1658. BONTIUS. Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis de Indiae
Utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim. Third Part: Jacobi
Bontii, medici civitatis Bataviae Novae in Java Ordinarii, Historiae
Natur. et Medici Indiae Orientalis libri sex.
(On p. 70 an excellent figure of the Dodo. Caput XVII. Appendix: De
Dronte, aliis Dod-aers.)
1667. DU TERTRE. Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les
François. Tome II, contenant l'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1667.
(On p. 246. Traite V. Des animaux de l'air. § I, Les Arras. § II,
Des Perroquets. § III, Des Perriques.)
1668. HISTORISCHE BESCHREIBUNG DER ANTILLEN INSELN IN AMERICA GELEGEN.
In sich begreiffend deroselben Gelegenheit, darinnen befindl. natürl.
Sachen, sampt deren Einwohner Sitten und Gebraüchen. Von dem Herrn de
Rochefort, zum zweiten mahl in Französischer sprach an den Tag gegeben,
nunmehr aber in die Teutsche übersetzet. Frankfurt 1668.
(Translation of the second edition of Rochefort's book.)
*1668. CARRÉ, Voyage des Indes Orientales.
(Page 12 the "Solitaire." Cf. _Didus solitarius_.)
1668. J. MARSHALL. Memorandums concerning India.
(In the article on Mauritius occurs a mention of Geese.)
1674. PÈRE DUBOIS. Les Voyages faits par le Sieur D.B. aux Isles
Dauphine ou Madagascar, et Bourbon, ou Mascarenne, és années
1669-70-71-72.
(Of this extremely rare work I possess a beautiful copy, together
with the map of Sanson belonging to it.)
(On p. 168 we find "Description de quelques Oyseaux de l'Isle de
Bourbon," with figures of the "Géant" and "Solitaire.")
1696. THEVENOT, M. MELCHISEDEC. Rélations de divers voyages curieux qui
nont point este' publié'es. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. I, II, 1696.
(A very interesting collection of ancient voyages, translated into
French. In Vol. II is a translation of Bontekoe's travels to the
"East Indies," with figures of the Dodo and other interesting
notes.)
1707. LEGUAT, FRANÇOIS. Voyages et Avantures de François Leguat, et de
ses Compagnons, en deux Isles desertes des Indes Orientales. Londres
1707.
1708. LEGUAT, FRANCIS. A New Voyage to the East Indies by Francis
Leguat and his companions. Containing their adventures in two desert
islands. London 1708.
(Valuable notes on the birds of Rodriguez and Mauritius.)
1707. SLOANE, HANS. A Voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves,
S. Christofers and Jamaica, with the Natural History of the Herbs and
Trees, four-footed Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Birds, Reptiles, etc. Vol.
I, 1707; vol. II, 1725.
(Gives most valuable notes on the birds, including the Goatsucker,
_Aestrelata_ and Parrots.)
1722. LABAT, JEAN BAPTISTE. Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l'Amérique
contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays. Paris 1722. 6 vols.
(In Vol. II, chapter VIII, the different species of Parrots are
described, and it is stated that each island had three kinds, viz.,
an "Aras," a "Perroquet" and a "Perrique," evidently meaning a
Macaw, an Amazona and a Conurus.)
1742. Nouvelle Edition. 8 vols.
{xviii} 1752. MOEHRING. Avium Genera.
(In this ominous work, which, through an article by Poche in Zool.
Anz. 1904, has recently caused so much quite unnecessary
disturbance among nomenclatorists--cf. Hartert, Zool. Anz. 1904, p.
154, and Proc. IV. Int. Orn. Congress, pp. 276-283. The Dodo is
mentioned under the name "Raphus.")
1763. L'ABBÉ DE LA CAILLE. Journal Historique du Voyage fait au Cap de
Bonne-espérance.
(Some birds from Mauritius mentioned, but no descriptions.)
1773. VOYAGE A L'ISLE DE FRANCE, à l'isle de Bourbon, au Cap de Bonne
Espérance, etc. Avec des observations nouvelles sur la nature et sur
les hommes. Par un officier du roi. Neuchatel 1773.
1775. A voyage to the island of Mauritius, etc. By a French Officer.
(Translation of the above).
(Lettre IX, page 67, treats of the "Animals natural to the isle of
France.")
1782. SONNERAT. Voyage aux iles orientales et à la Chine. Two volumes,
1782.
(In Volume II, on plate 101, opposite page 176, the extinct
_Alectroenas nitidissima_ is figured, under the name of "Pigeon
hollandais.")
*1783 (?) CALLAM. Voyage Botany Bay.
(According to Gray _Notornis alba_ is mentioned under the name of
"White Gallinule.")
1786. SPARRMANN. Museum Carlsonianum I.
(On pl. 23 _Pomarea nigra_ Sparrm.)
1789. G. DIXON. Voyage round the World.
(On p. 357 is note and figure of the extinct _Moho apicalis_, under
the name of the "Yellow-tufted Bee-eater.")
1789. BROWNE, PATRICK. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica.
1789. THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP to Botany Bay, etc. London 1789.
(Among other interesting birds _Notornis stanleyi_ is figured on
the plate opposite p. 273.)
1790. J. WHITE. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five
Plates of Nondescript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, etc. London
MDCCXC.
(I have a copy with black and white, and another with coloured
plates. _Notornis alba_.)
1804. HERMANN. Observationes Zoolog.
(On page 125 the extinct Bourbon _Palaeornis_ is described as
_Psittacus semirostris_.)
1807. M. F. PÉRON. Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes, exécuté
par ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi, etc., etc. 2 vols. 1807 and
1816 and Atlas.
(On p. 467 is described the Little Emu from Kangaroo Island, which
I have named _Dromaius peronii_, in honour of its discoverer,
François Péron. A memoir of this extraordinary and admirable man's
short and brilliant life will be found in Vol. VI of the
"Naturalist's Library," Edinburgh, 1843.)
1810. ANDRÉ PIERRE LEDRU. Voyage aux iles de Ténériffe, la Trinité,
Saint-Thomas, Sainte-Croix et Porto-Ricco, exécuté par ordre du
Gouvern. français, etc., etc. Two volumes, 1810.
(In Vol. II, page 39, are mentioned various birds as occurring on
the Danish West-Indian Islands, which are not found there at
present. "Un todier, nommé vulgairement perroquet de terre" and
seven species of Humming-Birds!)
*1826. BLOXAM. Voyage of the Blonde.
(See _Phaeornis oahensis_, _Loxops coccinea rufa_. Also interesting
notes on other Sandwich-Islands Birds.)
1827. PALLAS. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. II p. 305: _Phalacrocorax
perspicillatus_, the now extinct Cormorant from Bering Island.
{xix} 1830. QUOY ET GAIMARD. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. I p. 242 pl. 24.
(_Coturnix novaezealandiae_ described.)
1830. KITTLITZ. Mémoires Acad. Sc. Pétersburg I.
(Kittlitz describes _Turdus terrestris_ and _Fringilla papa_.)
*1838. POLACK. New Zealand.
(First mention of Moas.)
*1838. DON DE NAVARETTE. Rel. Quat. voy. Christ.
1838. LICHTENSTEIN. Abhandl. K. Akademie d. Wissenschaften p. 448,
plate V.
(_Hemignathus ellisianus_--sub nomine _obscurus_--and _Hemignathus
lucidus_ described.)
1843. DIEFFENBACH'S Travels in New Zealand, 1843. Appendix, Birds, by
J. E. Gray. On page 197 _Rallus dieffenbachii_ described.
1843. OWEN. P.Z.S. 1843, p. 1., letter read from Rev. W. C. Cotton,
mentioning remains of gigantic birds in New Zealand, p. 8 the name
_Dinornis novaezealandiae_ given to the first Moa-bones exhibited.
1846. In the "VOYAGE OF EREBUS AND TERROR," Birds, Gray describes and
figures _Nesolimnas dieffenbachii_.
1847. GOSSE. Birds of Jamaica.
(Cf. _Ara erythrocephala_, _Siphonorhis americanus_ and other
Jamaican birds.)
1848. EDM. DE SÉLYS-LONGCHAMPS. Résumé concern, les Oiseaux brévipennes
mentionnés dans l'ouvrage de M. Strickland sur le Dodo.
In Rev. Zool. 1848, pp. 292-295.
1848. STRICKLAND AND MELVILLE. The Dodo and its kindred; or the
history, affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and other
extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon. London
1848.
(141 pages and 15 plates.)
*1848. PEALE. U.S. Expl. Exp. Birds.
(On p. 147, pl. XL, is described and figured the extinct
_Chaetoptila augustipluma_, under the name of _Entomiza
augustipluma_. This work is not available, as only 3 or 4 copies
exist of it, but see:
CASSIN. U.S. Expl. Exp. Mamm. and Orn. p. p. 148 pl. XI (1858).
1851. IS. GEOFFROY-SAINT-HILAIRE. Notice sur des ossements et des oeufs
trouvés a Madagascar dans les alluvions modernes, et provenant d'un
oiseau gigantesque.
In Annales des Scienc. Naturelles, 13 série. Zoologie, tome 40.
(This volume is dated "1850," but the above article is said to have
been read before the Academy on January 27, 1851, therefore the
date of publication must be rather 1851 than 1850.)
1854. H. SCHLEGEL. Ook een woordje over den Dodo en zijne verwanten.
In: Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninglijke Akademie der
Wetenschappen, Afdeel. Naturkunde, Deel II, p. 254.
1857. JAPETUS STEENSTRUP. Bidrag til Geirfuglens Naturhistorie, etc.
In: Naturh. Forening. Vidensk. Meddel. for 1855, Nos. 3-7.
(The first history and bibliography of the Great Auk.)
1858. H. SCHLEGEL. Over eenige uitgestorvene reusachtige Vogels van de
Mascarenhas-eilanden. (Een tegenhanger tot zijne geschiedenis der
Dodo's.)
In: Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninglijke Akademie van
Wetenschappen, Afdeel. Naturkunde, Deel VII, pp. 116-128.
(_Leguatia gigantea_, _Porphyrio (Notornis?) caerulescens_.)
{xx} 1860. A. V. PELZELN. Zur Ornithologie der Insel Norfolk.
In: Sitzungsberichte der Mathemat. Naturwiss. Cl. Akademie Wien Bd.
XLI, No. 15, pp. 319-332. (Mit 1 Tafel.)
(Lengthy account of _Nestor norfolcensis_, from Bauer's Manuscript,
_Notornis alba_, etc.)
1861. ALFRED NEWTON. Abstract of Mr. Wolley's Researches in Iceland
respecting the Gare-fowl.
In Ibis, 1861, pp. 374-399.
1862. W. J. BRODERIP. Notice of an Original Painting, including a
figure of the Dodo.
In Trans. Zool. Soc. London IV, p. 197.
1862. WILLIAM PREYER. Ueber _Plautus impennis_.
In Journ. f. Orn. 1862, pp. 110-124, 337-356.
1865. ALFRED NEWTON. The Gare-fowl and its Historians.
In Natural Hist. Review XII (1865), pp. 467-488; id. in Encylcl.
Britannica Ed. IX, Vol. III; id. Dict. Birds, p. 220-221.
1866. OWEN. _Psittacus mauritianus_ named, in Ibis p. 168; also
mentioned in Trans. Zool. Soc. VI, p. 53, 1866.
(See _Lophopsittacus_.)
1866-1873. ALPH. MILNE-EDWARDS. Recherches sur la Faune Ornithologique
Eteinte des iles Mascareignes et de Madagascar. Paris 1866-1873.
(With 37 plates. This volume consists of reprints of the author's
articles on the subject in French periodicals, though not a word of
this is mentioned. To the plates originally issued with the
articles, several new ones are added.)
1867. ALFRED NEWTON. On a Picture supposed to represent the Didine Bird
of the Island of Bourbon (Réunion).
In Trans. Zool. Soc. London VI, pp. 373-376. Plate 62.
1867. GEORGE DAWSON ROWLEY. On the Egg of _Aepyornis_, the Colossal
Bird of Madagascar.
In Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1867, pp. 892-895.
1868. FRAUENFELD, GEORGE RITTER VON. Neu aufgefundene Abbildung des
_Dronte_ und eines zweiten kurzflügligen Vogels, wahrscheinlich des
poule rouge au bec de bécasse der Maskarenen, in der Privatbibliothek
S.M. des verstorbenen Kaisers Franz. Wien 1868. Mit 4 Tafeln.
1868. SCHLEGEL & POLLEN. Mammifères et Oiseaux, in: Pollen et von Dam,
Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances. Leyde
1868.
1868. OWEN, on Moas in Trans. Zool. Soc. London, VI.
(_Dinornis maximus_ established.)
*1868. H. C. MILLIES. Over eene nieuw ontdekte afbeelding van den Dodo.
In: Verhandelingen der Koningl. Akad. d. Wetenschappen, Deel XI,
Amsterdam 1868.
1869. OWEN. On the osteology of the Dodo.
In: Trans. Zool. Soc. London VI, 1869, p. 70.
1869. ELLIOT. New and heretofore unfig. sp. N. American Birds.
(In Vol. II, part 14, No. 3, the now extinct _Carbo perspicillatus_
from Bering Island figured.)
{xxi} 1872. F. W. HUTTON. On the Microscopical structure of the
Egg-shell of the Moa.
In Trans. & Proceed. New Zealand Inst. IV, pp. 166-167, with
illustrations.
1872. F. W. HUTTON. Notes on some Birds from the Chatham Islands,
collected by H. H. Travers, Esq.
In Ibis 1872, pp. 243-250.
(_Miro traversi_ and _Sphenoeacus rufescens_ (_Bowdleria rufescens_
of this book) only found on Mangare. First description of "_Rallus
modestus_" (_Cabalus modestus_), "_Rallus dieffenbachi_" already
extinct.)
1872. J. HECTOR. On Recent Moa Remains in New Zealand.
In Trans. and Proc. N. Zealand Inst. IV, p. 110.
1872. JULIUS HAAST. Notes on Harpagornis Moorei.
In Trans. and Proc. N. Zealand Inst. IV, p. 192.
1873. A. V. PELZELN. On the Birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna
obtained from the Leverian Museum.
In Ibis 1873, pp. 14-54, 103-124.
(Most important notes on some of Latham's types. Cf. _Drepanis
pacifica_, _Platycercus ulietanus_, _Notornis alba_.)
1873. CHRISTMANN UND OBERLÄNDER. Ozeanien.
(On pages 138-144 a popular account and wood cuts--from Brehm's
Thierleben--of Moas and other Gigantic Birds.)
1873. BULLER. The Birds of New Zealand.
1874. A. MILNE-EDWARDS. Recherches sur la faune ancienne des iles
Mascareignes.
In Ann. Sciences naturelles sér. V, Tome XIX, article 3
(_Erythromachus_, _Strix murivora_, _Columba rodericana_, etc.)
1875. ROWLEY. _Porphyrio Stanleyi_.
In Ornith. Miscell. I, pp. 37-48, plate.
1875. HUTTON. Description of the Moa Swamp at Hamilton.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 123, pl. V.
1875. HUTTON & COUGHTREY. Description of some Moa Remains from the
Knobby Ranges.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 266, pl. XIX.
1875. ALFRED NEWTON. P.Z.S. 1875, p. 350: the name _Lophopsittacus_
established.
1875. HUTTON. On the Dimensions of Dinornis bones.
In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 274.
1875. JULIUS VON HAAST. Researches and Excavations on, in and near the
Moa-bone Point Cave, Sumner Road, in the year 1872.
In Trans. and Proceed. New Zealand Institute VII, pp. 54-85, pls.
I, II.
*1875. VAN BENEDEN. Journ. Zool. IV, p. 267.
(Description of _Anas finschi_.)
1876. A. & E. NEWTON. On the Psittaci of the Mascarene Islands.
In Ibis 1876, pp. 281-288, plate VI.
1876. TOMMASO SALVADORI. Nota intorno al _Fregilupus varius_.
In: Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Vol. XI,
pp. 482-488.
1877. G. D. ROWLEY. On the Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands.
In Orn. Miscell. II, pp. 124-133, plates LII, LIII.
{xxii} 1878. G. D. ROWLEY. Remarks on the Extinct Gigantic Birds of
Madagascar and New Zealand.
In Ornith. Miscell. III, pp. 237-247, pls. CXII-CXV.
1879. DOLE. List of Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. Corrected from the
Hawaiian Almanack.
Reprint: Ibis 1881, p. 241.
(_Pennula millsi_, _Ciridops anna_.)
1879. OWEN, RICHARD. Memoirs on the Extinct Wingless Birds of New
Zealand; with an Appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland,
Mauritius and Rodriguez.
(Memoirs on the _Dinornithidae_, their bones, eggs, integument and
plumage, _Notornis_, _Aptornis_, _Cnemiornis_, _Alca impennis_,
_Didus_ and _Pezophaps_. With many wood-cuts and plates.)
(See also Owen's articles in Trans. Zool. Soc. London III, IV, VI,
X, XI.)
1879. GÜNTHER AND E. NEWTON, on _Aphanapteryx leguati_ in Philosophical
Transactions. Vol. 168, pp. 431-432, pl. XLIII.
1879. W. A. FORBES. On the systemat. position and scientific name of
"Le Perroquet mascarin" of Brisson.
In Ibis 1879, p. 303.
1884. WILHELM BLASIUS. Zur Geschichte von _Alca impennis_.
In Journ. f. Orn. 1884, pp. 58-176.
(The most accurate and complete list--till 1884--of specimens of
_Alca impennis_.)
1885. A. B. MEYER. _Notornis hochstetteri_.
In: Zeitschr. ges. Orn. II, p. 45, pl. I.
1885. SYMINGTON GRIEVE. The Great Auk or Garefowl. Its History,
Archaeology, and Remains. London 1885.
1897. Id.: Supplementary note on the Great Auk; in Trans. Edinburgh
Field Nat. Soc. 1897, pp. 238-273.
1886. December. JULIUS VON HAAST. On _Megalapteryx hectori_, a new
Gigantic Species of Apterygian Bird.
In Trans. Zool. Soc. London XII, p. 161, pl. XXX.
1887. HENRY SEEBOHM. The Geographical Distribution of the family
_Charidriidae_.
(Plates of _Prosobonia leucoptera_ and _Aechmorhynchus
cancellata_.)
1888. BULLER. A History of the Birds of New Zealand.