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1750. BnowxE, rATincK. — Coiitiinifd. 



• Fifty CopiHT-l'latcs: | lu wliicli tlio most curious rrotlnctions are represeuted 

 of the iiatuiiil Size, and | dcliiu'ati-d iuimediatcly from the Objects. | — | By 

 I'atiick Browne, M. D. | — | Lonilon: | I'riiited for the Author; and 8ohl by 

 T. Osborne, andJ. Shipton, I in Gray 's-Iun. MDCCLVL 1vol. Folio. 4 p. II. 

 (two titles, dedication, and list of subscribers), pp. v-viii (preface), 1-503, + 

 1 1., pi. i, map, pll. 1-4'J. 



Cliaj). IV, Of Itiril.s, iip. 400-483, uoiic- of the jdatcH. 5 I. Of the smaller fnigivoroiis and 

 firanivorous birds with short and pointed (•oni<- bills, etc. : Jlinindo 4, Loxin 1, Frinyilla .'>, Mo- 

 tacilla 1. § i. Of the suiidler frriiiiivoroiis awl venuivorous bird.s with couic and moderately 

 Blender lenirthened bills, etc. : Coluiitha 10, Teta \, Tunli's 2. ^ .'(. Of birds of the lnr<:er 

 tfranivorou.-t tril»e with thick, eonif,-aud moderately arehed bills, iiroi>ortioned limbs, and 

 divided claws; I'avo 1, Cniz 1, Meleayrig 1. Gallus 4, letrao 1. '; 4. Of birds that have strong 

 crooked bills and open claws, whose digits are geueniUy furnished with strong arched n.iils: 

 Fulco 3, Viiltur 1, Pgittactis 11, iftrix 2. § 5. Of birds that have large straight bills, of a 

 length nearly cqnal to the middle digit.s, and moderately flatted above: Corcits I, Crotopha- 

 ()t(8 1, 1'icua 1, Barlbtus 1. 5 ^- Of birds that have long slender bills that arch .ind taper very 

 moderately to the top : Folyiinvs 4, Todu* 1, Oriolus 1, Cuculus 1, Merops 1, Xanthornus 2. 

 § 7. Of birds whose bills are <Tf a length with or longer than the middle (ligits, having long 

 legs, partly naked thighs, and divided claws, and living chiefly in watery places, though they 

 do not swim : Trintja 2, Xurnenius 1, Ardea 7. § 8. Of water-fowls, or birds th-it pass a con- 

 sideiable part of their time upon tlie water: Fulica 4, Colijmbus 1, Fhcenicopterus 1, Fcle- 

 canugl, Ciiiinus'l. AiiasG, AiuvthctiwJ., Larus i, Sterna 'i, Akyon2. Under .such classiflca- 

 tion the number of species indicated by the ligures given are treated, with numbered generic, 

 but no specific names, with Latin diagnoses, some little synonymy, both Latin and vernacular, 

 and miscellaneous observation.s. It was a considerable ornithological treatise in its time, 

 freely cited by Brisson. Liunieus, Edwards, and others ; and some of these descriptions, like 

 Sloane's, are the bases of species. — This is the orig. ed. ; there is another, 1789. 



17G9. [B.VNCROFT, E.] ■ An | Essay | on the | Natural Hi.story | of | Guiana, | In .South. 

 America. | Containing | A Description of many Curious I*roditctions | in the 

 Animal and Vegitable Systems | of that Country. | Together \vitli an Account 

 of I The Religion, Manners, and Customs | of several Tribes of its Indian In- 

 habitants. I Insterspersed with | A Variety of Literary and Medical Observa- 

 tions. I In Several Letters | from | A Gentleman of the Medical Faculty [E. 

 Bancroft], | During his Residence in that Country. | — | — Adrespulcherrimas^ 

 ex tenebris ad lucem erutas alieno | labore deducimur. | Seneca, De brevitate 

 Aita?, cap. xiv. | — | London, | Printed for T. Eecket and P. A. De Houdt | in 

 the Strand. MDCCLXIX. 1vol. IGmo. Frontisp. (2-headed snake), '2 p. 11. 

 (title and dedication), pp. i-iv, 1-402, -f- 3 11. (contents and advts.). 



This anon^-mous work, by Dr. E. B.incroft. contains, pp. l.">2-18.5, "the Description of Birds 

 inh.ibiting the aerial regions of Guiana, which, for the variety, vivacity and lustre of colour.* 

 that adorn their plumage, are no where excelled". — There is a German vtfsion of same date. 



1769. B.\XCR0FT, E. Naturgeschichte | von | Guiana | in | Siid-Amerika. | Avorinn | 

 von der natiirlichen Be.schatienheit nnd den A'or- | nehmsten Xaturinoducten 

 des Laudes, ingleichen der Re- | ligion, .Sitten nnd Gebriiuchen verschiedener 

 Stiimme | der wildeu Landes-Einwohner, Nachricht | ertheilet wird. | — | In 

 vier Briefen. | You | Ednard Bancroft, Es((. | — | Aus dem Englischen. | — | 

 [Quotation from Seneca.] | — | Frankfurt nnd Leipzig, | bey J. Dod.sley nnd 

 Compagnie, 1769. 1 vol. 16mo. Fronti.spieee (2-headed snake), pj). i-x, 1 1., 

 l)p. 1-248, 1 1. 



"Viigel, pj). 01-112. In dieser Ausgabe. die Art en die boreits in den Schriften des Herm 

 Linne, oder von andera .Scliriftstelleni beschrieben worden sinil, sind mit den uuter den 

 Text gesetzten linuaischcu Triviahiamen. oder Beuennung anderer Schriftsteller kennbarer 

 gemacht woi-den. — Vergl. die Originalausgabe. 1709. 



1775. SoNMXi in-: Maxonxuir, C. N. S. Observation sur les Cocis et Ponies de 

 I'Ameririue meridionale. <lJoHrn. de Physique, vi, 1775, pp. 128, 129. 



Xot .seen : title from Cams and EngelniaTin. — The article doubtless refers to Cracidce or 

 TiiKonida'. 

 1775. Soxxixi DF. MaxuxcoUR, C. X. S. Observation sur les Mareils on f'aisaus de 

 la Guia,ua. <CJoitni. de I'lnjfiique, v, 1775, pp. 345-350. 

 Xot seen: title fi-om Cams and Engelmann. — Tinamidte? C'racidoef. 



