57 
677 that should show Lacerta crocodilus actually shows a whale! The Aid. quad, refers to v. 9, 
1637. De qvadvpedib' digitalis viiviparis libri tres, et De qvadrvpedib' digitatis oviparis libri duo. 
Bartholomaevs Ambrosinus. Bonon. N. Tebaldinum. Aldr. quad, shows a crocodile sketch. Aldr. 
serp is v. 10, 1640. Serpentum, et draconum historiae libri duo Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus... 
opus concinnauit.. Bononiae. The colophon shows 1639. 
#Amcen. acad. Amoenitates Academicae. vols. I-VII. Stockholm and Leipzig. Dissertations 
edited by Linnaeus and issued from 1749 onward. 
Bell, aquat. Bellonius, P. (Peter Belon, Pierre Belon) 1553. De aquatibilibus libri duo, cum 
ciconibus ad veram ipsorum effigiem, quoad eius fieri potuit, expressis. Carolum Stephanum, 
Parisiis. 
ffBellon. Itln. Bellonius, P. (Pierre Belon). 1605. Bellonii Plurimarum.singularium et...rerum in 
Graecia, Asia....conspectarum observationes. Antverpiae. Many earlier editions exist. However, 
Heller's manuscript notes show that Linnaeus apparently used an interpretive edition which is 
listed here under Clus. exot. But Heller indicated that it was a French translation of 1609, which 
edition I could not find listed in the National Union Catalog, The British Library Catalog, or the 
French National Library Catalog. 
Bell. mus. Should be Best. mus. This misprint was noted by John Heller in his manuscript and 
called to my attention by Alwyne Wheeler, formerly of the British Museum, who is preparing 
Heller's manuscript for publication. 
Best. mus. Besleri, Basilvs and Michael Rupertvs Besleri (Hortus and Michael Rupert Besler) 
1716. Rariora Mvsei Besleriani que olim. Basilivs et Michael Rupertvs Besleri. collegerunt.... 
Nuremberg. 
ItBont. jav. Bontii, Jacobi (Jacobus Bontius) 1658. Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae 
Orientalis. Libri Sex. V. Historia animalium. In Gulielmi Pisonis (William Piso). De Indiae utriusque re 
naturaliet medica libri. XIV. Amstelaedami, Elzevirios. Lacertus volans is on p. 59, not p. 57 as 
given by Linnaeus. 
#Bradl. natur. Bradley, Richard 1721. A philosophical account of the works of nature. W. 
Mears, London. 
E. Brander Erik Brander (1722-1814) who collected specimens mostly from Algiers and the 
western Mediterranean. 
It Brown, jam. Browne, Patrick 1756. The civil and natural history of Jamaica in three parts. 
London, T. Osborne and J. Shipton. 
Catesby. car. Catesby, Mark 1754. The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama 
Islands. Vol II. London, Benjamin White. Other printings include original printed at expense of the 
author. 
#Clus. exot. Clvsii, Carolus Atrebatis (Carolus Clusius=Charles de I’ Escluse) 1605. Aulae 
Caesareae quondam fami Haris, Exoticon/m libri decern: quibus, animalium, plantarum...: Item 
Petri Bellonii observationes, eodem Carolo Clusio interprete, etc. Ex officina Plantiniana 
Raphelengii. Other versions of this exist. The interior of the copy I examined shows: Petri Bellonii. 
Cenomani Plumiarum singularium & memorabilium... Carolvs Clvsivs.. 
#Column. ecphr. Colvmna, Fabio (Savio Columna) (Fabio Colonna). 16??. Minus cognitarum 
stirpium aliqvot AC etiam rariorum . Romae. Guilielmum Facciotum. The earliest edition was 
1606; I could not read the date on the Readex microprint card seen. 
#Edw. av. Edwards, George 1743-1751. A natural history of uncommon birds and of some 
other rare and undescribed animals, quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, insects, etc. ..in 7 parts, v. 1. 
London. Under the same cover of the copy I saw is a French translation dated 1755 and done by 
M.D.de la S.R. 
