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Show 1891.] ON THE PARTS OF SCHREBER'S SAUGTHIERE. 587 6. On the Dates of the Parts, Plates, and Text of ' Saugthiere/ By C. DAVIES SHERBORN, F.Z.S. [Eeceived October 10, 1891.] Many difficulties in synonymy have arisen from lack of information as to the dates of publication of Schreber's ' Saugthiere,' a work which commencing in 1774 was not completed until 1855. The following determinations have been arrived at by searching through contemporaneous literature. Unfortunately no copy of the book still preserving the original wrappers of the parts has come to my hands, and the evidence of dates is, with one or two exceptions, derived from periodical publications. In every case a reference to the authority quoted is given. The list is still imperfect, but the dates of all the more important parts have been determined ; blanks have been left for the insertion of further particulars, information about which I shall gratefully receive. The following is the general description of the work :- SCHREBER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN DANIEL. Die | Saugthiere | in | Abbildungen nach der Natur | mit Beschreibungen. | Erlangen (Walther). Th. I., title, Vorrede (4 pp.) title, 1-190 pp., 62 pis., 1775. Th. II., pp. 191-280, pis. 63-80, 1 7 7 5. Th. III., title, pp. 281-590, pis. 81-165, 1 7 7 8. Th. IV., title, pp. 591-936, pis. 166-240, 1 7 9 2 . Th. V. (pt. 1), pp. 937-1112, pis. 241-3-17 and various supplementary plates, [thence continued by August Goldfuss, whose " notice " is dated " Erlangen, im Marz, 1817"], pp. 1113- 1272, [thence continued by Johann Andreas Wagner], pp. 1273-1472. Th. V. (pt. 2), pp. iv, 1473-1840, various plates. Th. VI., pp. xvi, 1-520, pis. 308-328. Th. VII., pp. viii, 1-428, pis. 329-385. SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES, also by J. A. Wagner: I., pp. xiv, vi, 1-551, pis. 1-62, 1 8 4 0 [completed in 1839]. II., pp. viii, 1-558, pis. 63-84, 1 8 4 1. III., pp. xiv, 1-614, pis. 85-165, 1 8 4 3 . IV., pp. xii, 1-523, pis. 168-327, 1 8 4 4 . V., pp. xxvi, 1-810, pis. 1-51, 1 8 5 5. The following are the details of the separate parts. The authorities for the dates are given at the end of each " Heft." The contents of each Heft up to 64 are given from an original copy of Goldfuss's circular, fortunately preserved in an early copy of the work now in the Natural History Museum, which was brought to m y notice by Mr. J. Saunders of the Zoological Library ; Goldfuss, however, does not give a single date ! |