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Excerpt from The Dates of Publication of Some of the Zoological Works of the Late John Gould, F. R. S
As i the whole of Mr. Gould's folio series of Zoological Works bear the dates when they were completed, without any reference to the dates and contents of the parts in which the several species were figured (with the exception of the 'birds of Asia, ' which was completed by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe), and as I am afraid that before long it will be quite impossible to ascertain these dates, I have thought it might prove useful to record those that I have been able to obtain from their original covers; and should I get a sight of any not included in this list, to publish them on some future occasion. If we look, for instance, at the 'mammals of Australia, ' we shall find that all three volumes bear the date 1863; but the first part of.
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