THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
we want the actual date, the day of the month if possible, but this little work is useful 
as a rough guide to some of the works. 
Index Generum Avium. A List of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, 8vo, London, 
(pref. Aug. 1st) 1889. 
This is a good little guide, the references being checked by Waterhouse, and will 
serve until Richmond’s complete w r ork is published. No attention to actual dates was 
paid, simply the earliest reference being cited. 
Waterton, C har les. —In a pamphlet issued by him, he attacked Swainson in : “ An 
Ornithological Letter to William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S., etc., etc., Charles 
Waterton, Esq., Walton Hall, Wakefield : Richard Nichols, Bookseller, 1837,” pp. 1-15. 
In this Waterton says : “ I have a crow to pick with you. As we are both birdmen, 
the operation will cost us but little time and trouble.” He then proceeds to roast 
Swainson for fifteen pages. 
1\ atling, Thomas. —A famous painter of Australian birds whose name first appeared in the 
History of the Collections of Nat. Hist. Brit. Mus., when his paintings were reviewed 
by Sharpe ( q.v .). Since then I have republished some of Iris paintings in the Austral 
Avian Record and given some notes. Campbell has twice given extracts from Sharpe’s 
work in the Emu, and lately Hixson (q.v.) has given us some correct data in connection 
with him. In the Austral Av. Rec. (Vol. V., pp. 22, et seq ., 1923) is the latest note about 
Watling, but in the next number (pt. 4) appeared some more information about his 
drawings and, as far as can be judged, the subject is not yet exhausted. 
Weatherill, W. E.—Queensland Naturalist, Vol. I., No. 3, Sept. 30th, 1908. 
Description of a new Pseudogerygone from South-east Queensland. 
Pseudogerygone cantator. 
Webb, Philip Barker (born 1773, died 1854) and Berthelot, Sabin (born 1794, died 
1880).—Hist. Nat. lies Canaries, Paris, 1835-44. 
It is fortunate this book does not greatly concern us as it is one of the bibliographic 
problems yet unsolved. Vol. II., Omithologie, 1841, contains Eustrinx and Euhierax, 
which I quote in synonymy. 
Webber, J.—Draughtsman (with Ellis (q.v.) ) to Cook’s Third and Last Voj^age, 1776-80, 
who apparently did not paint natural history objects. 
Weiske, Emil. —Austrian collector who collected in North Queensland and New Guinea. 
His new species were named by Reichenow (q.v.) Climacteris weiskei , and then his 
collection reported upon by Sassi (q.v.). 
Wernerian Society , Edinburgh. —Eight volumes of Memoirs were published in octavo between 
1811 and 1839: Vol. I., Oct. 1811. Vol. II., pp. 1-260, May 1814; pp. 261-700, “ 1818,” 
rev’d. Feb. 28th, 1819. Vol. III., June 30th, 1821. Vol. IV., pp. 1-252, May 1822 ; 
pp. 253-603, May 1823. Vol. V., pp. 1-288, 1824; pp. 289-599, 1826. Vol. VI., Jan 
1832 ; Vol. VII., 1838 ; Vol. VIII. (part one and last), after July 1839. 
Macgillivray wrote his article on Gulls in this journal. 
Larus bathyrincJms. 
West, John. —History of Tasmania, 2 vols., 8vo, Launceston, 1852. 
Includes natural history notes by Ronald Gumi. 
Western Australia. —A Description of the Settlement of King George’s Sound, in the Colony 
of West Australia, by an Australian Colonist, 8vo, 1846. 
Wetmore, Frank Alexander. —Does not use his first name. Born at North Freedom, 
Wisconsin, June 18th, 1886. In Bird Lore, Vol. 2, 1900, pp. 155-156, is a paper 
entitled “ My Experience with a Red-headed Woodpecker ” by “ Alick Wetmore 
(age thirteen years), North Freedom, Wis.,” his first contribution to science. Went 
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