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### Author
McCoy, (Sir) Frederick (1817-1899), Irish-born palaeontologist; from 1854 at Melbourne as professor of natural sciences; D. Sc. Cantabr. 1886.
**Abbreviated name**: *McCoy* \[standard form in IPNI: *McCoy*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 298; Barnhart 2: 421; BB p. 198; BM 3: 1207; CSP 4: 151-152, 8: 289-290, 10: 672, 16: 948; Desmond p. 404; DNB suppl. 1(3): 119; HR; Kew 3: 533; Quenstedt p. 286.
- Anon., Austral. Encycl. 5: 414. 1965; Irish Natural. 8: 197. 1899 (id. 16 Mai 1899); Quart. J. Geol. Soc. 56: lix-lx. 1900; Science 9: 789. 1899 (obit.); Victor. Natural. 16(2): 19. 1899, 16(5): 92. 1899; Zoologist 3: 280. 1899 (d.).
- Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. dec. entomol. 238. 1977.
- H. B. W., Nature 60: 83. 1899.
- H. W., Proc. Roy. Soc., London Yearb. Roy. Soc. London 1900: 196-198, 75: 43-45. 1904 (obit., b. 1823, d. 16 Mai 1899).
- Mennell, P., Dict. Australas. biogr. 289-290. 1892.
- Musgrave, A., Bibl. Austral. entom. 208. 1932.
- Pescott, Vict. Natural. 57: 5-6. 1940.
- Serie, P., Dict. Austral, biogr. 2: 68-69. 1949 (prob. b. 1817).
- Woodward, H., Geol. Magaz. 420: 283-287. 1899 (bibl.).
- Zittel, K. A. von, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 389, 398, 401, 407. 1901.
#### Composite works
Esquisse sur l'histoire naturelle, ancienne et moderne, de la colonie de Victoria, *in* W. H. Archer et al., *Essais divers servant d'introduction au catalogue de l'exposition des produits de la colonie de Victoria*... Melbourne, 1861, p. 149-165. (*Copy*: FI).
#### Eponymy
*Maccoya* F. von Mueller (1859).
### Publications
##### n.5161b. Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria
**Title**
Geological Survey of Victoria. *Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria*; or, figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains. Decade i\[-vii\]... Melbourne (by authority: John Ferres,...) 1874 \[-1882\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. palaeontol. Victoria*.
**Notes**
*1*: 1874 (p. 4: 25 Mai 1874), p. \[1\]-43, *pl. 1-10* (uncol. liths, A. Bartholomews).
*2*: 1875 (p. 6: 26 Apr 1875), p \[1\]-37 *pl. 11-20*. Imprint decs. 2-3: Melbourne (printed and published by George Skinner,...) London (Trübner and Co.,...).
*3*: 1876 (p. 5: 10 Feb 1876), p. \[1\]-40, *pl. 21-30*.
*4*: 1876 (p. 5: 6 Oct 1876), p. \[1\]-32, *pl. 31/32, 33-40*. Imprint decas 4: Melbourne (John Ferres, Government Printer...), London (George Robertson,...).
*5*: 1897 (p. 6: 7 Sep 1877), p. \[1\]-41, *pl. 41-50*. Imprint decas 5-7: Melbourne (John Ferres, ...), London (Trübner and Co.,...).
*6*: 1879 (p. 4: 2 Dec 1878), p. \[1\]-42, \[43-44, cont.\], *pl. 51-60*.
*7*: 1881 (p. 5: 1 Sep 1881), p. \[1\]-30, \[31-32, cont.\], p, *pl. 61-70*.
*Copies*: LC, PH, UC, Natl. Library of Australia. – "Originals of all the figures are in the National Museum, Melbourne". (cover dec. 7).