THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
\ ieillot, Louis Jean Pierre. —Justly termed “ The father of modem scientific French 
Ornithology ” by Lesson. Bom May 10th, 1748, died at Rouen, 1831. 
Analyse d’une nouvelle Ornithologie elementaire, 8vo, Paris, April 14th, 1816. 
Through the publication of this little tract Vieillot drew upon himself the antagonism 
of Cuvier ( q.v .) and Temminck ( q.v .). Neither was justified in the charges he brought 
as Vieillot was an ornithologist, which Cuvier was not, and his little essay was apparently 
completed, though not published, before Temminck’s Manuel, and shows little 
dependence upon the system of Illiger. 
Newton (l)ict. Birds, Introd., p. 29, footnote, 1896) has pointed out that Vieillot’s 
Analyse was communicated to the Turin Academy, 10th January, 1814, and was ordered 
to be printed, Mem. Acad. Sci. Turin, 1813-14, p. xxviii., but owing to the wars, etc., 
this was not done. Vieillot then sent it to England, and his Prolusio (as he then called 
it) was read at meetings of the Linnean Society of London between 15th November, 
1814, and 21st February, 1815, but when the time came for printing it (perhaps in 
1817) it had been ** Published already.” Stephens in his Gen. Zool. published some 
of these Vieillot names in 1815, such as Indicator and Monadon, probably bavins taken 
notes from Vieillot’s MS. 
Many Australian genera are first characterised in this Analyse, as Dromiceius 
(Dromaius), Eudyptes ( Endyptes ), Porzana , Prcedatrix, Limicida, Erolia , Rostratula , 
Morns , T achy petes, Hydrocorax, Glareola Isabella, Plyctolophus, Eurystomus , Coracina , 
Malurus, Artamus, Gralhna, Gallina (sic) melanoleuca , Cracticus, Falcunculus , Pardalotus, 
Melithreptus, Philemon , Creadion , Sphecotheres. 
This is the most useful work reprinted by the Willughby Society (q.v.). 
Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. (q.v.). 
Vieillot wrote the ornithological articles in this place, describing many new species 
which I have enumerated. These articles were reprinted in the Encycl. Method, (q.v.), 
from which place they ha ve been commonly quoted, but very few new names occur in 
the Encycl. and none Australian. 
Galerie des Oiseaux (q.v.). 
Vieillot also wrote this work, but only a few new names concern us, so that they 
may be repeated, Microglossus, Cacatua rosea. 
Oiseaux Lores, by Audebert (q.v.). 
Vieillot wrote the text for this but at that time was not describing the novelties, so 
that the only new names are credited to Shaw (q.v.). 
There are some new names, but as they are in small type, they are easily over¬ 
looked. Coues made the mistake of saying that there were no scientific names in 
this work. 
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward.— Born 1785. Died Oct. 26th, 1840. Great English 
Ornithologist who wrote a number of good articles in the Zoological Journal; he was 
tneSecretary of the Society and is famed in Australian annals for his collaboration 
with Thomas Horsfield in the Linnean Society’s Collection. 
Sketches on Ornitholog}^ or observations on the leading affinities of some of the more 
extensive groups of Birds. 
® e ^‘ ie I s 9.1 articies appearing in the Zoological Journal (q.v.), Vol. I., pp. 308-346, 
loot* PP * 37 ~ 70 ’ 1825 ; PP* 182—197, 1825; pp. 368-405, 1825; pp. 466-483, 
1826. Vol III., pp. 240-246, 1827 ; pp. 432-449, 1827 ; and Vol. IV., pp. 345-358, 1829. 
lerax, Plaiycercus, Muscicapa lathami. 
Zool. Journ., Vol. V., pp. 273-276, 1830. 
Notice on some new species of Birds. 
Golumba spiloptera, Palceornis (?) rosaceus , Plaiycercus Stanleyi, Platycercus 
pileatus . 
In the same Journal appeared Reports of the Meetings held by the Linnean Society, 
a "- names Trichoglossus, Calyptorhynchus, were included as nomina nuda, while 
Abgotheles was validly proposed, the official account not being issued for over a year. 
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