Zoological Citation Sources --B
BirdFam.World
Bird Families of the World.
An invitation to the spectacular diversity of birds.
Winkler, David W.
Billerman, Shawn M.
Lovette, Irby J.
2015
Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Buff.Daub.Fig.Av.Col.Nom.Syst.
Buffoni et Daubentoni Figurarum Coloratum Nomina Systematicum
Kuhl
1820
Buff.Daub.Fig.Av.Col. T.P.
Bull.Brit.Mus.(N.H.)
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
Bull.Br.Orn.Club
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
Bull.Brit.Orn.Club 1899-2016 BHL images
NOTES:
- Volume numbering:
- Volume numbers are given as uppercase Roman numerals from I (1892) to LXVII (1947)
and continued then in arabic numbers.
- Particularly in the early years Volumes are not necessarily published in sequence. A number
of migration reports, and other special reports are printed in such a manner that the numberical
sequence does not follow the temporal sequence that one would expect from the volume numbers alone.
- Fascicle numbering
- Fascicles are numbered with Roman numerals continuously from Vol.1(1892) through Vol.67(1947)
with the last Roman numeral listing as CCCCLXXIV (= 474).
- After Vol.67 fascicles are numbered with arabic numbers and start at 1 with the first number of each volume.
- Publishing dates:
- The dates of publication are given at the bottom of the first page of each number.
- At least one date is erroneous. The date for number CCCC (400) is given as Januray 5, 1936 in
error for January 5, 1937. A note of correction is given in the subsequent number.
- In the later years, a few numbers have printing dates including only the month and the year.
In such instances, in the absence of any futher data, I consider them to have been published on the
last day of that month.
- Pagination:
- From volume 1-10 (I-X), the pagination is in lower case roman numerals,
with the exception of specific addresses to the Club.
- Starting with volume XI (11), in 1900, the pagination is in arabic.
- I represent all pagination as arabic, as this allows effective
sorting of the data and reduces error.
- From Vol.1 no.1 there is no page number on the initial (cover) page, and none
on variable numbers of blank pages at end.
- Starting with Vol.71 no.2, in 1951, the initial page, and at least some blank end pages are numbered.
- Erroneous pagination is given for Vol.69 no.1 (1949). The pagination in that number starts at 155 (though "1"
would be correct). Page "155" was the first page of the previous number (Vol.68, no.9) and it appears the pagination
sequence was not re-initiated. The pagination sequence of that number goes :[155],156(sic)-167(sic), accounting for
14 pages. The next number (Vol.69 no.2) proceeds with pagination [15],16-22; further supporting the interpretation
that no.1 should have been [1],2-14. Most fortunately Volume 69 ends with page 125 so the problem of having duplicate
pages in the 155-167 range is avoided. I have yet to find any mention in the publication of this pagination error.
- Another irregularity of pagination occurs in Vol.101, which commences with
p.239 (!). p.238 was, of course, the final page of Vol.100. I find no comment on
this irregularity of pagination, and the normal sequence (starting each volume
with page 1) resumes in Vol.102
Spreadsheet in progress
1892 - 1954 Meetings monthly (third Wed.) from Oct. to Jun. (apart from 1940-1945)
1910, Dec. Meeting moved to second Wed.
1940 -1945 Meetings reduced to a maximum of 5 a year, and held in the afternoon.
1945, Oct. Meeting moved back to third Wed.
1953, May. Meeting moved to third Tue.
1955 - 1966 Meetings monthly from Sep. to May
1967 May meeting eliminated.
1968 -> Meetings held in alternate months.
Peal REF. 1980. "A short history of the Club and its Bulletin" BBOC 100(1):4-13. p.12
'A separate Bulletin was normally issued to report each Club Meeting up to 1972.
Up to 1947 the numbers of the Bulletin, except for the 12 special volumes, were
numbered in a continuous series, as hve been Club Meetings, but by the time this system of
pairing numbers ceased they had diverged by five, Bulletin No. CCCCLXXIV reporting
the 469th Meeting. The discrepancy, which puzzles every historian and student in turn,
arose as follows: --
Bulletin No.
II Nov 1892. Meetings numbered from first regular meeting (which was the second meeting).
CLVII Feb. 1910. January 1910 meeting cancelled, contained obituary of Bowdler Sharpe.
CCLXXIII Jan. 1923. Proceedings of 12th Oological dinner.
CCCVI, CCCVII July 1926. A single issue given 2 serial numbers but reporting only the June 1926 Meeting,
the Meeting on 12 May 1926 having been cancelled (General Strike).
CCCCXLVI Mar. 1943. No meeting becuase of wartime accomodation difficulties.
CCCCLI Mar. 1944. No meeting becuase of wartime accomodation difficulties.
CCCCLXXI Apr. 1947. Reported meetings 464 and 465 due to printing restricitons caused by fuel crisis.
CCCCLXXII May 1947. Reported meetings 466 and 467.
The report of Meeting 466, which followed the B.O.U. Annual Meeting and dinner, is unusual: after
mentioning the numbers attending it but with no list of name, it read "No scientific buisness
was transacted."'
BaileyMus.Libr.Nat.Hist.Bull.
Bailey Museum and Library of Natural History Bulletin.
Newport News, Va; Miami, Fl.
1, 1920+
Bateleur
Title The Bateleur.
Publisher Nairobi, The East African Standard, Ltd.
1-3 1928-1931
Description 3 v. ill. 21 cm.
Coverage Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1928)-v. 3, no. 4 (Oct. 1931)
Note "A quarterly journal of African ornithology."
"Recent publications in African avifauna" in each issue.
Date on cover of 1st issue: Dec. 1928.
Beitr.FaunaCentralpolynesiens
Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens.
Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga-inseln; /
von O. Finsch und G. Hartlaub.
Mit 14 nach der natur lithographirten und colorirten Kupfertafeln.
The word here is Beitrag NOT Beytrag
T.P BHL image
Halle, H. W. Schmidt, 1867.
xxxix, [1], 290 p. xiv col. pl. 26 cm.
Finsch, Otto, 1839-1917.
Hartlaub, Gustav, 1814-1900, joint author.
Beitr.Gattungssyst.Vogel
Beiträge zur Gattungssystematik der Vögel.
Krefeld 1, 1949
2, 1950
[Not to confuse with:
Beiträge zur Vogelkunde. Leipzig vol. 1 1949; vol. 39 1993]
Beitr.Kennt.Orn.FaunaNords.Kaukasus
Beitrag zur Kenntniss der ornithologischen Fauna an der
Nordseite des Kaukasus.
Lorenz, Theodor
1887
Moscow E.Liessner & J.Romahn.
xii, 62 p 5 col. plates 35 cm.
Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil.
Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien, von Maximilian,
Prinzen zu Wied,...
Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. Bd. III BHL images
Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. Bd. IV BHL images
Wied-Neuwied
1825[1826]-1833
Weimar
4 vols. (6 pts) in 5 demy 8vo.
1825 would appear to be in imprint date, at least for the title page of vol.I.
[1825]
Vol. I pp.IXXII, 1-614, pll. I-III
[1826]
Vol. II pp.tit., 1-621, pll. I-V
[1830]
Vol. III PtI pp.tit.., 1-636, pll. I-V
[1831]
Vol. III PtII pp.tit.III-XII 637-1277, pl. I
[1832]
Vol. IV PtI pp.tit.III-VIII 1-422
[1833]
Vol. IV PtII pp.tit.., 443-946, pll. I,II
[Zimmer- "Vols. III and IV (of two parts each) deal with the
birds;
...The new species discovered on the journey were
described previously in other works by the author."]
15 parts with 6 col. pl. each.
Beitr.Neotrop.Fauna
Beiträge Zur Neotropischen Fauna
1-6
1956-1971
Beitr.Orn.Sudafr.
Beitrage Ornithologie Süafrika
Beiträge Zur Ornithologie Südafrikas.
Mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung Der Von
Dr. Holub Auf Seinen S
Von Dr. Emil Holub Und Aug. Von Pelzeln.
Mit 2 Tafeln In Farbendruck,
Holzschnitten Und 32 Zinkograp
1882
Beitr.Vogelkunde
Beiträge zur Vogelkunde in vollständigen Beschriebungen mehrerer
neu entdeckter und vieler seltner, oder nicht gehörig
beobachteter deutscher Vögel Mit fünf Kupfertafeln.
Brehm, C.L.
1820-22
Neustadt
Vol I 1820 Brehm
Vol II 1822 Brehm
Vol III 1822 Brehm,Schilling
Beitr.Zool.Vergleich.Anat.
Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie
von Heinrich Kuhl,...
Kuhl, Heinrich 1820 Frankfurt
Bemerk.ReiseRuss.Reich
Bemerkungen einer Reise in Russischen Reich im Jahre 1772.
Georgi , Johann Gottlieb
1775 4to St.Petersburg.
BengalSport.Mag.
Title varies.
1836
"The Bengal Sporting Magazine"
1837
"The Bengal Sporting and General Magazine"
Calcutta
v 1-21 1833-1843
Berajah
(info from AMNH Cat.)
Berajah, zoographia infinita.
Publisher Halle a.S. : W. Schlüter, 1905-1937.
(1-48/49 1905-1935)
Edited (and largely written) by O. Kleinschmidt.
Some parts issued with colored paper covers.
Imprint varies: 1906-08, Leipzig, Kommissions-verlag E. Nägele; 1908-37,
Halle a.S., Kommissions-verlag von Gebauer-Schwetschke.
Unnumbered except for Lieferung 1 (1905); pagination irregular.
Some issues accompanied by supplement: Falco.
Ber.Akad.Wiss.Berlin
Ber.Ausg.Allg.Deutsch.Orn.Ges.Berlin
Berichte über den Ausgegeben der allgemeinen Deutschen Ornithologen
Gesellshaft zu Berlin.
Berichte über den X. Ausgegeben am 17. Dec. 1891, Allg. Deutsche Orn.
Gesellsch. zu Berlin
Ber.K.Preuss.Akad.Wiss.Berlin
Berichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
zu Berlin.
Berlin
Bericht. (K(önigl).(ichen)) Preuss(ichen) Akademie der
Wissenschaften zu Berlin
1804-1907 Abhandlungen.
1908-... Abhandlungen (Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse)
1836-1855 Bericht.
1808-1824 Denkschriften.
...
1882-1921 Sitzungsberichte.
1922-.... Sitzungsberichte (Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse)
Ber.Marz-Sitz.DeutscheOrn.Ges.
Berichte über die März-Sitzung. Deutsche Ornithologen Gesellschaft
Ber.VereinsNaturw.
Berichte des Vereins für naturwissenschaftlichen Unterhaltung.
Hamburg
[From diagnosis reprinted in J.Orn. 1880 28:101.]
The closest I have gotten so far is:
Verhandlungen des Vereins für Naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung
zu Hamburg.
I can find only the 1871-1874 volume (published in 1875) and
am unable so far to check that actual Hartlaub O.D. on p.3 of volume 7.
This uncertainty makes me uneasy changing the actual title I give,
or its abbreviation. Berichte in one place, Verhandlungen in another.
Ber.Verh.Akad.Wiss.Berlin
Bericht ueber der zum Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen
der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
[later (ca 1860) became:
Berichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
zu Berlin.
Still later it became:
Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der
Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
]
Ber.Verh.Naturf.Ges.Basel.
Bericht über die Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel.
1835-52
Thl. I-X 8vo Basel
Ber.XIII.Vers.Deutsch.Orn.Gesell.
Berichte über die XIII. Versammlung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft
zu Stuttgart vom. 17.
Beschr.Natur.Samml.Univ.Rostock
Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock &c.
[
Vol. I evidently 1806
Vol. II evidently 1807
]
CWR's unpublished notes on Dates of Publication indicates that an
article in Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. 19, 1857, p.79 discusses this and at
that time it was known only from a single copy at Lund, and he has the
note "and afterwards burnt by their distinguished author." This note
appears to be quoted from the Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. article.
Beschr.VogelEyerWittenberg
Beschreibung der Vögel und Eyer in der Gegend zum Wittenberg zur
Naturgeschichte des Churkreises.
Frenzel, Johann Samuel Traugott
1801
8vo Wittenberg
Beskr.Finm.Lapper[Leem]
Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper, deres tungemaal, levemeede
og forrige afgudsdyrkelse ... med J.E. Gunneri ...
anmaerkninger[ of E.J. Jessen-S. ... Afhandling om de norske
Finners of Lappers heodenske religion.
Knud Leem, Professor i det Lappiske Sprog,
Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper, deres tungemaal,
levemaade og forrige afgudsdyrkelse / oplyst ved mange kaabberstykker,
med J.E. Gunneri ..., Anmaerkninger; og E.J. Jessen-S. ...,
Afhandling om de Norske Finners og Lappers hedenske religion;
multis tabulis aeneis illustrata, una cum J.E. Gunneri ...
Notis; & E.J. Jessen-S ...
Tractatu singulari de Finnorum Lapponumque Norvegic. religione pagana :
Canuti Leemii, Professoris linguae Lapponicae,
De Lapponibus Finmarchiae, eorumque lingua,
vita et religione pristina commentatio
Publisher: Kiobenhavn : Trykt af G.G. Salikath, 1767
Physical Desc.: 2 pts. in 1 : 99 p. of plates ; 24 cm
Notes: Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper
Canuti Leemii, Professoris linguae Lapponicae, De Lapponibus Finmarchiae, eorumque lingua, vita et religione pristina commentatio
Title and text in Danish and Latin
Leem, Knud [ 1697-1774 ]
1767
Copenhagen G.G Salikath.
Gunnerus, Johan Ernst [1718-1773]
Jessen-Schardebo/ll, Erik Johan [1705-1783]
Beytr.besond.Gesch.Vogel
Beyträge zur besondern Geshichte der Vö gesammelt. Erstes-(zwytes) Heft.
Merrem, Blasius
1784-1786
One copy is present at the Phildelphia Academy Museum Library.
Evidently there were two copies (or one copy printed in two places).
CWR in a letter to Witmer Stone (1920.03.30) says his notes indicate
that he found Latin names on the plates of Heft I, 1784. On examining
another copy of Heft I he found only German vernacular names. Hellmayr
informed him (CWR) that in the copy he (Hellmayr) examined there were
only German names on both the Latin and German editions of Heft I.
But that in Heft II the Latin and German editions have both Latin
and German names on the plates.
The Latin version of this work is Icones et Descri. ... and is dated to
1786
Stone's handwriten notes at the bottom of the letter appear to refer to
handwritten Latin names in the "same hand as names in Vol. II."
2020.12.25
Beytr.Gesch.Vogel
Beytrage zur Geschichte der Vogel, &c.
Jacquin, Joseph Franz von (Baron)
1784
pp.[viii,] 45 4to Wien
Beytr.topog.Kennt.Russ.Reichs.
Beytrage zur topographischen Kenntniss des Russischen Reichs.
Falk, Johan Pehr [1727-1774]
1785-6
3 Bd. 4to St.Petersburg.
Bibl.EcoleHaut.Etud.
Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des Huates Teudes publiee sous les
aupices du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique Section des
Sciences naturelles.
1860-90
Tom. I-XXXVIIL 8vo Paris
Bibliogr.Franc.
Bibliographie Francaise
[Often referred to for dating publications.
Holthuis LB. 1961. "On the dates of publication of the
Crustacean Plates in Duperrey's 'Voyage Autour du monde... sur...
La Coquille'" Crustaceana 32:(?)168-169.
notes that "A comparison of the exact dates of publication given by Guérin (1838)
for livraisons 17-27 and the dates at which these livraisons were announced in
Bibl. Franc. (see Sherborn & Woodward, 1901: 391,392) shows tha the announcements
in Bibl. Franc. appeared between 12 and 54 days after the actual date of publication."
BibliotecaItal.
Biblioteca italiana.
Prospetto delle lettere, arti e scienze nell' Italia
dal 1821 al 1826, premesso in forma di proemia all anno
XI del giornale letterario-scientifico intitolato
Biblioteca italiana.
1826
Milano pp.304
[Note: date given for a taxon from this is 1827 (?)
Puffinus {Procellaria} yelkouan (Acerbi) 1827 BibliotecaItal. 47 p.297]
Beija-FloresBrasil
Os beija-flores do Brasil
Os beija-flores do Brasil
Rolf Grantsau ; com 38 pranchas em cores, 105 desenhos em
branco e preto e 18 fotos, todos do autor ; [tradução,
Ilse Grantsau].
Rio de Janeiro : Expressão e Cultura, c1988.
233 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Bijdr.Dierk.
Bijdragen Tot De Dierkunde, uitgegeven door Kon.
zoologisch Genootschap: 'Natura Artis Magistra.'
Amsterdam
vols. fol.
1848-
[Deignan Bull.Br.Orn.Club 80(7):121. 1960. indicates that
"1848 was the date of issue only of Aflervering 1 ... . Aflevering 2,
in which Westerman's name appeared, was issued in 1851, as has been pointed
out by Sherborn (Index Animalium, A-B, p.xvii) and Sherborn's decision
is supported by the fact that Volume 1, Aflevering 2, of the Bijdragen was not
received by the Académie des Sciences at Paris until
22nd Septtember
1851."]
[Deignan's data is supported by the CWR unpublished notes on Dates of Publication, in which
he notes that Aflevering 2 & 3 were Rec'd by the Paris Academy on Sept. 22, 1851]
[Aflevering, in Dutch means "Installment" or "episode", "delivery", or "excercise book".]
Bild.-AtlasConv.-Lex.
Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon
Biol.Centr.-Am.
Biologia Centrali-Americana.
Godman & Salvin ( and other authors)
4 vols. 1879 - 1904
London
of AVES:
Vol. I pp. xliv + 512
[CWR unpublished notes on Dates of Publication indicate:
"First bird part was issued Sept. 1879"
p.1 "Sept. 1879 1" at foot.
p.9 "Sept. 1879 2" at foot.
p.17 "Sept. 1879 3" at foot.
p.25 "Sept. 1879 4" at foot.
"Second bird part was issued Nov. 1879"
p.33 "Nov. 1879 5" at foot.
[MCZ Accession Log. Part VI Zool.; Aves p.105-128, pl.viii
Accessioned 1880.10.09]
[MCZ Accession Log. Part IX Zool.; Aves p.129-152, pll.ix,x "Feb. 1881"
Accessioned 1881.05.03]
[MCZ Accession Log. Part XI Zool.
Accessioned 1881.11.26]
[MCZ Accession Log. Part XIII Zool.
Accessioned 1882.01.17]
[MCZ Accession Log. Part XIV Dec.1881 Zool.
Accessioned 1882.02.09]
[MCZ Accession Log Zool. xxvii Aves i pp.273-312, pll.18-20
Accessioned 1884.02.12]
[APP Chlorothraupis p.297 is dated to 1883 ]
[APP Lanio melanopygius p.305 is dated to Dec. 1883 by CWR
]
Vol. II pp. 598
[ Vol. II apparently 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 & 1895
Myiopagus p.26 - Dec. 1888 [CWR]
p.33 says "Dec, 1888 5" at foot -- ? sig. 5
p.35 is "5*" so these are signature indications
p.41 says "February, 1889 6" at foot.
p.49 says "February, 1889 7" at foot.
p.57 says "February, 1889 8" at foot.
Myiobius fulvigularis p.58 - Feb. 1889 [CWR]
p.65 says "February, 1889 9" at foot.
p.73 says "February, 1889 10" at foot.
p.81 says "March, 1889 11" at foot.
p.89 says "March, 1889 12" at foot.
p.97 says "March, 1889 13" at foot.
p.105 says "December, 1890 14" at foot.
Tityra buckleyi p.120 - 1890
Automolus guerrensis p.157 - 1891
Thamnophilus atrinucha p.200 - 1892
Melanerpes wagleri p.416 - Jan. 1895
(CWR, Ridgway Bds.M.N.Am. VI p.75 "sig.52" of BCA)
]
Vol. III pp. iv + 510
Vol. IV pp. vii + 84 pl.
Biol.Leaflet
Biological Leaflet.
Washington
no.1 Jl 25 1933 ->
Biol.Nauky
Biologichekie Nauky Nachnye Doklady Shkoly. Moskva.
also as Biologichekie Nauki. Nachnye Doklady Shkoly. Moskva.
Biol.Skr.K.DanskeVidensk.Selsk.
Biologiska Skrifter K. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.
Biologiske skrifter.
Publisher København : Ejnar Munksgaard, 1939-
Description v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Note: At head of title: Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab.
Alt author: Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab.
Key title: K. Dan. vidensk. selsk., Biol. skr.
Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab. Biologiske skrifter.
BirdConserv.Internat.
Bird Conservation International
BirdLifeTexas
The bird life of Texas.
Oberholser, HC
1974 Austin, Texas.
BirdsAfr.
Birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the
Ethiopian Region.
Shelley, GE. completed and edited by WL Sclater
1896-1912
5 vol
The dates of issue of these volumes is somewhat uncertain.
Grant CHB Mackworth-Praed CW. 1954. "On the Correct Scientific Name of the
Damaraland Race of the Rufous-naped Lark." Bull.Br.Orn.Club 74(7):86 discuss some
aspects of this.
They indicate that vol.3 of BirdsAfr. was published sometime on or before 6 Aug. 1902.
Of interest vol. 3 was received at the Br.M.N.H. 6 Aug. 1902, and in the Br.Mu. (Bloomsbury)
a year later (5 Aug. 1903)!
The volume (3) was reviewed in the Oct. issues of Ibis and The Auk, suggesting it was
not available in time for review in the July issues.
BirdsAm.
The birds of America; from original drawings.
1827-1838
Audubon, John James LaForest
Vol.[I] 1827-30
Vol.II 1831-34
Vol.III 1834-35
Vol.IIII 1835-38
BirdsAm.[8vo]
The birds of America from drawings made in the United States and
their territories.
1840-1844
Audubon, John James LaForest
Vol.I-VII.
BirdsAsia[Gould]
The birds of Asia. &c.
Gould, John
1850-1883
Completed after the author's death by R. Bowdler Sharpe....
London
BirdsAustr.
The birds of Australia.
7 vols. folio
John Gould
1840-1848
London
BirdsAustr.
BirdsAustr.Adj.Ils.
Birds Austr. Adj. Ils.
The birds of Autralia and the adjacent islands.
John Gould
1837-1838
BirdsAustr.[Mathews]
The Birds of Australia.
1910 - 1928
12 vols.
Mathews, Gregory Macalister
[Note: there is Suppl. to this, at least in 1920].
Auk review states the date for Part 5 is October 31, 1911.
BirdsAustr.[Mathews]q
BirdsAustr.Supp.
The birds of Australia. Supplement.
John Gould
1851 - 1869
London
folio. pp. iv + (158), 81 pl. index.
BirdsBrit.Guiana
The Birds of British Guaina, based on the collection of
Frederick Vavasour McConnell.
Chubb, Charles
London
Vol. I 1916 pp. I-LIII, 1-528
Vol. II 1921 pp. I-XCVI, 1-615
BirdsBrit.Isles
BirdsBurma
A handbook to the birds of British Burmah, including those found
in the adjoining state of Karanee.
Oates, Eugene William
1883
2 vols. 8vo. London
Vol 1 pp. 8+431
Vol 2 pp. xxx+493
BirdsCatanduanes
Birds Catanduanes
The Birds of Catanduanes.
Gonzales, PC. 1979.
Pp iii+193..
Manila: National Museum.
Cyclostyled, unbound.
Available from the author, Zoology Division, National Museum,
Rizal Park, Metro Manila, Philippines.
[Note: a revised edition of the monograph was published in 1983.]
Thanks to Dave Donsker for data from Ibis. 1981 123:575.
BirdsCeleb.
The birds of the Celebes and the neighbouring islands.
Meyer, AB and Wiglesworth, LW.
45 pll. (42 col.), 7 maps (col.)
1898
Berlin
R. Friedländer & Sohn.
2 Vol. 4to.
Vol. I p.xxxii+1-130+1-393, pll.17 (14 col.) 7 maps (col.)
Vol. II 2ll. p.393-962 pll.
BirdsCeylon
A history of the birds of Ceylon.
Legge, William Vincent
[1878]-80
4to p. xlvi+1,237 London
pt I Nov. 1878
pt II Sep. 1879
pt III Sep. 1880
[Accessioned MCZ 1880.12.20 Acc.Log. v.2 p.88]
BirdsColoradoValley
Birds of the Colorado Valley: A Repository of Scientific and
Popular Information concerning North American Ornithology. Part
first. Passeres to Laniidae.
Coues, Elliott
1878
U.W. Geological Survey of the Territories.
Miscellaneous Publications, no.11
Government Printing Office. Wash. D.C.
BirdsEasternN.Am.rev.ed
The birds of eastern North America; with original descriptions of all the species which occur east
of the Mississippi River, between the Arctic circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full notes upon
their habits, etc., by C.J. Maynard... Revised ed.
Newtonville, Mass., C.J. Maynard & co. 1895? 1896?
This is a complicated and confusing work, and I dating the volume, and its parts seems to be
problematic.
Zimmer recounts his understanding of the history of this work. He had available two of the
"Revised edition" examples apparently with imprint dates of 1881 and 1896.
Zimmer believes that the British Museum (N.H.) Catalogue confuses the
issues and re-issues and is erronous with regards the dating of the parts.
Most Library listings, and catalogue sale listings show 1896 which Zimmer indicates is the imprint
date for this work. In the "1896" revised edition, the preface evidently states that the final portion
was issued 24 Dec. 1895 (a Tuesday), and this must be the basis for dating names from this part to
1895.
The Richmond Index lists Agelaius phoeniceus floridanus to pt.40 of the "rev. ed." and gives a
date of 1895. Similar citations are found in Peters 14:172, and AOU CL
5th:526 (1958).
BirdsEur.[Gould]
The birds of Europe.
Gould, John
1832 - 1837. [Exact dates of issue uncertain.]
BirdsHaitiSanDomingo
Birds of Haiti and San Domingo.
Cory, Charles Barney [1857-1921]
1885
pp.198 Boston.
BirdsIndia
The birds of India: being a natural history of all the birds
known to inhabit continental India; with descriptions of the
species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief
notice of such families as are not found in India.
Jerdon, TC
1862 - 1864
Calcutta
2 vols. in 3. 8vo.
Vol. I pp. (18) + xlv + 535
Vol. II pp. (8) + 439
Vol. III pp. 441-876 +xxxii [ == pt. 2 of Vol. II ]
BirdsJamaica
The birds of Jamaica.
Gosse, Philip Henry [1810-1888] London
1847
[
See: Illustrations of The Birds of Jamaica
]
BirdsKenyaUganda[Jackson]
The birds of Kenya colony and the Uganda protectorate,
by Sir Frederick John Jackson.
Completed and edited by W. L. Sclater.
Author Jackson, Frederick John, Sir, 1860-1929.
1938
Publisher London, Edinburgh, Gurney and Jackson.
BirdsMicronesia[Momiyama]
Horyo Nan'yo Gunto-san chorui...
[Birds of Micronesia, by Tukutaro Momiyama...A list of the birds
of Micronesian group, with descriptions of two new forms, by
Nagamichi Kuroda...]
1922
Tokyo
[Note, in Mathews' copy and in his hand, in Yale Orn. Libr. copy says
"Publ. March 6 th"
at foot of t.p.]
BirdsNatalZululand
The Birds of Natal and Zululand.
Clancey, P.A.
Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
1964
xxxiv, 511, illus. fold. col. map. 58 pll. (41 col.) 28 cm.
BirdsNewS.Wales
The Birds of New South Wales. A working list.
Biocon Research Group vii.
"1988" [= May 1989]
BirdsN.Am.
The Birds of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefley
on the collections in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
Baird SF, Cassin J, and Lawrence GN.
1860
2 Vol.
Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott & Co.
BirdsN.Am.[AOU]
The Birds of North America
Philadelphia.
BirdsN.MiddleAm.
The Birds of North and Middle America:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds
Known to Occur in North America, From the Actic Lands to the Isthmus of Panama,
The West Indies and other Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Glapgos Archipelago.
by Robert Ridgway.
Part I Fringillidae 1901
OCR Ascii text of Vol.1
.
Part II Tanagridae 1902
Icteridae
Coerebidae
Mniotiltidae
OCR Ascii text of Vol.2
.
Part III Motacilliae Hirundinidae Ampelidae Ptilogonatidae 1904
Dulidae Vireonidae Laniidae Corvidae Paridae
Sittidae Certhiidae Troglodyticae Cinclidae
Chamaeidae Sylviidae
OCR Ascii text of Vol.3
.
Part IV Turdidae Zeledoniidae Mimidae Sturnidae 1907
Ploceidae Alaudidae Tyrannidae Pipridae Cotingidae
OCR Ascii text of Vol.4
.
Part V Pteroptochidae Formicariidae Furnariidae Dendrocolaptidae 1911
Trochilidae Micropodidae Trogonidae
OCR Ascii text of Vol.5
.
ALL Parts (11 vols.) as one file. -- note this is experimental as the file
is very large. I have removed blank lines to decrease the size of the file.
Still, it is 24 Megs; 450,00 lines
OCR Ascii text with many corrections of all Vols as one file
.
BirdsN.Z.ed.1
A history of the birds of New Zealand. 1st. ed.
Buller, Sir Walter Lawry
1872-73
4to. pp. 24 + 384. 36 pl. 1 fig. London
BirdsN.Z.ed.2
A history of the birds of New Zealand. 2nd. ed.
Buller, Sir Walter Lawry
1887 - 1888
London
2 vols. folio pp. 24 + 384. 36 pl.
issued in 13 parts.
BirdsNewGuinea[Gould]
The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands,
including many new species recently discovered in Australia.
Gould, John
1875-88
5 vols issued in 25 parts.
BirdsNewGuinea[Iredale]
Birds of New Guinea.
Iredale, Tom, 1880-
1956
Melbourne Georgian House.
2 v., 35 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
in colour figuring 347 birds by Lilian Medland.
BirdsNewHolland
Birds of New Holland, with their natural history. Collected,
engraved, and faithfully painted after nature,
by John William Lewin, A.L.S. of Paramatta, New South Wales.
Volume I (of one).
Lewin, John
Imperial quarto. pp.22, 18 hand colored etched plates.
1808
For a discussion see Pigott, Louis J. 2002. "John William Lewin's
Birds of New South Wales: notes on the later editions."
Archives of natural history 29(3):371-381.
Very few copies of the original edition are known to exist.
BirdsNorfolkL.HoweIsl.
The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, &c.
Mathews, GM
1928
4to pp.139 London.
BirdsNorthwest
Birds of the Northwest: a handbook of the ornithology of the
region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries.
Coues, Elliot
1874
Government Printing Office, Wash. D.C.
[2010.05.13
It is additionally purported that this work was actually published in 1875, not 1874.
For example, Deignan U.S.Natl.Bull. no.221. 1961 p.302 states in the entry
for Eremophila alpestris leucolaema Coues states:
'The first appearance of this name is usually supposed to be in Coues,
Birds of the Northwest (p.38, "1874"=1875)' though no support for this assertion
is given.
The only additional argument in favor of publication delayed until 1875 is in the Richmond
Index, where one of the cards for this taxon has a pencilled addition showing
1875 as a correction for 1874. This appears to be initialled "W.W.C." (though I am not
sure who that is).
Eremophila alpestris leucolaema Coues Card
Deignan's interpretation may be based upon, and possiblby solely upon this entry in the
Richmond Index. Deignan, while working at the National Museum would have had access to
the Richmond Index, and indeed many of his annotations and notes are
word-for-word identical to text found in the Richmond Index, often in Richmond's hand.
Deignan acknowledges the use of Richmond's unpublished materials.
Despite this unsupported assertion of publication delayed until 1875, the evidence within
the work itself points to a publication date of 1874.
On p.737, just above the signature no. (47) is imprinted "Published December, 1874".
Page 737 of Birds of the Northwest
In my view this must be shown explicitly to be incorrect before a date of 1875 is to
be accepted.
]
BirdsPhilip.Is
The birds of the Philippine Islands, with notes on the mammal
fauna...
Hachisuka, Masauji
1931-35 2 vol. (issued in 4 pts.) London
BirdsPreyBull.
Birds of Prey Bulletin
Published by the World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls.
Notes: Appears to have terminated with No.4 1991.
BirdsS.Afr.[Layard]
The birds of South Africa; a descriptive catalogue of all the
known species occurring south of the 28th parallel of south
latitude.
Layard, Edgar Leopold
1867
Cape Town
8vo pp. 16 + 382. 1 pl.
BirdsS.Afr.[Layard].ed.2
The birds of South Africa by Edgar Leopold Layard, NEW EDITION.
by R. Bowdler Sharp
1875-1884
Enlarged edition of *editio princeps* of 1867.
Edited by RB Sharpe with new sp. descr. by him.
BHL images
Zimmer gives:
Pt1 pp. 1- 80, pll. II & IX, May, 1875
Pt2 pp. 81-160, pll. XI & XII, Oct., 1875
Pt3 pp. 161-240, pll. V, VII & X, Aug., 1876
Pt4 pp. 241-336, pll. VI, Apr., 1877
Pt5 pp. 337-528, pll. III & VIII, Apr., 1882
Pt6 pp. 529-890, (incl. preliminary matter) Apr., 1884
"The systematic list of species does not agree in all the details of
nomenclature with the general text. The latter contains numerous descriptions
of new species and genera. These are to be accredited to Sharpe, who, as
editose of the new edition, wrote may parts of it and added much new matter."
(Zimmer p.378-9)
[CWR in front of S.I. copy gives:
Pt I May 1875 Contains Birds of prey nearly to end of Owls. pp 1-180
Pt II Oct. 1875 Carried mostly to the end of the Cuckoos. pp.81-160.
See Ibis. 1876 p.272
Pt III Aug. 1876
pp.161 to p. 236 at least.
Pt IV April(pencil) March (ink). 1877
See Zool. Rec., (pencil)
Saxicolla shelleyi,
S. andersoni, Drymœca hypozantha,
and Acrocephalus fulvo-lateralis are descibed
as new ? pp. -336.
Pt V April. 1882
Reviewed in Zoologist for July, 1882 (pencil)
carried into but not through the Alaudidae -
Laniarius blanfordi + L. ussheri are the
only new species. pp.337-528. 2 pll.
Pt VI April. 1884 finishes the work. p.529 -___.
p.536 is in this part (pencil)
]
BirdsS.Afr.[Roberts]
The Birds of South Africa
London
1940
BirdsSouthAmerica
The birds of South America
Brabourne, Wyndham Wentworth Knatchbull-Hugessen (3rd Baron) [1855-1915] &
Chubb, Charles
[NEED DATE]
2 v. 8vo and 4to
v.1 pp. xix+504.
v.2 pp.xi, 38 pl.
BirdsTristandaCunha
Birds of Tristan da Cunha.
Hagen, Yngvar, 1909-
Oslo, Jacob Dybwad,
1952.
248 p. illus., maps. 26 cm.
Series: Norske videnskaps-akademi i Oslo. Results of the Norwegian Scientific
Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, 1937-1938. no. 20
BirdsVietnam
Birds of Vietnam, Book 1. Physical appearance and classification.
(In Vietnamese)
Vo Quy
1975
Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi.
BirdsWashington[Dawson,WL & Bowles,JH]
The birds of Washington
Author Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928.
Title The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372
species of birds found in the state / by William Leon Dawson, assisted by John Hooper Bowles.
Illustrated by more than 300 original half-tones of birds in life, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts,
from photographs by the author and others,together with 40 drawings in the text
and a series of full-page color-plates by Allan Brooks.
Publisher Seattle : Occidental Pub. Co., 1909.
Edition Original ed., printed only for advance subscribers.
Description 2 v.(xv,iii,997 p.), 12 leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Note Limited ed. of 350 copies. AMNH Library's copy is no. 298.
(data from AMNH Catalogue)
BirdsW.Afr.
The natural history of the birds of Western Africa
Swainson, William
1837
Edinburgh
2 vols. 8vo
Vol I pp. vi + 365 32 pl. 9 text-figs.
Vol II pp. 16 + 263 9 text-figs.
Vols. VII and VIII of Jardine's Naturalist's Library.
BirdsW.Indies
Check-list of Birds of the West Indies
1940,45,56 [CHECK DATES]
Bond, James
Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences, 1940,1945,1956
Note: Evidently multiple supplements; a 12th in 1967.
BirkhuhnerRusslandsLorenz]
Die Birkhühner Russlands : deren Bastarde, Ausartungen und
Varietäten :
fragmente einer künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Monographie ... /
Theodor Lorenz ; nach dem Tode des Verfassers bearbeitet und herausgegeben
von Alexander Erich Kohts.
Publisher Wien : Verlag der Moskauer Firma Theodor Lorenz' Nachfolger, 1910-1911.
Descript 9 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 52 cm.
Note On cover: Lieferung 1. No more published.
Birkhühner Russlands
[Birkhühner = Black Grouse]
BishopMus.Occ.Pap.
Also as Occ.Pap.BishopMus.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History Occasional Papers
Vol.1 1898-1902
Vol.2 1903-1907
Vol.3 1907-1917
Confusing pagination. Volumes have both through pagination and individual pagination for each no.
BMCEvol.Biol.
BMC Evolutionary Biology
BMC is "BioMed Central"
This is characterized as a "peer reviewed open access scientific journal"
established in 2001.
Bol.Biol.n.s.
Boletim Biologico, n.s.
[Hylopezus nattereri 5586.1 (Pinto) 1937 Bol.Biol.n.s. 3 no.5 p.7]
Bol.Inst.Invest.Cient.Angola
Boletim do Instituto de Investigação Científica de Angola. Luanda
1962 ->
Bol.Mus.Biol.Prof.M.Leit.St.Ter.
Boletim Museu de Biologia "prof. Mello Leitão, Santa Teresa , Ser. Zool.
Bol.Mus.Goeldi
Boletim do Museu Goeldi.
Rio de Janeiro
Bol.Mus.Goeldi t.1-t.8; 1907-1912
Succeded by New. Series.
Bol.Mus.Nac.
Boletim do Museu Nacional
continues as Bol.Mus.Nac.RiodeJaniero
Bol.Mus.Nac.RiodeJaneiro
Boletim Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro
1-14/17 N 1923-38/41
continued as a new series in four sections.
Bol.Mus.Nac.RiodeJaneiro(n.s.)
Bol.Mus.Pub.BuenosAires
Boletín del Museo Público de Buenos Aires
Bol.Soc.Venez.Cienc.Nat.
Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas.
1,1931 ->
[cf. Boletin Sociedad venezolana de historia naturale ]
Boll.Mus.Zool.Anat.Comp.Torino
Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universitá di Torino.
1886-1942 1-49
Boll.Mus.Zool.Anat.Comp.Torino v.2-37 1887-1922
Bonn.Zool.Beitr.
Bonn. Zool. Beitr.
Bonner Zoologische Beiträge
[APP Note (2008.08.17):
Jarhg. are not necessarily coincident with years:
Jahrg. 3 Hft.3-4 [Feb. 20, 1953] (Carduelis carduelis frigoris Wolters) and
Jahrg. 4 Hft.3-4 [Dec. 15, 1953] (Streptoprocne zonaris künzeli Niethammer)
]
Bonn.Zool.Beitr.
BostonJ.Nat.Hist.
J.BostonSoc.Nat.Hist.
Title varies
Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History.
[Boston Journal of Natural History - vernacular ]
1834-1863
Vols. 1-7
Dates from the Richmond Unpublished notes on Dates of Publication.
Dates given in manuscript donation book by National Institute.
Vol. no. Year
1 1 1834
1 2 1835
1 3 1836
1 4 1837
2 1 1838
2 2 1839
2 3&4 1839
3 1&2 1840
3 3 1840
3 4 1841
4 1 1842 (rec'd Nat'l Inst. Apr. 11, 1842)
BostonJ.Nat.Hist.
Braunschw.Anz.
Note: this name is variously rendered
Braunschweigische Anzeigen
Braunschwiegisches Anzigen
Braunschwieger Anziger
and other such combinations.
Norbert Bahr confirms from his personal examination of a copy (in litt. 2007.05.21) that the
title of the newspaper at that time was "Braunschweigische Anzeigen", and that proposals to the
contrary are wrong.
According to Collar, Nigel J. 1999. Ibis 141:358-367, this daily paper was
used by Wilhelm Blasius for rapid publication, allowing him to get priority
for the names he proposed.
Collar opines that the British "outrage" at this practice was one motivation
for the founding of the BOC and its Bulletin -- allowing a means for rapid
publication.
Some information on the dates of publication, and details of some of
Blasius' names can be found in:
Rand, AL. 1955. Auk 72(2):210-212.
Additionally, CWR notes in his unpublished notes on Dates of
Publication:
"For dates of Pub. of Braunscheigische Anzeiger nos. 37 + 52 See
Ibis, 1888,372.
[Several Palawan birds are descr. + names take precedence over
Sharpes']."
The Ibis article is by Blasius and is an assertion of his claim
for priority for a number of names published close to when Sharpe
published many taxa from the region of Palawan where Blasius' birds
came from.
Sadly, no details are given regarding the details of the
taxa he published in 1886 in this serial.
Collation of Rand's data and Richmond's data suggests the
publication dates:
no.37 is 12 Feb., 1888
no.52 is 1 Mar., 1888
These details are confirmed by Blasius' Ibis article
[superceded by Braunschweigisches magazin (1895-1931)
Breviora
Published by Mus.Comp.Zool. Harvard University.
No. 1 Feb. 8, 1952.
Brisbane Courier
The Brisbane Courier (newspaper)
Brit.Birds[magazine]
British Birds; an illustrated magazine devoted chiefly to the
birds on the British list.
1907 ->
subtitle varies.
Title: British birds.
Publisher info: London.
General note: Vol.1(1907) - vol.87(1994) [Z];
vol.1 (1907) - vol.6 (1913) [TS];
vol.1(1907) --> [TOS].
Brit.GrahamLandExped.
British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37.
Scientific Reports, 1940-41.
[NEED DATE]
[Roberts, Brian]
BureauGovtLabs
Bureau of Government Laboratories [Manila]
Buffon'sNaturgesch.Vogel
Herrn von Buffon's Naturgeschichte der Vögel. Aus dem
französischen übersetzt, mit Anmerkungungen, Zusätzen, und vielen
Kupfern vermehrt, durch Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini.
35 vols. 8vo. Berlin
1772-1809
[Melanerpes candidus (Otto) 1796 Buffon'sNaturgesch.Vogel 23 p.191]
Bull.Br.Orn.Club
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
Bull.Br.Orn.Club v.10-136 (1899-2016)
Bull.CooperOrn.Club
Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club
Bull.Sci.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.
Bull.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.
Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint
Pétersbourg.
1836-42
Tom I-X
St. P. & Leipzig.
The collation of the volumes and numbers (in an attempt to
determine proper dating) is difficult. The tabular listing below
is developed from data in Sherborn's Index Animalium, with some
addtional data from the Richmond Index.
1836
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May I (4),(6)
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov I (19)
Dec
1837
Jan I (23),(24)
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul II (20)
Aug II (22) [CWR Phaethon flavirostris Aug.22, 1837]
Sep
Oct
Nov III (4)
Dec
1838
Jan
Feb III (16),(21)
Mar
Apr
May IV [7] [CWR Phaethon catesbyi May 10, 1839] -
Jun IV (9&10) (Mém.)
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1839
Jan
Feb V (12)
Mar V (13)
Apr
May V (20)
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1840
Jan VI (19)
Feb
Mar VII (1-3),(11)
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct VII (20-22)
Nov VIII (1&2)
Dec
1841
Jan VIII (7&8)
Feb VIII (12)
Mar
Apr VIII (23),(24)
May IX (1)
Jun IX (2&3)
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1842
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May X (14-16)
Jun X (19-21)
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
[Note: It must be mentioned that some confusion with the Memoires
may exist in these data.
It appears that a volume was comprised of 24 numbers, the
publication of which was irregular. The evidence from the Richmond
Index, which shows
Phaethon catesbyi Brandt in volume IV no. 7 as
published in 1839 suggests at least the possibility that some
publication dates may differ from the imprint dates.]
Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathematique, &c.
1843-59
Tom. I-XVII
St. P.
Bulletin, &c.
1860-88
Tom. I-XXXII
St. P.
Bulletin, &c. Nouvelle Serie
1889-94
Tom. I-IV(XXXIII-XXXVI)
Bull.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.Physico-Math.
Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathematique, Academie
imperial des Sciences.
1843-59
Tom. I-XVII
4to St. Petersburg
Bull.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(5)[Izvestiya]
Izvestiya ... Bulletin, &c. Ser. V
1894-1902
tom. I-XVII.
Bull.Acad.Sci.U.R.S.S.
Bull.Acad.Sci.U.R.S.S. Classe Physico-Mathematique
Bull.Acad.Polon.Sci.Lett.
Bulletin Acad. Polonaise Sci. et des Lettres
Bulletin international de l'Acade´mie polonaise des sciences et des lettres, Classe des sciences mathematiques et naturelles. Serie B, Sciences naturelles
Bull.ClassePhysica-Math.(5)
Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique. Ser. V
1903-06.
tom. XVIII-XXV.
[ NOTE: Melanges Biologiques tires du Bulletin
physico-mathematique), &c. Tom I-XIII
1853-91
Merely reprints from the Bulletin
]
Bull.Acad.Malgache(n.s.)
Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache
Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Brux.
Bulletin des Seances de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Bruxelles.
[Note: I am uncertain of the history of this periodical and it's apparently
variable title. "Belg." vs. "Brux." and relationship with that below. 2003.11.01]
[Note from Jan
Bulletin des Séances. Institut Royal Colonial Belge;
continued as
Bulletin des Séances. Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer. Bruxelles.
(evidently continued as)
Bulletin des Séances. Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales. Bruxelles (1954-1959),
[Also Annales versus Bulletin?
MCZ Accession shows Belgique. Mus. d'Hist. nat. Annales t.iii
accessioned on 1883.02.14
but my taxon from vol.3 of the "Bull." is dated to 1884 ??]
Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Lettr.Beaux-ArtsBelg.
Bulletin des Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.
Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Lettr.Beaux-ArtsBelg. BHL images
1832-1856 Series 1
1857-1880 Series 2
1881-1898 Series 3
Bull.Acad.Sci.U.R.S.S.
Bull. de L'Acad. des Sci. de U. R. S. S.
Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.
Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist v.5-49 (1893-1924) BHL images
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Volume 2
no.1
no.2 March 22, 1889 [CWR: Chiroxiphia boliviana]
no.2 March 22, 1889 [CWR: Empidonax bolivianus]
no.2 March 22, 1889 [CWR: Myrmochanes]
no.2 March 22, 1889 [CWR: Scytolopus bolivianus]
[Break occurs between p.95(2) and p.98(3)]
no.3 June 28, 1889 [CWR: Empidonax lawrencei]
no.3 June 28, 1889 [CWR: Platyrhunchus bifasciatus]
no.3 June 28, 1889 [CWR: Platyrhunchus insularis]
Volume 4
no.1 April 6, 1892 [CWR Picumnus obsoletus]
[Notes:
Bulletin Vol. 4 includes a structure of both Numbers, and
Artilce numbers.
In Vol.5 the "Numbers" appear to have been discontinued.
In Vol.5 Article X, this is dated by CWR to July 19, 1893. The
basis for this is not immediately clear. However at the foot
of some pages (signatures?) there are bracketed Month dates
(e.g.
- p.103 "[June, 1893]" sig. 8
- p.129 "[July, 1893]" sig. 9
- p.145 "[August, 1893]" sig. 10
Richmond's dating of "July 19, 1893" for the name
Piaya cayana cabanisi on p.136 suggests that this
article was published by signatures, as otherwise it
would seem the artcle would need to be dated to August.
Additional information (and confusion) arises from the fact
that Synallaxis carri Chapman, is dated by Richmond
to Oct.7, 1895, while the signature at the foot of the first
page of the article (p.321) bears the date
November, 1895 [sig.] 21.
If Richmond is correct, then the signature dates may be later
than the actual date of publication !!
Additional information is provided by Mary LeCroy (in litt. 2010.04.01), she writes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The early Bulletins apparently just couldn't make up their
collective minds about how to run a publication.I didn't go through everything,
but in the beginning each volume of the Bull. ran for more than a year.
The Bull. volume no. was in Roman numerals, then within that there were
items numbered No. 1, No. 2, etc. and within those there were Art. nos. which were Roman.
The pagination ran continuously through the volume and Vol. I (1881--1886)
comprised 8 Nos, with XVIII Arts.
Then in Volume II (1887--1890), they had four Nos., for which they had publication dates.
In the front of this vol. is a list of publication dates (that is, dates on which the
authors' separates were issued), including days within the month, for the various Arts.
and this announcement following:
"From p. 117 to the end of volume a small number of copies were issued in sheets
as soon as they were printed."
By Vol. III (1891), containing Arts. I--XXV, but no Nos. that I could find,
there is a list of publication dates for the Arts. and
"100 copies issued in signatures as printed, each signature bearing at bottom
of first page actual date of publication."
Vol. IV (1892) apparently followed the same format as vol. III.
Vol. V, has Allen's article as Art. X, pp. 107--158.
This is Part III of Allen's complete list and covers:
- Pipridae - Rheidae. Pp. 97--112,
including part of another Art., was published in June 1893
- pp. 113--128 in June 1893
- pp. 129--144 in July 1893
- pp. 145--158 in Aug. 1893
The date listed in the front for Art. X is 19 July 1893 and the following:
"Besides the authors separates, and in addition to the regular edition of the Bulletin,
100 copies were issued in signatures as printed, each signature bearing at the
bottom of the first page the date of publication."
I did not continue to check each volume, but in the 1900 volume, the dates of publication of each article are given and "The distribution of the Bulletin in signatures has been discontinued.".
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Bull.Biogeogr.Soc.Japan
Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan
Bull.Cal.Acad.Sci.
Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences.
1884-7
San Francisco
Bull.Cl.Phys.-Math.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.
Bull. Classe Physico-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb.
Bull.EssexInst.
Bulletin of the Essex Institue, Salem, Massachusetts.
[N.B. Bulletin of the Essex County Ornithological Club. [1919-1938]]
Bull.EssexInstitute Biodiversity Heratige images
Banks RC, Browning MR. 1979. "Correct Citations for some North American Bird Taxa"
Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 92(1):195-203 present important information regarding
the dates of issue of vol. 5 of this work. Relevant paragraphs:
"The U.S. Library of Congress (Smithsonian Deposit) contains a bound
Volume 5 of the Bulletin of the Essex Institute, which is essentially the
proceedings of the Institute for 1873. The last page of each of the 12 numbers
of the Bulletin bears a stamped date, which we believe to be the date when
the number was received by the Smithsonian Institution. For example,
Number 1, for January 1873, bears the date 17 June 1873; Number 8, for
August, had the date 30 December 1873. The date on Numbers 9 and 10 is
17 February 1874, and that on Numbers 11 and 12 is May 1874. Numbers
11 and 12 were received at the Museum of Comparative Zoology on 23
March 1874 (W. D. Meyers, personal communication). These dates suggest
that preparation, printing, and distribution routinely took several months.
The fact that Number 12 includes informtion from an Institute meeting of
16 December 1873 virtually precludes the possibility that this number was
printed in that year.
Separates of Ridgway's paper from the Bulletin and other sources are
bound into volumes housed in the library of the Smithsonian Institution
(Division of Birds). His papers from Numbers 11 and 12 of Volume 5 of the
Essex Institute carry a terminal printed note (not found on the numbers
bound in the Library of Congress volume), "Printed at the Salem Press,
Feb., 1874." This might be the date of printing of the entire number. The actual
date of publication cannot be fixed beyond this month and year, and ac-
cording to the rules of the International Commission of Zoological Nomen-
clature (1964) it must be considered as being the end of the month, or 28
February 1874."
vol.11 no.10,11,12 Accessioned 1880.05.01
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.37
vol.12 no.1-6 Accessioned 1880.11.17
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.79
vol.12 no.7-9 Accessioned 1880.11.17
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.98
vol.12 no.10-12 Accessioned 1881.05.16
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.117
vol.13 no.1-6 Accessioned 1881.08.26
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.137
vol.13 no.7-9 Accessioned 1881.11.08
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.161
vol.13 no.10-12 Accessioned 1882.03.13
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.161
vol.14 no.1,2,3; 4,5,6 Accessioned 1882.08.05
MCZ Accession log vol.2 p.226
Bull.Gen.Univ.Annon.Nouv.Sci.
Férussac's Bull. General Universel Annonces Nouvelles Sci.
Paris
Bulletin Général et Universel des Annonces et de Nouvelles Scientifiques; Paris.
Dédié aux savans de tous les pays
et a la Librairie Nationale et Étrangére:
Publié
Sous la Direction de M. le Bon. de Féussac,
Officier supéur au corps Royal D'Etat-Major,
Chevalier de Saint-Louis et de la Légion d'HOnneru,
Membre de Plusiers Sociés Savantes Nationals ou Étangéres.
T.P Tom.2 BHL image
T.P Tom.3 BHL image
Bull.Hebdo.Assoc.Sci.France
Bulletin Hebdomadaire de l'Association Scientfique de France.
Bull.Inst.Fr.Afr.Noire
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire
[Data from AMNH Library]
Publisher Paris : Librairie Larose, 1939-1953.
Vols. 1-15 1939-1953
Description 15 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Frequency Quarterly (irregular)
Coverage T. 1, no. 1 (janv. 1939)-t. 15, no 4 (oct. 1953)
Note Vols. for 1953 published in: Dakar, Senegal.
Has also supplements.
Bull.Inst.R.Hist.Nat.Sophia
Title: Izvestiia Tsarskite Prirodonauchni Instituti v Sofiia =
Mitteilungen aus den Königl. Naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Sofia, Bulgarien =
Bulletin des institutions royales d'histoire naturelle à Sophia, Bulgarie.
Publisher Sofia.
Vol: 1-16 1928-1943
[Data from AMNH Library]
Bull.Liverp.Mus.
Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums
[ Note: vol.2 seems to have come out in 1899 and 1900.
no.3&4 appear to have been published Jan. 20, 1900 (CWR)
]
Bull.MoscowSoc.Nat.
Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists
Byulleten Moscovo Obshestvo Ispitatyele Prirodi
(From their web site).
Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists
Biological series
Moscow University Press, Moscow
Published since 1829
Continuation of the Bulletin de la'Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou.
Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.
In the early 1950's this serial dropped the umlaut over the second o in Zoology.
Bulletin of the Museum Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College
in Cambridge.
- The publication by volumes gives the appearance of having at least
some irregularity. So far I find two indications of this. The unpublished
notes on Dates of Publication by CWR has a card stating:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.
no.5 publ. about a week before Jan. 3, 1868
but bears no date of publ.
(See Proc.Bost.Soc.N.H. XI, p.361)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The dates given for the taxa I have so far show vol.39 to appear
to be out of sequence. The listing of taxa currently includes the
following for early in the series
(and 39 certainly looks out of place):
1876 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 3 p.355 Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen)
1895 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 27 p.124 Nesotriccus Townsend,CH
1895 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 27 p.124 pl.[2] Nesotriccus ridgwayi Townsend,CH
1902 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 41 p.93 Megascops kennicottii xantusi Brewster
1902 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 41 p.96 Bubo virginianus elachistus Brewster
1903 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 39 p.146 Picumnus olivaceus dimotus Bangs
1905 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 46 p.94 Buteogallus subtilis (Thayer & Bangs)
1906 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 46 p.215 Momotus momota conexus Thayer & Bangs
1906 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 50 p.123 Megascops guatemalae thompsoni (Cole)
Edward Dickinson supplies additional information, making it clear that chronology does
not necessarily follow numerical sequence for this serial. After an initial examination he
reports (in litt. 2007.04.26): I examined four volumes of this and report as follows:
Vol.38: contains 8 papers with dates of publication given for each in the list of contents;
dates range from November 1900 to March 1903; none is ornithological.
Vol.39: contains 9 papers with dates ....;
dates range from Nov. 1901 to April 1904. No.6 is ornithological and is Bangs on 'Birds and
Mammals from Honduras'.
Vol.40: contains 7 papers ..........;
dates range from May 1902 to October 1903. None is ornithological.
Vol.41: 2 papers only;
the first, dated September 1902,
the second dated March 1904.
The first is long (pp. 1-241) and is by Brewster with his novel taxa described listed as
Totanus melanoleucos frazari, Megascops xantusi, Bubo virginianus
elachistus and Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera.
In summary, there is clearly no solution for this journal, at least at this period, other
than examining the lists of contents where the dates are (they may be on the papers
themselves, but I don't recall seeing any dates on the two title pages I looked at but
I wasn't looking really as I'd found the dates already).
A good bit of confusion here, but thankfully I so far don't recognize serious problems with dates given.
Collection of Imprint dates, and accession dates from the title pages of the component numbers (no.'s) appears
to establish that the component numbers do NOT appear to have necessarily come out in sequence.
Not sure at the moment which library's accession stamps are on these copies.. Harvard, Mayr Library presumed.
Data from end wrapper (Verso) of 1918 v.61, no.14 Collation of reports of expedition to East Tropical Pacific.
Imprint dates.
Bull. XXXVI [36] (1900-1901)
no.1 June 1900 1900.06.12 (Tue.)
no.2 Aug. 1900 1900.08.29 (Wed.)
no.3 Aug. 1900 No accession stamp
no.4 Aug. 1900 No accession stamp
no.5 Oct. 1900 1900.10.30 (Tue.)
no.6 Nov. 1900 1927.10.13 (! -- partly cut off at top of page)
no.7 July 1901 No accession stamp
no.8 July 1901 accession stamp cut off, not legible.
Bull. XXXVII [37] (1900-1901)
no.1 June 1900 No accession stamp
no.2 July 1900 1900.07.21 (Sat.)
no.3 Sep. 1901 1901.09.28 (Fri.)
Bull. XXXVIII [38] (1900-1903)
no.1 Nov. 1900 1900.11.24 (Sat.)
no.2 Mar. 1901 1901.03.29 (Fri.)
no.3 Mar. 1901 1901.03.29 (Fri.)
no.4 May 1901 1901.05.29 (Wed.)
no.5 Feb. 1902 1902.02.19 (Wed.)
no.6 Feb. 1902 1902.02.18 (Tue.)
no.7 Oct. 1902 1902.10.31 (Fri.)
no.8 Mar. 1903 1903.03.06 (Tue.)
Bull. XLVI [46] (1905-1906)
no.1 Jun. 1904
no.1 Nov. 1904 1904.11.03
no.3 Dec. 1904 No accession stamp evident
no.4 Apr. 1905 No accession stamp evident
no.5 Jun. 1905 No accession stamp evident
no.6 Jul. 1905 No accession stamp evident
no.7 Sep. 1905 No accession stamp evident
no.9 Sep. 1905 1905.09.26 (Tue.)
no.10 Dec. 1905 No accession stamp evident
no.11 Jan. 1906 No accession stamp evident
no.12 Jan. 1906 No accession stamp evident
no.13 Jan. 1906 No accession stamp evident
no.14 Apr. 1906 No accession stamp evident
Bull. L [50] (1906-1907)
no.3 August 1906
no.4 Nov. 1906
no.6 Feb. 1907
Bull. LI [51] (1907-1908)
no.6 Nov. 1906
Bull. LII [52] (1908-1909)
no.1 June 1908
no.2 July 1908
no.5 Oct. 1908
no.9 June. 1909
no.11 Aug. 1909
no.13 Sept. 1909
Bull. LIV [54] (1911-1912)
no.7 Aug. 1911
no.10 Feb. 1912
no.12 Apr. 1912
Bull. LVIII [58] (?-1914-?)
no.8 Aug. 1914
Bull. LIX [59] (?-1917-?)
no.8 Oct. 1917
Bull. LXI [61] (?-1918-?)
no.14 Feb. 1917
Volume 60 Imprint date Accession stamp date.(BHL copy)
no.1 January 1916.01.26
no.2 January 1916.01.25
no.3 February 1916.02.12
no.4 February unreadable
no.5 February 1916.02.24
no.6 March 1916.03.23
no.7 March 1916.03.22
no.8 March 1916.03.22
no.9 April 1916.04.20
Volume 61 "April 9, 1917 - March 16, 1918" Pencil on Harvard copy bookplate.
no.1 Jan. 1917.04.09 [APP: ?? corresponds to pencil note? not released until April? -doubt]
no.2 Mar. 1917.04.09 [APP: ?? corresponds to pencil note? not released until April? -doubt]
no.3 Apr. 1917.04.09 [APP: ?? corresponds to pencil note]
...
no.14
Volume 62
no.1 Mar.
no.2 Apr.
no.3 Apr.
Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.
Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris
Bulletin du Museum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
1895 -> 1916 (vol. 1-22)
[Note vol.14 no.7 is listed by Hellmayr as published Jan 1909 (Cat.B.Am. Part XI p.574 , but
has an imprint date of "24 Novembre 1908" (p.319). Hellmayr does not give this basis for
dating the publication to 1909, but that appears quite possible to me. The Biodiv.Herit.Libr.
copy has an accession date stamp (t.p. for No.7) of "Jun 15 1909". Speed of transport of
published materail from France to the United States was usually very rapid during this time,
and often less than a week! One taxon involved is Brachyspiza pulacayensis (currently
Zonotrichia capensis pulacayensis) Brasil,L ].
Bull.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat.Paris(2)
1917 -> ( vol. 23 ->)
Bull.Mus.R.Hist.Nat.Belg.
Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. Bruxelles
1882-8 vol. 1-5.
Bull.Mus.R.Hist.Nat.Belg. BHL images
Bull.Nat.Mus.Nat.Sci.A.Zool.
Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science Series A Zool.
Japan
Bull.NuttallOrn.Club
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.
vol.8 no.1 accessioned MCZ 1883.01.02
[The MCZ Accession log would be an excellent place to confirm dates of publication of this
Bulletin.]
Bull.PeabodyMus.Nat.Hist.
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
sometimes as
Yale Peabody Museum Bulletin
Bull.Philip.Mus.
Bulletin of the Philippine Museum.
1903-4
no. 1-4.
Bull.RafflesMus.
Bulletin of the Raffles Museum
Singapore : Raffles Museum
Bull.Sci.Nat.[Ferussac]
Title varies, structure of publication varies, name of component
parts varies. Subsections printed as No's are sometimes very out
of sequence, and this, at least in some instance corresponds with
incorrect pagination. (see for example vol. 25)
Ferussac's
Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie.
Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie is the successor (from 1824)
of the Bulletin Général et Universel des Annonces et de Nouvelles Scientifiques
1.Peters Bull.Sci.Nat.Geol.
2.CWR Ferussac's Bull.Sci.Nat. sect.2
3.Wood Bull.Univ.des Sciences
3.Sherborn Bull. Sci. Nat.
Bull.Sci.Soc.Philom.
Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique.
Bull.Soc.Acclimat.
Bulletin de la Société Impériale d'Acclimatation.
[numbers are accessioned in MCZ Accession Log]
Bull.Soc.Agric.Herault
Bulletin Sociéte Centrale d'Agriculture et des Comices Agricoles du
Département de l'Hérault, Montpelier
Bull.Soc.Hist.Nat.Moselle
Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle de la Moselle.
1835-70 as
Société d'histoire naturelle du department de la Moselle.
(Cont. as ...de Metz)
Bull.Soc.Imp.Nat.Moscou
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.
1829-86
Annees.
Tome 12:
no.1 May 27, 1839 (O.S.) [May 15, 1839 (N.S.)]
no.2 May 27, 1839 (O.S.) [May 15, 1839 (N.S.)]
no.3 Oct 16, 1839 (O.S.) [Oct 4, 1839 (N.S.)]
Tome 15
no.4 Sep 22, 1842 (O.S.) [Sep 10, 1842 (N.S.)]
Tome 21
no.1 Feb 11, 1848 (O.S.) [Jan 30, 1848 (N.S.)]
Tome 26 (1853)
no.4 Feb 9, 1854 (O.S.) [Jan 28, 184 (N.S.)]
[Accession at MCZ Libr. Tome 42 Nos.1,2,3,4 1870 1870.12.__ "From the Society"]
[Accession at MCZ Libr. Tome 43 No.2 An. 1870 1871.08.24 "From the Society"]
[Accession at MCZ Libr. Tome 45 No.2 1873.02.28 "From the Society"]
[Accession at MCZ Libr. Tome 53 No.3,4 1878-9 1880.03.03 "Exchange"]
Bull.Soc.Linn.Normandie
Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie
1-10 1855-65;
s2 v 1-10, 1866-76; -> s7 1918 ->
Caen
Bull.Soc.Philom.
Bulletin de Sciences de la Société Philomatique de Paris
1791 ->
[Note: in various forms and under varying titles.
Société Philomatique, membership grew with
suppression of the Royal Academy in 1793.
An antechamber to the Academy of Sciences, with a younger membership.]
[The initial series was produced by multiple handwritten copies being produced
for distribution to the members. (This probably does not meet the ICZN
criteria for "Publication" but currently no avian taxa would be affected.)
The material was produced in fascicles that were individually numbered (i.e.
not continuous numbering throughout the initial (or "ancient") period from
1791 until the end of that century.]
Bull.Soc.R.Zool.Anvers
Bulletin de la Société Royal de Zoologie d'Anvers.
Bull.Soc.Sci.ArtsReunion
Bulletin Société des Sciences et des Arts de l'île Réunion.
Bull.Soc.Sci.Nat.France
Bull.Soc.Sci.Nat.France
Bulletin de la Société Sciences Naturelles de France. Paris
Bull.Soc.Zool.France
Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France
1876 ->
Paris.
Separates also apparently published (see RI card for Psalidoprocne petiti)
Latter portions of volume I, dated "1876" were evidently published in Jan. 1877
(see for example RI Bradypterus rufescens).
[
The Richmond Index notes that vol.8 (nominally of 1883) "Probably
pub. 1884" (see for example Acanthus innominatus).
]
Richmond in dates of publication gives:
Vol. XI. 1886.
Publ. as follows (data at end of vol.)
Fasc. 1-3. Mch. 18, 1886 feuilles 1-27 [pp.1-424] + pll.I-XI.
Fasc. 4. Sept. 10, 1886 feuilles 28-41 [pp.425-648] + pll.12-20.
Fasc. 5-6. Jan. 30, 1887 rest of vol.
Dickinson ("Priority!, 2011 p.187) presents his own speculations regarding the dates of this publication.
He comments on the notes Richmond made regarding vol. XI and indicates that no
internal evidence for delay of publication of the latter portions of the volumes
can be found. Dickinson then states "Thus, it seems likely that Richmond
erroneously applied the 1886 evidence of delay to a bird described in 1876."
Dickinson thus is speculating that Richmond is listing his own speculation as fact.
In my experience Richmond was quick to give indications of uncertainty or speculation, though
none is given here. Richmond's style is to indicate such speculations with notes such as "prob.",
and he also is liberal in his use of "?", when there is uncertainty.
Sadly, we do not yet know, and may never know what lay behind Richmond's action in this case.
Certain additional facts are of interest and questions do arise:
1.) Why did Richmond not use a "?" or "prob. published" type note? This would be typical for him?
2.) If Dickinson's proposal of Richmond's broad application of the 1886 evidence to the 1876 period,
is correct, why did he not do this for other taxa found very late in volumes in the period
between 1876 and 1886? For example:
a.) Turdus piaggiae as 1878, instead of 1877?
Turdus piaggiae is listed late in the 1877
volume, and is followed by an article by Boulanger with
"Bruxelles, Decembre 1877. at the foot of the page.
This material was presented at the meeting of 21 December [Friday] that adjourned
at 10:30 (?PM?).
b.) Similarly, Lophotriorchis lucani published by Sharpe and Bouvier from the 21 December,1877
meeting is listed by Richmond as published in 1877, though again this was published
in the very last collection of papers for that year.
3.) Was it Richmond's "error" that caused Ogilvie-Grant to date a portion of Volume I of this
work to 1877 rather than the date "recommended" by Dickinson? (see Cat.Br.Mus. XXII p.3).
[Note however, that the CBBM is inconsistent in dating volume I of the work].
4.) Examination of the final portion of this work does not seem to provide a clear answer to the dating question.
There are a few findings of interest in the copy I have viewed from the Biol.Heritage Library.
a.) In Sharpe and Bouvier's work on African birds there is a numbering system that I don't understand.
the majority of these have a form like "1. 6. 76." (for the type specimen of Bradypterus rufescens).
I presume this is a specimen numbering system, and the majority end in "76".
However, toward the end of the work, a number ends in "77". (see the Buceros atratus on p.310).
Could this indicate 1877?
b.) In at least this example of the work, scattered page numbers in citations are left blank, not having
been filled in yet -- (for example see Campethera permista on p.312), including some
citations to the Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr. itself!
This suggests the work was published before it had been fully completed. Indeed one speculates
that the work was completed in the main, with items to be filled in before the material went to press,
but that was left uncompleted.
Was there a delay in the final portion (possibly due to the multiple coloured plates, for example)
and did the delay then motivate publishing before the final details had been finished?
This is mere speculation, and the full explanation is currently not known to me.
5.) Multiple taxa from the 1883 volume of the Bulletin include Richmond's notation "Probably pub. 1884".
In my interpretation, Richmond's lack of a consistent pattern by Richmond as is speculatively proposed by Dickinson,
as well as other published sources dating this part of the work to 1877 increases my suspicion
that the date for Bradypterus rufescens -- now Acrocephalus rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier) -- is 1877,
and not 1876 (contra Dickinson's recommendation).
Clearly the problem of these dates of publication remain interesting and must be regarded as unresolved,
as Dickinson indicates. My work with Richmond's Index, with his publications, with his notes, and with
his correspondence continue to impress me with the conservative care, and consistent rigor he applied
to his bibliographic work.
Unlike some other workers, Richmond appears most unlikely to apply speculations from one instance to a broader scope.
Boll.Soc.Zool.Ital.
Bulletino (Bolletino) della Società Zoologica Italiana
Bull.U.S.Geol.Geogr.Surv.Terr.
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey
of the Territories.
Bull.U.S.Natl.Mus.
Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
1875 -> 1971
No.1 -> No.298
Wash. D.C.
Bull.U.S.Natl.Mus.
[APP:
50 Pt 1 Ridgway 1901 Fringillidae
50 Pt 2 Ridgway 1902 Tanagridae, Icteridae, Coerebidae, Mniotiltidae
50 Pt 3 Ridgway 1904 Motacillidae, Hirundinidae, Ampelidae, Ptilogonatidea,
Dulidae, Vironidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Paridae,
Sittidae, Certhiidae, Troglodytidae, Cinclidae,
Chamaeidae
50 Pt 4 Ridgway 1907 Turdidae, Zeledoniidae, Mimidae, Sturnidae, Ploceidae,
Alaudidae, Oxyruncidae, Tyranidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae
50 Pt 5 Ridgway 1911 Pteroptochidae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae,
Dendrocolaptidaea, Trochilidae, Micropodidae, Trogonidae
50 Pt 6 Ridgway 1914 Picidae, Capitonidae, Ramphastidae, Galbulidae,
Alcedinidae, Todidae, Momotidae, Caprimulgidae,
Nyctibidae, Tytonidae, Bubonidae
50 Pt 7 Ridgway 1916 Cuclidae, Psittacidae, Columbidae
50 Pt 8 Ridgway 1919 Jacanidae, Oedicnemidae, Haematopodidae, Arenaridae,
Charadridae, Scolopacidae, Phalaropodidae,
Recurvirostridae, Sternidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae
Aldicae
50 Pt 9 Ridgway & Friedman 1941
Gruidae, Rallidae, Heliornithidae, Eurypgidae
50 Pt 10 Friedmann 1946 Cracidae, Tetronidae, Phasianidae, Numididae,
Meleagrididae
50 Pt 11 Friedmann 1950 Falconiformes
Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Pandionidae, Falconidae
]
Bull.Sci.Nat.Geol.[Ferussac]
Bulletin Des Sciences Naturelles et de Geologie,
...
Deuxieme section du
Bulletin Universal des Sciences et de l'Industrie.
note: Apparently issued in "numbers", with evidence in
volume 8 that the latter numbers, or last number became
available in the year following the volume imprint date.
Bull.Gen.Univ.Annon.Nouv.Sci.
Bulletin Général et Universel
Des Annonces et des Nouvelles Scientifiques;
...
Published for 1 year, 1823
Title changed to Bull.Univ.Sci.Ind. in the next year.
Bull.Univ.Sci.Ind.
Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie.
1824-31 Section 2. (Bulletin des Sciences naturelles et de geologie.)
Bull.Zool.Mus.Univ.Amsterdam
Bulletin of the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam
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