THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, 1844-46, with ornithological 
notes by J. Gould. 2 vols., 8vo, London, issued Dec. 1848, “ 1849.” 
Coloured plates of Milvus affinis, Cinclosoma cinnamomeum. 
Gould also states that Sturt first discovered Platycercus flaveolus , Geophaps plumifera , 
Eudromias australis. Psephotus xanthorrhous procured at the Depot was later named 
P. x. var. pattescens by Salvadori ( q.v .). 
Sundevall, Gael Jacob. —Great Swedish Ornithologist, born Oct. 22nd, 1801, died Feb. 
5th, 1875. 
His great work is entitled 
Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen, 8vo, Stockholm, 1872-73. 
Published in two parts. Pars prior, Foreword and Introd. (in French), pp. i.-xlviii., 
pp. 1-72, pref. dated Jan. 1st, 1872, but note of apology on back of wrapper dated 
Aug. 1st, 1872 ; pars posterior, Introd., pp. xlix.-lxix., pp. 73-187, Appendix, pp. 1*~ 
12*, published before June 12th, 1873. 
In this essay Sundevall protested against the quotation of inexact and incomplete 
references, and being a classical student altered a lot of names as not being classically 
formed, as Cosmopelia , Calopetes , Grallipes, Gamptolophus. 
Translated into English by Francis Nicholson, (pref. Aug. 1st) 1889, with a memoir of 
his life and a portrait from the J.f.O., 1875, p. 214. Nicholson added two supple¬ 
ments from the Swedish Academy's Journal. 
SundevalTs Tentamen contains a lot of useful work, and he noted that the so-called 
deeper seated structural characters were as variable as the superficial ones. To-day 
this is being proved by every investigator. 
His papers include : 
Ofversigt Iiongl. Vet.-Akad. Forhandlingar, Stockh., 1850 (dated 17th April), 1851. 
Cincedium. 
K. Vetensk. Akak Handl. (Stockh.), Bd. 2, No. 3, 1857. 
Kritisk Framstallning af Fogelarterna uti aldre Ornitliologisk arbeten. 
I. Museum Carlsonianum. 
II. Le Vaillant, Oiseaux d’Afrique. 
In these valuable essays, especially the latter, he attempts to name Le Vaillant ? s 
Birds of Africa, distinguishing all from extra-hmital localities. It may be noted that 
Sundevall did not have the Nouveau Dictionnaire for reference, so all the names are 
recorded from the Encylop. Method., but they date back to the earlier publication. 
Nos. 115, 116, 130-2, 223 and 5 are Australian birds. 
Ofvers, af Iv. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. (Stockh.), 1874, No. 2, pp. 21-41. 
Fornyad anordning av Dagrovfoglama (Dispositio nova Accipitrum Hemerohar- 
pagorum). 
LeptoJiierax. 
This is included by Nicholson as Appendix II., pp. 309-314, the succeeding paper 
also occurring in the same place, No. 3. pp. 27-30. 
Swainson, William. —One of the greatest English Naturalists of the nineteenth century, 
who fortunately published his own Memoir in the Cabinet Cyclopaedia (Lardner) in 
the volume entitled Taxidermy (q.v.). 
Born Oct. 8th, 1789. Died in New Zealand on Dec. 5th, 1855. His collection was 
purchased before he left England and is now in Cambridge. 
[Not to be confused with the William Swainson who migrated to Tasmania and 
afterwards became Attorney-General in New Zealand, where he died. I have notes of 
three small books issued in 1853, 1859 and 1862. From Tasmania he published a couple 
of small papers.] 
Zoological Illustrations, London, 8vo, col. plates, Ser. I., 3 vols., 1820-23. 
Ser. II., 3 vols., 1829-33. 
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