242 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol. V. 



1707-25. Sloank, H.— Continued. 



Vol. I, 1707, 8 p. 11., pp. i-cliv, 1-2G4, pll. i-iv (i being a map), 1-1.5G. Vol. 

 II, 17J5, 2 ]). 11. (title antl dedication), pp. i-xviii, 1-4U9, pll. v-xi, 157-274. 



ThtTf are some liter.il (liscrcpiincles in the titles of the two vols. : in the second the author 

 isppears as "Sir llaus Sloane, Bar'.", and the last line is simply " Printed for the author. 

 1725."— Vol. II, Book VI, Part II, pp. 293-325, "Of the Birds of .Jamaica ■■, pll. 2.i4-2(2.— Chap. 

 I, Of Land Birds, 54 spp. Chap. II, Of Birds which Wade, or Frequent Watery Places, 17 spp. 

 Chap. Ill, Of Water-Fowl, or such as are web-footed and Swim, 11 spp.; in all, 82 spp. The 

 plates are ^•ery coarse and poor; some of them are as ludicrous as anything in Gesner, for 

 example. The oruithulogy of this work has no intrinsic value, but derives some importance 

 from the fact that here are the original descriptions of various birds upon which Linnican 

 species rest whoUy or in part. Sloane's pages and plates were constantly cited by waiters of 

 the centurj-, as Catesby, Edwards, Brisson, Linna;us, etc., and are sometimes refeiTed to still. 



1724. Labat, — . Nonveau Voyage anx lies de I'AnK^rique. 1724. 



Xot seen: said to contain natural history illustrations. [.See Adtif.nda, beyond.] 

 1729. Wafer, L. A New | Voyage | and | Description | of the | Lstlimn.s of 

 America. | Giving an Account of the | Author's Abode there, | The Form and 

 M.ake of the Country, the Coasts, | Hills, Rivers, &e. Woods, Soil, AVeather, 

 &c. Trees, | Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. \ The Indian Inhabitants, their 

 Features, Complexion, | &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, | Mar- 

 riages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, | Language, &c. | With Remarkable 

 Occurrences in the South-Sea and | elsewhere. | — | By Lionel AVafer. | — | 

 The Third Edition. | — | To which are added, | The Natural History of those 

 Parts, I By a Fellow of the Royal Society : | and | Davis's Exjtedition to the 

 Gold Mines, in 1702. | Illustrated with several Copper-Plates. | — | London, j 

 Printed for James and John Kuaiiton, at the | Crown in St. Paul's Church- 

 Yard. M DCC XXIX. 



Contained in vol. Ill of the series called "A Collection of Voyages", etc., 4 vols., London, 

 1729, being pp. 263^63 + 9, maps, plates. 



"The Birds, and Flying Insects", pp. 334-339, consists of an account of sundry species by 

 the author. 



"An Additional Account of several Beasts, Birds, Fishes, EeptUes, &c, . . . Communicated 

 by a Member of the Koyal Society ", Chap. II. Of 1 he Birds, pp. 402-410. A formal account of 

 no fewer than 118 spp., very curtly described ruider English names applied wholly at random. 



1749. CoxDAMiNE, C. M. DE LA. Relation abr^g^e d'un Voyage fait dans I'intdrieur 



de I'Amdrique m^ridionale, depuis la Cote de la Mer du Sud, jusques^ux Cotes 

 du Br(5sil & de la Guiane, en descendant la riviere des Amazones. <^Mt'm. de 

 VAcad. Boy. des Sci. pour Vanne'e 1745, 1749, pp. 391-492, pll. viii, ix. 

 Ifotes SUP les oiseaux, pp. 471-474. 



1750. HCGHES, G. The | Natural History | of | Barbados. | — | In Ten Books. 



I — I By the Reverend | Mr. Griffith Hughes, A. M. | Rector of St. Lucy's 

 Pari.sh, in the said Island, and F. R. S. | — | [Vignette.] | — | London: 

 I Printed for the Author; | And sold by most Booksellers in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. MDCCL. 1vol. Folio. 6 p. 11. (title, dedication, subscribers, etc.), 

 pp. i-viii (preface, errata), 1-314, + 11 11. (explanatory notes, index, addenda), 

 pll. 1-29, folded map, and head- and tail-pieces. 



Book m, pp. 69-79, Of Birds. A few species are very lightly treated, though it is stated 

 that "An Inspection into the Structure, Nature and Qualities of every Species will convince 

 us, that every Individual is stamped with Marks of infinite Wisdom ". 



1756. Browxe, Patrick. The | Civil and Natural | History | of | Jamaica. | In Three 

 Parts. I Containing, | I. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation 

 and Soil ; | with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, | 

 Revenues, Produce, and Trade. | II. A History of the natmal Productions, 

 including the various Sorts | of native Fossils; perfect and imi)erfect Vege- 

 tables: Quadrupedes, | Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and In.sects; with their Prop- 

 erties and Uses | in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic. | III. An Account of the 

 Nature of Climates in General, and their | diftereut Effects upon the human 

 Body: with a Detail of the | Diseases arising from this Source, particularly 

 within the Tropics. | In Three Dis.sertations. | The Whole illustrated with 



