Dec. 9th, 1899. 
On some birds from Cape York, North Queensland. 
Artamus leucorhynchus parvirostris , Zosterops westernensis vegeta, Bathilda ruficauda 
clarescens. 
Novit. Zool., Vol. XII., pp. 194-242, Feb. 11th, 1905. 
List of Birds collected in North-western Australia and Arnhem Land by Mr. 
J. T. TunneyL 
Tadorna radjah rufitergum, Colluricincla woodwardi , Gracticus quoyi tunneyi, Gymno - 
rhino, tibicen longirostris , Pcecilodryas cmereiceps , Myzomela obscura grisescens . 
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII., p. xxxiii., Feb. 27th, 1899. 
Pachycephala peninsulce : id., p. lix., July 4th, 1899; Pcephila nigroteda : id., 
Vol. XVI., p. 30, Nov. 29th, 1905 ; Amytornis woodwardi : id., Vol. XXV., p. 82, 1910; 
Acanthiza nana mathewsi. 
Numerous papers by Rothschild and Hartert on Papuan Birds appear in the Novit. 
Zool., and these must be continually referred to when birds from North Queensland 
are studied. 
Dio Vogel der Palaarktischen Fauna. 
This is Hartert’s Magnum Opus, the basic work for the study of Palsearctic subspecies 
of birds. Only one reference is utilised in Australian literature, but it will be useful 
for reference to give the dates and pagination of the parts here : Heft I., pp. i.-xii., 
pp. 1-112, Nov. 1903 ; heft II., pp. 113-240, June 1904 ; heft III., 1 p., pp. 241-384, 
June 1905; heft IV., pp. 385-512, March 1907 ; heft V., pp. 513-640, Feb. 1909; 
heft VI., pp. xiii.-xlix., pp. 641-832, June 1910 ; this constitutes Band I. Heft VII., 
pp. 833-960, Feb. 1912 ; heft VIII., pp. 961-1,088, Aug. 1913 ; heft IX., pp. 1,089- 
1,216, Oct. 1914 ; heft X., pp. 1,217-1,344, March 1920 ; heft XI. and XII., pp. 1,345- 
1,600, Aug. 1920 ; heft XIII. and XIV., pp. i-xxiv., pp. 1,601-1,764, Feb. 1921; this 
completes Band II. Heft XV., pp. 1,765-1,892, April 1921 ; heft XVI., pp. 1893-2,020, 
Sept. 1921 ; heft XVII., pp. 2,021-2,148, Nov. 1921 ; heft XVIII. and XIX., pp. i-xii, 
pp. 2,149—2,328, March 1922 ; this completes Band III. and the work. A Naektrag 
has been issued in 1923. 
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