364 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



1759. Albin, E. — Continued. 



M. DCCCLIX. I Price . . . 1vol. 8vo. 2 p. 11. (title and preface), pp. 1-96, 

 + 2 11. (index and advts.), frontisi). and 23 plates. 



This was a considerable treatise in its day, going through at least tire editions, of which 

 the present is the third. The original was 1737 ; the second, 1747 ; the fourth 1776 ?, Edin- 

 burgh ; the fifth, 1778 ; with anonymous piracy, 1791. 

 1759-63. Martin, B. The | Natural History | of | England; | or, | a Description of 

 each particular County, | In regard to the curious Productions of | Nature and 

 Art. I — I Illustrated by a Map of each County, and Sculptures | of Natural 

 Curiosities. | — | Vol. I [II]. | Containing, | . . . . | — | By Benjamin Martin. 

 I — I London : | Printed and sold by W. Owen, Temple-Bar, and by the | Au- 

 thor, at his House in Fleet street. | — | MDCCLIX [MDCCLXIII]. 2 vols. 

 16mo. Vol. I, 17.59, pp. i-iv, 1-410 + 8. Vol. II, 6 prel. 11., pp. 1-392. Mapa 

 in both vols. 



I do not find any ornithology to speak of in either of these vols. 

 1766. [Pennant, T.] British Zoology. . . . folio. 1766. 



This, which I have not seen, is said to be the original edition of the famous work. Six 

 editions have come to my knowledge, whereof I have handled only the so-called fourth and 

 the later one of 1812. According to my imperfect information these are aa follows : 



1766. Editio princeps, ut suprd. 



1768 (to 1770 ?). Second edition. 8vo. 



1768 (to 1770 ?) . Third ? edition. (How about this ?) 



1771-76. Murr's edition, in Latin and German. (This is not Included in the regular enu- 

 meration of the editions.) 



1776-77. The so-caUed "Fourth" edition. 4 vols, in two issues, one in 8vo and the other 

 in 4to ; copies also dilfering slightly in the collation of the unpaged leaves, but typography 

 identical. 



1812. ilnotter edition. 4 vols. 8vo. (First ed. with author's name on the title,) 



All of these, are noted, or fully given, beyond, at their respective dates. 



Cf. J. A. Harvie-Brown, Caperc. in Scotland, 1819, p. 23, note. 

 1768-70? [Pennant, T.] British Zoology. . . . 8vo. 1768-70? 



See what is said under head of the original folio ed., 1766. Is this the 2d or the 3d ed, f 

 Are there two of this date! See the so- called fourth ed., 1776-77. 

 1769-72. Berkenhout, J. Outlines | of the | Natural History | of | Great Britain | 

 and I Ireland. | Containing | A systematic Arrangement and concise Descrip- 

 tion of I all the Animals, Vegetables, and Fossiles which have | hitherto been 

 discovered in these Kingdoms. | — | By John Berkenhout, M.D. | — | In Three 

 Volumes. | — | Vol. I [-III]. | Comprehending the Animal [mut. mut.] King- 

 dom, I — I London : | Printed for P. Elmsley (Successor to Mr. Vaillant) | 

 facing Southampton-street, in the Strand. | M DCC LXIX [M DCC LXXII]. 

 3 vols. 16mo. Vol. 1, 1769, pp. i-xiv, 1-233. (Vol. II, 1770, Botany ; Vol. Ill, 

 1772, Fossils.) 



Class n. Birds, pp. 10-58. A descriptive list of species, in Linnsean system. There is 

 said to be a second edition. There is a third edition, dififerently titled, 2 vols., 1795, q. v. 

 1769. Wallis, J. The Natural History | and | Antiquities | of | Northumberland: | 

 And of so much of the County of | Durham | As lies between the Rivers Tyne 

 and Tweed; | commonly called, | North Bishoprick. | In two volumes. | By 

 John Wallis, A. M. | Vol.1 [II]. ( — | London: | Printed for the Author, by 

 W. and W. Strahan ; | and sold by S. Bladon, in Pater-noster-Row. | — 1 

 M D CCLXIX. 2 vols. sm. 4to. Vol. I, 2 p. 11., pp. i-xxviii, 2 11., pp. 1-438, 

 1 1. Vol. II, 2 p. 11., pp. 1-562, 1-22, 1 1. 



Vol. I, Chapter IX. Of Birds, pp. 309-346. The author calls it, in his preface, "short 

 descriptions and synonyms of the most curious birds observed with us, . . . with no other 

 embellishments than those of nature and truth." It treats of some fifty species. 

 1771-76. [Pennant, T.] {Ed.C.G.v.Mnrr.) Zoologia Britannica. Class I. Quadrn- 

 peda. 11. Aves. Latine donavit C. Th. de Murr. — Britische Thiergeschichte. 

 ... in das Lutein, uud Deutsche libers, u. mit oiuigeu Aumerkgn. begleitet 

 von C. G. V. Murr. . . . Augsbiu-g. J. Haid und Soliu. 1771-1776. pp. 178, 

 pU. 132. 



Not seen: title abridged from Engehnann. Said to bo taken from 2 vols, of the 2d ed., 1768. 



