BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Rees, Abraham.—B° m 1743. Died 1825. A New Encyclopaedia, 39 vols., 4to, London, 
1802-20. 
It is fortunate that this contains little novel ornithology, the only name being 
Myderia novcehollandice (Donovan), Vol. XXIV., March 1913. The dates have been 
published by B. D. Jackson in An attempt to ascertain dates of publication of Rees’s 
Cyclopaedia, 8vo, London, 1895. 
Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig.—B orn Jan. 8th, 1793. Died March 17th, 
1879. Another eccentric genius who was in charge of the Museum at Dresden and 
published thousands of miniature representations of birds in practically leaflets with 
two or three titles to each. No complete set has been examined and it is difficult to 
find out the truth. 
Apparently the majority of the tracts were published as part of a series entitled 
“Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte des In-und Auslandes,” etc., but this is only 
sometimes noted as a signature. The following notes are provided as a basis for 
research:— 
Avium Systema Naturale. Das Natiirliche System der Vogel, 1 vol., 100 plates 
only, 4to, Dresden, 1849-50. 
Published in parts, according to Sherborn, as follows : pis. 1-51, Dec. 1st, 1849 ; 
pis. 52-71, March 1st, 1850 ; pis. 72-86, June 1st, 1850 ; and pis. 87—100, Aug. 1st, 
1850. 
The only text known was published under the title Das Natiirliche System der Vogel, 
Vorwort dated Oct. 1st, 1852; Dr. Richmond questions issue before 1853, but I should 
think from analogy with Reichenbach’s other publications that it was probably issued 
in 1852. 
[I am quite confident that this appeared in 1853 ; it was issued in his Handbuch 
der speciellen Ornithologie, Lief 3.—C.W.R.] 
The plates only consist of unidentifiable figures of heads, wings, tails and feet, and 
the names should not be accepted from that place. I have discussed the contemporary 
misidentifications of Cabanis, Bonaparte and Gray, in the Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., 
pp. 12-17,1922, and urged their rejection, though the only names that have been cited 
in Australian literature are few, Glypfiidiura , Cyclopsitta and Stagonopleura, but two 
of these unhappily caused complications. 
From Das Natiirliche System der Vogel, which includes many genera with type 
names, numerous new names are quoted : Megaloprepia , Myristicivora, Tomopeleia, 
Stktopdeia , Lophopliaps , Hypotcenidia, Amaurornis , Ccesarornis, Tachybaptus, Pela- 
godroma, Rhantistes, Thalassarche, Lobivanellus , Ostralegus , Sarciophorus, Melanibyx , 
CaryhibiSy Spatherodia , Typhon, Radjah , Hypoleucus, Piscatrix, Plancus, Lepturus , 
Catoptropdicanus , Antigone , Majaqueus , Ardenna, Thalassoica, Phoebetria , Coprotheres, 
Marila, Stictonetta . 
Vollstandigste Naturgeschichte der Vogel Neuhollands; or Die neuentdeckten Vogel 
Neuhollands, simply a translation of Gould’s text to his Birds of Australia, was published 
in 8vo, in three parts; pt. I., pp. 1-248 at Easter time, 1845 ; pt. ii., pp. 1-172 
in 1847 (?); pt. m., pp. 173-368, 1850. 
A few errors and emendations occur as Xiphidiorhynchus . 
This was issued as the second volume of the Vollstand. Naturg. Vogel In-und 
Auslandes, published at Dresden. 
The “ Vollstand. Naturg.” dates from 1834 onwards, and is generally found in mono¬ 
graphs of coloured plates with a small tract bound in with names and references to the 
included plates, and this is dated, and place of origin given as Leipzig. These are listed 
separately by Sherborn, but noted as part of the “ Voflst. Naturg.” 
Praktisch-gemeinnutzige Naturgeschichte der Vogel des In-und Auslandes, 16 pp., 
4to, Leipzig, 1836 
