358 MANATID-E. 



are perfect, as the anterior one* on each side drops out as the new 

 ones are formed behind, and in each of the skulls two hinder on each 

 side are in the process of development. (See also Owen, Cat. Osteol. 

 Mus. Coll. Surg. 478.) 



All the three skeletons received from Du ChaUlu had the cervical 

 vertebrce united in their natural situation. There were in each of 

 them only six cervical vertebra), and not seven, as some authors 

 have stated. 



1. Manatus australis. The Manatee. 



Grey-black. Nasal bones distinct, imbedded in the skull ; front 

 of lower jaw flat, with a central conical prominence near the lower 

 edge. Gonyx of lower jaw compressed, bifid. Kibs very thick, 

 solid, circular at the sternal end. 



Manatus, Rondel. Pise. 490 ; Klein, Pise. ii. 32 ; Prisswi, R. Anitn. 



49, 352. 

 Kleiner Manati (Manatus minor ?), Zimmermann, Geog. ii. 426, 888. 

 Lamantin, Condam. Voy, 154 ; Bvffon, H. N. xiii. 377, 424, t. 57. 

 Manati, Aldrov. 728; Johnston, 223; Charhet, O. Z. 159. 

 Mauathi, Clusie, Diss. Philoloy. 8, 9. 

 Manati seu Vacca marina, Rarj, Quad. 193 (skeleton). 

 Taurus luarinus, Ant. Herrera, Nov. Ord. 12. 

 Manatus borealis, Fleming, Brit. Anim. 29. 

 Mermaid of Shetland Seas, Edinb. Neio Phil. Journ. vi. 57, 1829 ; 



Stewart, Elern. N. Hist. i. 125. 

 Trichechus manatus, Linn. S. N. i. 49 ; Gmelin, S. N. i. GO ; Schreber, 



Sdugeth. t. 8, cop. Bvffon. 

 Manatus australis, Tilesivs, Jahrb. i. 23 ; Ozeretshoivsky, Nov. Act. 



Petrop. xiii. 375. t. 13; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 501; Reichb. Syn. 



Mamm. 16 ; Icon. Ce.tac. t. 23. f. 72, 73, from IlmnbohU, Anat. Cetac. 



t. 27, 28, 29 ; Gray, Cat. Cetac. B. 31. 1850, 139 ; P. Z. S. 1864, 247 ; 



Ann. ^' Mag. N H. 1865, 134. 

 Manatus Atlanticus, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 40. 

 Manatus (Trichechus manatus) australis, Illiger, Prodr. 110. 

 Manatus Americanus, Dcsm. Mamm. 607; N. l)iet. N. H. xvii. 262. 



t. 96; Home, Lectures Comp. Anat. iv. t. 54; Schomhurgh, Rciscn 



Brit. Guiana, iii. 786; Custlenau, Reise, 114; Schreber, Sdat/efh. 



t. 378, t. 380. f. 1, 2, t. 381. f. 3; Gacrin, Icon. Mamm. t.' 46 ; 



Lesson, Cetac. 63 ; Gosse, Jam. 346; Jdger, Nova Acta Acad. Leop.- 



Carol. xxvii. 191 ; Vrolik, Bijdr. tot der I)ierkunde, 1851, 53. 

 Manate de I'Or^noque, Hmnb. ; Wiegm. Arch. 1838, 1. 18. t. 1, 2 



(anatomy). 

 Manatus latirostris, Harlan, Journ. Acad. N. S. Philad. 111. 390, 



1824; Fauna. Amer. 277; Fischer, Syn. 502; Reichb. Syn. Mamin. 



17 ; Icon. Cetac. t. 23. f. 74 ; Anat. t. 27. f. ; Wagner, in Schreb. 



Saugeth. t. 379. t. 381. f. 2, 5. 

 Manatus australis (Surinam), Schlcgcl, Abhandl. t. 5. f. 3 (old), 4, 6, 6 



(yoimg). 

 Lamantin d'Am^rique, Cuvier, Ann. Mus. xiii. 273. 1. 19. f. 1-4 ; Oss. 



Foss. v. 242. 1. 19. f. 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 

 Jamaica Manatee, Home, Phil. Trans. 1821, 390. t. 

 Ciuiaua Manate, Penn. Quad. ii. 297. 



ISliinato dc .Surinam, Kraus, Midler, Arch. f. Anat. 1858, 390. 

 Manate Clusii and Oronoko Manate, Penn. Quad, ii, 298. 



