THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Ornis. —Name given to a recent publication giving reports of International Ornithological 
Congresses. 
Oustalet, Jean Frederic Emile. —Born August 24th, 1844, died Oct. 23rd, 1905 (Ibis, 
1906, p. 363). French Ornithologist. 
Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), Ser. VI., Vol. VIII., Art. No. 4, (after Aug.) 1878. 
Description d’une nouvelle espece de Manchot ( Eudyptula serresiana). 
Eudyptula serresiana. 
Bull, hebdom. Assoc. Sci. France, Vol. XXI., p. 248, 1878. 
Mcrops modestus. 
Oxley, John. —Journals of two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, 1817-18, 
4to, London, June 1820. 
Palacky, Jan. —Born 1830. Died 1908. Australia, 1861. Includes List of Birds by 
Gould, pp. 57-66. 
Pallas, Peter Simon. —German Zoologist who entered the service of Russia. Born 
Sept. 22nd, 1741, died Sept. 8th, 1811. Biographical Memoir by Cuvier, translated 
into the Edinb. New Philos. Journ., 1828, pp. 211-236, and in the Naturalists’ Library, 
Mammalia, Vol. IX., 1839. 
Vroeg Catalogue {q.v.). 
To this Catalogue is appended an Adumbratiunculse describing new birds which is 
regarded as the work of Pallas. As this was published in 1764, Pallas at that time was 
only 23. 
Spicilegia zoologica, Vol. I., fasc. I.— x., 4to, Berlin, 1767-74. 
Vol. II., fasc. xi.-xiv. 1776-80. 
Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., Vol. XIV., pt. i., pp. 548-592, 1770. 
Descriptiones Quadrupedum et Avium anno 1769 observatorum. 
Sterna caspia. 
Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russ. Reichs. in den Jaliren, 1768-74, 
3 vols., 4to, St. Petersburg, 1771-1776. 
Vol. I., 1771, preface dated April 28th, 1770. 
II., 1773 „ „ April 19th, 1772. 
III., 1776 „ „ Feb. 10th, O.S., 1776. 
Birds described at the end of each volume, also in footnotes through the volumes. 
Rallus pusillus , Charadrius hypomehis, C. mongolus, Trynga ruficollis , all in Vol. III. 
This work appeared afterwards in man} 7 languages and editions, at Frankfurt-on-Main, 
3 vols., 4to, 1776-78 (vide Engelmann), in German. 
Translated from the German, at Paris, 5 vols., 4to and Atlas, by Gauthier de la 
Peyronise, 1788-93. 
Another French translation with notes by Lamarck in 8 vols., 8vo, at Paris, 1794. 
English account, 2 vols., 4to, London, 1802-03, etc. 
Nothing new added to bird names. 
Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, 3 vols., Petropol., 4to (1811)-1831. 
Sherborn has recorded : “ My notes on this work are too voluminous for printing; 
but see Woodward, Cat. Libr. B.M. (N.H.), 1805, who has briefly abstracted them; 
I accept I. and II. as 1811; III. to end of Rept., 1811, and Fishes, 1814; the B.M. 
(N.H.) copy has the original 1811, T.P.’s to I. and II.” Notwithstanding this con¬ 
clusion it is now agreed among zoologists that although these books were printed at 
the dates given they were not published until 1827. My own copy also has the 1811 
title-pages to Vols. 1 and 2. 
[I think that Sherbom’s contention will be sustained.—C.W.R.] 
Many new names occur, and I cite Charadrius cinclus, Charadrius hypomelanus, 
Charadrius pardela, Trynga guinetta , Trynga leucoptera , Limosa recurvirostra , Trynga 
salinga , Trynga tridactyla , Hirundo ciris . Note Caiarractes camtschatica , which I 
quoted, does not occur as a valid name in this place. 
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