THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
viridis , G. melanocephala (7. picata , (?. cyanotis , Cuculus cyanocephalus , (7. phasianinus , 
(7. palliolatus, C. flabelliformis, G . plagosus , Alcedo azurea, Sitta chrysoptera, Todus 
rubeculo , Merops cucullatus , ill. chrysopterus, M. auritus , iH. phrygius , M. cyanops, 
M. garrulus, M. monachus, M. ornatus , ill. albifrons , Gerthia melanops , (7. tenuirostris , 
(7. leucophcea, C. pipilans, (7. mdlivora , (7. atricapilla, G . sanguinolenta, C. dibapha , 
(7. canescens , (7. pyrrhoptera , (7. agilis, G. ccerulescens, C . chrysotis , (7. erythropygin, 
Turdus inquietus , T. melanops, dubius , T . dilutus , T 7 . gutturalis , J 7 . harmonious, 
T. badius , T 7 . prasinus , J 7 . volitans , T . cyanous, T. tenebroSus , T 7 . lunulatus , 2\ fidiginosus, 
T. melanophrys, T. cyanocephalus , I 7 , muscicola , I 7 , maxillaris , J 7 . frivolus , T. sordidus , 
jP. brachypterus , T. melinus, T. punctatus , T. polioceplialus , T. leueotis, T. leucophrys, 
Loxia cyanoptera, L. fascinans, L. bella , L. nitida, Fringilla leucocephala , J 1 . 
F. temporalis , Muscicapa auricomis , if. rufifrons, M. coccinigastra , i/. barbata, M. 
mystacea , J/. rhodoptera, M. crepitans , J/. pectoralis , itf. cucuUata , ilf. rhodogastra, 
M. flavigastra , Af. melanocephala , Motacilla atricapilla , MotaciUa ccerulescens , 
anilis, S. sagitiata , S. inornata , 5. chrysops , £. rufiventris, S . flavigastra , $. rubricate, 
S. casta, S. leucophcea, S. rubricollis, S. lateralis, 8. versicolora, Pipra superciliosa, 
Hirundo caudacuta, Hirundo pacifica, Caprimulgus vittatus, G. strigoides, C. megacephalus, 
G. gracilis, Golumba melanoleuca, G. picata, (7. meridionalis (not Austr.), (7. pallida, 
G. norfolciensis, C. spadicea, C. cuneata , Menura with Jtf. novcehollandice, Perdix 
australis , Perdix varia, Ardea maculata, A . pacifica , Scolopax australis, Tringa lobate, 
Tringa aurita, Gharadrius magnirostris, G. grallarius, G. fuscus , (7. griseus, G. frcenatus, 
Cereopsis with (7. novcehollandice, Larus pacificus, Anas melanoleuca, A . jubata, A. 
membranacea, A. rhyncliotis . 
All these new names were given to the Lambert or Wat ling (g.v.) drawings and on 
this account have been difficult to determine without access to the paintings upon 
which they were founded. Interpretations in this connection have been attempted by 
Gray (g.v.), Strickland (g.v.), and Sharpe (< 7 .?;.). There are also several notes in the 
Austral Avian Record which should be carefully studied, and the picture there reproduced 
criticised in connection with the descriptions. Many of the above names have not yet 
been accurately located and it may be that some are really NOT Australian, but this 
is a very difficult point. Some of the other names were given to General Davies , ( 5 . 1 ;.) 
paintings. 
It may be here emphasized that in the Latin text only the locality “ Nova Hollandia ” 
is given, but this is merely a condensed translation of the English description, where 
the locality is correctly given as New South Wales, and the particular place is near 
Sydney. 
Trans. Li nn . Soc. (Lond.), Vol. IV., pp. 90-128, pi. 8 , (before May 24th) 1798. 
An Essay on the tracheae or windpipes of various kinds of Birds. 
In this essay Anas semipalmata is named. 
General History of Birds, 10 vols., 4to, Winchester, 1821-1824. 
This is one of the most remarkable books ever written, notwithstanding its compara¬ 
tive little value from a technical point of view. 
Latham had long retired to Winchester and passed the allotted span of life, when 
misfortune overtook him and his last days seemed to suggest penury, when it was 
suggested to him that he might prepare a revised edition of his General Synopsis 
published more than thirty years previously. This energetic old man, then eighty 
years of age, undertook the task and, moreover, completed it, a shining example of 
tenacity of purpose for all time. To prepare a General History of Birds, even with 
scissors and paste, when over eighty years of age, is a wonderful achievement, and the 
work must rank as a great memorial for that reason alone. 
It is all in English and illustrated with coloured plates, and includes all the species 
in the General Synopsis of Birds, all those in the Supplements, and many additional 
ones in the Linnean Society’s Collection, etc. These w^ere later technically named 
by Vigors and Horsfield (^.v.), and some by Stephens (g.'y.), Burton named one 
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