Corrections made to printed original.
Page [xvii], entry 1674. In "et Bourbon", the original ampersand in the title of the French work was incongruously expanded to "and" in the present work. So also in the same title on Pages [3] & [64], an on page [xviii], entry 1773, in "et sur les hommes".
Page [xvii], entry 1707:—"Compagnons", printed as "Compagnos" in original.
Page [xviii], entry 1782 at "aux iles orientales":—"aux", printed as "aus" in original.
Page [xix], entry 1830 (also on p. 184 and Plate 28). "Coturnix novaezealandiae" retained as printed, but the correct spelling is "novaezelandiae" as printed in the species heading.
Page [xx], entry 1861:—"1861", printed as "1681" in original.
Page [xx], entry 1868 (Millies):—"Verhandelingen", printed as "Verhandlingen" in original.
Page [xxv], entry 1896 (Hartlaub) in "Ein Beitrag":—"Ein", printed as "En" in original.
Page [xxv], entry 1902 (Henshaw):—first occurence of "Hawaiian" printed as "Hawaian" in original.
Page [3], in "Dauphine ou Madagascar":—"ou", printed as "on" in original.
Page [15], in "disappeared from Warekauri":—"disappeared", printed as "disapppeared" in original.
Page [64], in "identified by himself with the Mascarine Parrot":—"Mascarine", printed as "Marcarine" in original.
Page [74]. "13½ inches = 345 mm": this seems the most likely intention of the erroneous conversion "13½ inches = 365 mm" of the original.
Page [112]-3, table. Width at distal extremity "13.5" printed "0135". Four other entries similarly.
Page [144], date for "Porphyrio melanotus var. alba":—"1844", printed as "1144" in original.
Page [167], authors for "Columba migratoria":—"Audubon", printed as "Andubon" in original.
Page [188], in "cervical vertebrae":—"cervical", printed as "cervicle" in original.
Page [191], in "profile of the inner condyle":—"condyle", printed as "cordyle" in original.
Page [215]. "228 mm. = 8.9 inches": this seems the most likely intention of the erroneous conversion "228 mm. = 9.9 inches" of the original.
Page [216], in "24 to 24.1":—"24.1", printed as "21-1" in original.
Page [217], synonymy of "Pachyornis pygmaeus":—"Euryapteryx", printed as "Euryapterxy" in original.
Page [237], Tarso-metatarsus upper limit:—"287", printed as "277" in original.