THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
.yet been published, but there seems to be a blight on scientific publication in America 
also, as the complete work has not yet appeared, while comparatively worthless mono¬ 
graphs of huge size on the climatic variation of Sparrows can be issued. 
The three lists are quoted by me as Richmond (1) (2) and (3):— 
(1) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 24, pp. 663-729, May 2nd, 1902. 
(2) 35, pp. 583-655, Dec. 16th, 1908. 
(3) 53, pp. 565-636, Aug. (16th=) 25th, 1917. 
Another part is about due if the whole work is not to appear soon. These are comple¬ 
mentary to Waterhouse (q.v.). 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XVIII., p. 76, Feb. 21st, 1905. 
Macronectes. 
Has published essays on rare works as Lacepede {q.v.), Vroeg ( q.v .), Rafinesque (q.v.), 
while notes from his MS. have been published by Riley and others, and he has assisted 
me in every way in my studies by loan of books, notes and advice. 
Ridgway, Robert. —Born July 2nd, 1850. Great American Onithologist whose works 
are of great assistance to workers in every part of the world, through his accurate 
splitting and reviews of cognate genera. 
Bulletin of the U.S. Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories, Vol. II., No. 2, April 
1st, 1876. 
Studies of the American Falconidae. 
Memoirs Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. 
Water Birds of North America, Vol. XIII., Introd. March 31st, 1884. 
Cymodroma, Thalassogeron. 
His great work appears as a 
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 50, 8vo, Washington, 1901 to date. 
The Birds of North and Middle America. 
Part i. Fringillidae published Oct. 24th, 1901. 
n. 
m. 
IV. 
v. 
and 
Oct. 
Dec. 
July 
Nov. 
April 
16th, 1902. 
31st, 1904. 
1st, 1907. 
29th, 1911. 
8th, 1914. 
Tanagridae, Icteridae, etc. 
Motacillidae to Sylvidse 
Turdidse to Cotingidae 
Tracheophone Mesomyocli Passeres 
vi. Picariae to Striges 
vn. Coccygiformes, Psittaciformes 
Columbiformes 
viii. Charadriformes, incl. Gulls, Terns, Auks and 
Skuas 
ix. To include Gruiform.es, Galliformes and 
Faleoniformes 
While the earlier volumes (parts, because each part is a good-sized volume) do not 
concern Australian ornithologists much, as the American Passeriform birds are unlike 
those of Australia, the later volumes, dealing with the wider spread non-Passerine 
birds, must be consulted on many points. 
Riemanx, G —Zoologisch-technologischer Leitfaden fur Realschulen und Gymnasien, 
8vo, Magdeburg, 1838. 
May 5th, 1916. 
June 26th, 1919. 
RoBmsox, Herbert C.—With W. S. Laverock wrote a paper in Ibis, 1900, pp. 617-653, 
Oct. 
The Birds of North Queensland, Collected by E. Olive; and named Entomyza 
cxjanoius harterti. 
Previously from this collection Robinson alone had named, Bulletin Liverpool 
Museum, Vol. II., Nos. 3-4, p. 116, Jan. 1900 : 
Dacelo gigas subsp. minor , Trichoglossns novcehollandice, subsp. septentriomlis, 
and Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. X., p. xlviii., Feb. 28th, 1900, 
Turnix olivii. 
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