THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Temminck, 0. J. Verh. nat. Gesch. Ned. overz. Bezitt. See Holland, Nat. Comm, 
in Aost Indie, 
and under 
Holland. Nat. Comm, in Aost Indie. Verh. nat. Gesch. Nederl. overzeescke 
Bezittingen . . witg (egeven door), C. J. Temminck, 3 vols., folio, Leid., 
1839-45. 
Engelmann adds 1-24 Aflevering, 1840-45, and details Botanie, 1-7 Aflevering, 
1840-44. 
Land en Volkenkunde von Sal. Muller, 1-7 Aflevering, 1840-44, Zoologie, 1-10 
Aflevering, 1840-44. 
At this date (1846) the work was not completed. 
In the Austral Av. Rec., Vol. i., p. 24, 1912, I published the dates of parts in my 
possession as follows : Pt. I., pp. 1-32, 1840 ; pt. n., pp. 33-64, 1840; pt. m., pp. 65-96, 
1841 ; pt. IV., pp. 97-128, 1841 ; pt. v., pp. 129-160, 1842 ; pt. vi., pp. 161-192, 1843 ; 
pt. vn., pp. 193-224, 1843 ; pt. vm., pp. 225-256, 1845 ; pt. ix., pp. 257-280, 1845 ; 
pt. x., pp. 281-472, 1847. 
That these dates err on the right side may be urged from the fact that Hartlaub 
only records the tenth number in his Bericht . . des Jahres, 1852. 
Sherborn’s dates I do not understand, as he gives 1839-45 which is undoubtedly 
incorrect, and states Aves, pp. 1-40, 1840, pp. 41-72, 1845, which are also in disagreement. 
There is a lot of value to the Australian ornithologist as Muller’s birds came from 
Lobo, Dutch New Guinea, and the forms vary into North Australian species. The 
new names I quote are Numenius minor , Totanus pulverulentus } Anas ( Mareca ) gibberi- 
irons } CacomantiSy Anas ( Querquedula ) humeralis, Nectarinia frenata . 
Murphy, Robert Cushman.—B om April 29th, 1887. A present-day American Ornithologist 
who is making a study of Sea-Birds, and when his Monograph appears it should be 
worthy of study. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Yol. XXXVIII., pp. 117-146, March 26th, 1918. 
A Study of the Atlantic Oceanites. 
Auk, Vol. XXXI., pp. 526-534, Oct. 1914, with J. T. Nichols. 
A Review of the Genus Phcebetria. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XLIV., pp. 495-554, Dec. 23rd, 1921, with Francis 
Harper. Born Nov. 17th, 1886. 
A Review of the Diving Petrels. 
This is a remarkable paper, as working upon very large collections from South America, 
South Georgia, etc., the authors have confirmed my early results (at that time novel) 
and have raised forms I regarded as subspecific to subgeneric rank, but from lack of 
material have confused Austral Neozelanic Birds. 
Porthmornis , Pelagodyptes. 
Museum Carlsonianum . —Under this title Sparrman {q.v.) described many new birds in four 
folio parts. 
Museum Heineanum. —This is the title of a work in four parts, the first part by Cabanis 
(q.v.) f the remainder by Cabanis and Heine, describing the birds in the Museum formed 
by the latter. 
Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici, see Heine. 
Museum cVHistoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. —Under this title Schlegel published a series of 
Monographs of Birds, 41 in number, all dated. The work was, however, published 
in livraisons of numbers of monographs, so that the dates mean date of compilation, 
not of publication. Livraison 1 included Mon. 1, Buceros ; Mon. 2, Falcones ; Mon. 3, 
Aquilae ; Mon 4, Astures ; Mon. 5, Asturinse ; Mon. 6, Buteones, pp. 1-4, these being 
dated August and September 1862. The Revue Methodique is included in this livraison 
and is dated Oct. 30th, 1862, and the livraison is reviewed in the Ibis for Jan. 1863, so 
that it was probably issued in November. Livraison 2 covered the remainder of Mon. 
of Buteones; Mon. 7, Milvi; Mon. 8, Pernes; Mon. 9, Polybori; Mon. 10, Vultures ; 
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