THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
position again became difficult and he disposed of it in 1785 by means of a lottery ; 
according to tradition the only prize was the whole Museum and this was won by 
Parkinson, a dentist. A building was erected by Parkinson on the Surrey side of the 
Blackfriars Bridge and it persisted there for twenty more years. In 1805 the Museum 
was dispersed b}' public auction and the rarities went all over the continent of Europe ; 
many of the Australian birds wore bought on account of the Ro 3 r al Museum at Vienna, 
and nearly seventy years afterwards an account of these was given by Pelzeln (q.v.). 
This dispersal was regretted by most naturalists afterwards, as apparently little effort 
was made on account of the British Museum to retain any of the best novelties. 
Museum Senckenberg. —A periodical in three volumes which was also issued in parts, dates 
on wrappers being as follows : Vol. I., heft, i., pp. 1-96, pis. i.-v., end Sept. 1833; heft 2, 
pp. 97-188 ; heft vi., ix. and xi., 1834; heft 3, pp. 189-295, pis. x. and xn.-xvm. (pref. 
Oct.), 1834. Vol. II., heft. I., pp. 1-116, pis. i.-vi., 1836; heft n., pp. 117-190, pis. 
vn.-xi. (before April), 1837 ; heft m., pp. 191-310, pis. xn.-xvn., 1837. Vol. III., 
heft i., pp. 1-90, pis. i.-v., 1839 ; heft n., pp. 91—196; heft vi.-xn., 1842; heft m., 
pp. 197-318, pis. xm.-xvn., 1845. 
Under the title Ornithologische Miscellen., Riippell wrote some Monographs in this 
periodical, including one of the genus Ceblepyris , naming G. maxima, affinis and jardinii, 
the former having slight priority over a Gouldian name. 
Katalog Vogelsammlung Mus. Senckenb. was prepared by E. Hartert, and though 
the pref. is signed middle of Jan. 1891, the Katalog was not issued until July or August. 
In it Hartert named Himantopus seebohmi. 
Naturalists' Library. —A series of forty octavo volumes issued under the direction of Sir 
William Jardine, who wrote the majority of the volumes. The dates of issue range 
from 1833 to 1843 and fourteen volumes deal with birds. To each volume is affixed a 
Memoir of a well-known naturalist, but these do not always agree with the subject 
with which the author was most closely allied. The publication met with such success 
that, at the conclusion of the separate issue, a cheaper edition was at once put on the 
market, and this was followed by another. The original issue has two numbers, the 
number of the volume in the Library and the number of the volume in the subject, 
the reissues only the latter, and these are not in the same order ; the cheaper editions 
are in red cloth covers. 
The order, date of publication, etc., of the bird volumes, are as follows :— 
Date id., 
Library Birds Subject 
Author 
Memoir of 
2nd 
Dates 
No. 
Issue 
No. 
I. 
1 Humming Birds, I. 
J ardine 
Linnaeus 1833 
6 
1845-6 
III. 
2 Do. II. 
Jardine 
Pennant 
7 
1845-6 
V. 
3 Peacocks, etc. 
Jardine 
Aristotle 
14 
1845-6 
VI. 
4 Birds of the Game Kind 
Jardine 
Raffles 
8 
1845-6 
IX. 
5 Columbidse (Pigeons) 
P. J. Selby 
Pliny 1835 
9 
1845-6 
XV. 
6 Parrots 
P. J. Selby 
Bewick 
Oct. 1836 
10 
1845-6 
XVII. 
7 Birds, West Africa 
W. Swainson 
Bruce 
May 8, 1837 
11 
1845-6 
XIX. 
8 Do. Vol. II. 
Do. 
Le Vaillant 
Sept. 23, 1837 
12 
1845-6 
XX. 
9 Birds, Gt. Britain, Vol. I. 
Jardine 
Sibbald 1837 
1 
1845-6 
XXI. 
10 Flycatchers 
Swainson 
Haller 
Mav 19, 1838 
13 
1845-6 
XX LV. 
11 Birds, Gt. Britain, Vol. II. 
Jardine 
Smellie " 1839 
2 
1845-6 
XXXIV. 
12 ^ Do. Vol. III. 
Do. 
Walker 1842 
3 
1845-6 
XXXVI. 
13 Nectariniadae (Sunbirds) 
Do. 
Willoughby 1843 
5 
1845-6 
XL. 
14 Birds, Gt. Britain, Vol. IV. 
Do. 
A. Wilson 1843 
4 
1845-6 
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