1910.] 



Brisson, Blumenbach. 



43 



Tabula Synoptica Quadrupedum. 



Much as in the first edition: a dichotomous table, here somewhat condensed 

 and expressed by means of " indentation." 



Edentula Ordo I. Myrmecophaga, Pholido- 



tus. 



Dentibus molaribus tantum Ordo II. Tardigradus, Cataphrac- 



tus. 



Dentibus molaribus & caninis Ordo III. Elephas, Odobsenus. 



Dentibus incisoribus, inferiore maxilla tau- 



tum, sex Ordo IV. Camelus. 



octo Ordo V. Giraffa, Hircus, Aries, Bos, 



Cervus, Tragulus. 

 Dentibus incisoribus in utraque maxilla: 



Pedibus solidungulis Ordo VI. Equus. 



Pedibus bisulcis Ordo VII. Sus. 



Dentibus incisoribus in utraque maxilla: 



Pedibus terungulatis antice & postice Ordo VIII. Rhinoceros. 



Dentibus incisoribus [etc.] Ordo IX. Hydrochoerus. 



Ordo X. Tapirus. 



Ordo XI. Hippopotamus. 

 Pedibus unguiculatis, dentibus incisoribus: 



Duobus supra, totidem infra . . . Ordo XII. 



Caninis nullis Hystrix, Castor, Lepus, 



Cuniculus, Sciurus, 

 Glis, Mus. 

 Caninis praesentibus : Musaraneus, Erinaceus. 



Quatuor supra, totidem infra Ordo XIII. Simla, Pteropus. 



Quatuor supra, sex infra Ordo XIV. Prosimia, Vespertilio. 



Sex supra, quatuor infra Ordo XV. Phoca. 



Sex supra, totidem infra Ordo XVI. Hyaena, Canis, Mustek, 



Meles, Ursus, Felis, Lutra. 



Sex supra, octo infra Ordo XVII. Talpa. 



Decem supra, octo infra Ordo XVIII. Philander [Didelphis phil- 

 ander]. 



BLUMENBACH, 1779. 



'Handbuch der Naturgeschechte. ' 



Joliann Friederick Blumenbach (1752-1840), the father of anthropology, 

 published the first edition of his 'Handbuch' in 1779 and 1780. The work 

 rapidly passed through the first four editions in 1782, 1788 and 1791, eacli 

 one with additions (Sherborn, 1902, p. xv). Of these the ones examined by 

 the writer are the first (1779), the fourth (1791), the French edition (trans- 

 lation of the German edition of 1797), the tenth English edition of 1825, 

 and the twelfth (German) of 1830. The first edition, appearing as it did 



