THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
(Vol. III.), Psittacus pulchellus (Vol. III.), Anas plutonia (Vol. III.), Motacilla hirun - 
dinacea (Vol. IV.), Pipra punctata (Vol. IV.), Psittacus funereus (Vol. VI.). Anas lobata 
(Vol. VIII.), Paradisea parkinsoniana (Vol. XIV.), Alcedo tribrachys (Vol. XVI.), 
Psittacus undulatus (Vol. XVI.), Psittacus zonarius (Vol. XVI.), Psittacus melanotus 
(Vol. XVI.), Anas fasciata (Vol. XVII.), Motacilla dubia (Vol. XXII.), and the name 
Casuarius australis . 
It has been fashionable to discredit Shaw’s work ; such good workers as Swainson 
and Newton adding to the fire, but the above list of Australian novelties speaks for 
itself. 
Museum Leverianum, 4to, London, 1792-6. 
Five parts in part 1 and I. part=part vi. I have already' given details of this 
publication and also of the Museum ( q.v .), so here only note the new names given by 
Shaw. 
Pinguinaria, Psittacus splendidus , Psittacus terrestris , Loxia guttata. 
Cimelia Physica, 1 vol., folio, 1796. 
Here again Shaw wrote the text for a series of plates, which had been previously 
issued without text by the artist J. F. Miller ( q.v .). 
Zoology of New Holland, 12 plates, 4to, London, “ 1794.” 
I have given an account of this work in the Emu, Vol. XI., pt. i., p. 255, April 1st, 
1912 ; how it was first issued with the Botany and then after two parts the Zoology 
issued separately. Owing to this it is difficult to get exact dates. 
Part i., Received Linnean Soc. (Lond.), Oct. 1st, 1793; pt. ii., Nov. 5th, 1793: 
pt. m., Feb. 4th, 1794. 
(Part i., 1794; pt. n. ; 1794 ; pt. in., 1795, Gott. Joum., Vol. I., heft 2, p. 143.) 
Columba antarctica , Turdus punctatus , Mcrops phrygius . 
Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. IV., p. 242, before May 24th, 1798. 
As appendix to an Account of a New Species of Muscicapa from New South Wales 
by Major General Thomas Davies ; Shaw named it Muscicapa malachura . 
Trans. linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. V., p. 33, before Feb. 20th, 1800. 
Description of a new Species of Mycteria. 
Mycteria australis . 
Vieillot et Audebert’s Oiseaux Dores. 
I have given details under Audebert (q.v.) and also see Vieillot. I do not know what 
Shaw had to do with this work except that names are quoted for some birds as given by 
Shaw, which w r ere not published by Shaw himself until much later. 
Certhia cucullata, Certhia lunata. 
General Zoology. 
Began in 1800 by Shaw, completed in 1826 by Stephens (q.v.). Birds begin at 
Vol. VII., which is also quoted as Aves, Vol. I. Each volume in two parts, generally 
continuously paged. Vol. VII., pt. i., title-page, 1809, plates, date Sept. 1808; last 
page advertises that pt. ii. will be published in May 1809. Vol. VIII., title-page, pt. I., 
1811; title-page, pt. n., 1812. 
Shaw died in 1813, so these are the only two volumes on birds written by him. 
New names quoted by me are Psittacus cyanogaster (Vol. VIII.), P. viridis (Vol. VIII.), 
P. capitatus (Vol. VIII.), Scythrops australasice (Vol. VIII.), Todus xanthogaster (Vol. 
VIII.), Merops picatus (Vol. VIII.), Certhia mellivora (Vol. VIII.), Certhia auriculata 
(Vol. VIII.), Certhia australasiana (Vol. VTII.), Certhia graculina (Vol. VIII.), Coracias 
striata (Vol. VII.). 
Sherborn, Charles Davies. —Bom 1861. It is difficult to write calmly of an “ immortal ” 
contemporary, and a great friend. Yet the systematists of the next generation will 
refer to “ Sherbom ” and fail to visualise the enthusiasm of a naturalist, who will 
condemn himself to a lifetime of thankless unpaid drudgery for the benefit of pure 
science. His “ Index ” will be a monument which may cause envy on account of its 
unequalled extent, but no rival will ever appear. The unselfishness of the worker will 
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