THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
[Narrative of the late Expedition to Botany Bay, with Particular Descriptions of 
Jackson’s Bay and Howe’s Island, Progress of the Settlement, etc., 8vo, Aberdeen, 
1789.] 
German translation : 
Reise nach der Botany Bay aus d. Englisch von M. C. Sprengel, 8vo, Hamburg, 1791. 
French translation : 
No plates, 1 vol., 8vo, Paris, 1791. 
Philosophical Transactions of London. —Vol. XX., 1698. 
Letter from Mr. Witsen, Burgermaster of Amsterdam and F. R. S., to Dr. Martin Lister, 
Fellow of the College of Physicians and R.S. 
Reports discovery of Black Swans in Nova Hollandia. 
Poche, Franz. —Zool. Anzeiger, Vol. 27, Nos. 16-17, May 3rd, 1904, pp. 52 et seq. 
On Moehring. 
Pompper, Hermann. —Die Saugethiere, Vogel und Amphibien, nach ihrer geographpkischen 
Verbreitung tabellarisch zusammengestellt, 4to, Leipzig, (pref. March) 1841. 
Pedionomus ocellatus , Platalea melanorhynchus. 
Pontoppidan, Erik Ludvigsen. —Born Aug. 24th, 1698. Died Dec. 20th, 1764. Den 
Danske Atlas eller Kongo Riget Dannemark, 8 vols., 4to, Kjobenhaven, pref. March 31st, 
1763. 
Yoi. I. contains the Natural History of Denmark, pp. 614-631, pis. xxv., xxvi. See 
Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pp. 45-56, 1923. 
Scolopax falcinellus (Tringa ferrugineus ). 
Kurzgefaszte Nachrichten die Naturhistorie in Dannemark betreffend, Copenhagen 
and Hamburg, 4to, 1765. 
German translation of the preceding. 
Potts, Thomas Henry. —Born 1824. Died 1888. Great New Zealand Field Ornithologist. 
Ibis, 1873, Jan., p. 85-86. 
Notes on a supposed new species of Prion. 
Prion australis . 
Trans. New Zeal. Inst., Vol. VI., 1873, p. 139-153, June 1874. 
Ossifraga alba , 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. —American periodical, contains articles in the early 
numbers by Bonaparte, Cassin, Coues, and recently by Witmer Stone and Oberkolser. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. —Instead of this title the publication is now 
called the Journal, and there is a Zoological and a Botanical Series. Very few paper’s 
of interest to Australian ornithologists have appeared in this. Sharpe, however, made 
use of the Journal, Vol. XVT., pp. 318, 432, 1882. The Linnean Society’s Library 
includes Linne’s library and many other rare works. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of Neiv South Wales.— Published irregularly, the recent 
parts bearing dates of issue. The dates of the early parts were given in the Second 
Series. Vol. X., p. 533, but in connection with Ornithology many of the most generally 
referred to papers are in the first four volumes, so that the date of these I reproduce 
here: Vol. I., pt. i„ pp. 1-20, April 27th, 1875 ; pt. 2, pp. 21-96, Feb. 1876; pt. 3, 
pp. 97-168, July 1876 ; pt. 4, pp. 169-282, Feb. 1877 ; pt. 5, 283-419, March 1877. 
Vol. II., pt. i., pp. 1-122, July 1877 ; pp. 123-217, Jan. 1878 ; pp. 218-288, May 
1878; pp. 289-401, June 1878. Vol. III., pp. 1-76, Sept. 1878; pp. 77-161, Dec. 
1878 ; pp. 162-305 (before May 1879) ; pp. 306-443, May 1879. Vol. IV., pp. 1-116, 
June 16th, 1879; pp. 117-244, Oct. 6th, 1879; pp. 245-387, Dec. 1st, 1879; pp. 
388-492, May 1880. 
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