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TEXTZEL, or TEXZEL. \VII.HF.I.M FUN I 

 man historian :i'i.l antiqua 



MM in Th <-r the 



completion 01' liia school > 



In tlu' university of Wittenberg, where In- chiefly 

 'I'll himself to tli.' study of tlu> antit'iit a- 



in connection with history. In UX> lir v.:is 

 appointed teacher at tin- gymnasium 



nit- time intrusted with tin' cart 1 of the rollertion of 

 antiquities and coins belonging to tl-n ' lot ha. 



al learned dissertations wl.ich he pulili-hed shortly 

 after this lime attracted the attention of nis learned coun- 

 tryinen, in consequence of which lie became ;i 

 contributor to the ' Acta Kruditurum,' and to the t 

 \aliones Hallei ; I rinan who 



conceived the idea of establishing a German journal for 



- and for publish, 



In-ill was set on foot in 1(JS1). under the title 

 ' Monatliehe Unterredungen einigcr guten l-'reunde von 

 nllerhand Biicheni uiul andern annehmlichcn Geschicli- 

 ten.' The. undertaking had great success, and was carried 

 on till 1688. The whole was published in monthly parts, 

 and consists often volumes. The extensive l;uo\vl> 

 history, especially of the history and antiquities oi 

 many, procured Tentzcl, in 1G90, the honourable p. 



pher to the house of Saxony of the F.nicstine 

 line. Before he commenced writ inn on the history of 



y he travelled through the greater part of Germany, 

 visiting several courts and examining various libraries to 

 find materials. In 1702 the elector of Saxony (also King 

 (if Poland conferred upon Tentzel the title of councillor, 

 and made him historiographer of the electorate. In thU 

 ! took up his residence at Dresden, and was 

 frequ. ,vd to appear at court. But the simple 



lightforwardneSB of the man made him a 

 subject for ridicule among the ignorant and idle courtiers, 

 and as soon as Tentzel became aware of it he resigned his 

 office and retired to private life, devoting himself entirely 

 to his historical and antiquarian studies. He died on the 

 24th of Xovemher. 17<I7, in great poverty. 



.des the numer. :;i the periodical publica- 



tions mentioned above, the following si ; rks of 



Tentzel deserve to be mentioned : De Ritu I.eelionum 

 Sacrarum.' Wittenberg, IGsfi. 4to.: Exercitationes Selectee, 

 in duas purtes distributu',' Leip/ig. Ki^'J. Ho. : ' F.pi-lola 

 de Sceleto Elephantino Tonnsc miner cffosso,' Gotha and 

 Jena, 1699, 12mo. : ' Von dem Alter der Buchdrucker- 

 kun-,1.' (;,)tha, 1700, 12mo. ; this interesting work is trans- 

 lated into Latin and incorporated in Wolf's Monumenta 

 Typographic^,' ii. (>44, t<x-. The principal work of Tentzel 

 is his Saxonia Numismatica. sive Xummophylaciuin 

 Xumisniatiiin Mnemonicorum ct Iconiconim a Ducibus 



AX cudi jussoram,' Frankfort, 17n.">. 2 parts in 4lo. 

 He also continued the history of Gotha which had been 

 commenced by ' m two supplementary 



volumes. His history of the Reformation, 'Histoi: 

 Bericht vom Ant'ang und Fortgang der Reformation,' which 

 was edited by E. S. Cyprian, in 2 vols. 4to.. Leipzig, 1718, 

 is u valuable work, which should still be consulted by the 

 student of that important period. 



///"'i. ii'-li-/ti-!iii-I.fficon,\\.,f. 1057, &c. ; 

 m, s. V. ' Ten/el."- 



\ril'l-: l !>l-.s. 1 .-com! division ofthe Con- 



tlie / . I'l'/nrn/ii. and l'rni'rii]ii\ , the 



liacea, the Trigunacea, the Ac 

 and the t.'hamarea. 



In the h'rst division, Crussijii'i]''*. are comprised the Tubi- 



I'li. and the Mi/iirin. 



'-]. De-have*, in the last edition of Lamarck, objects, 

 and we think witli reason, to the-.- divisions as being de- 

 >r does he consider the arrangement capable of 

 amelioration, because the principal character i> t. 

 clusi'. M-I ves that to follow it rigorously it would 



be necessary to break very natural links which bind certain 

 genei:i 



Cuvicr made the Ti'iiuirottret the 



fourth lamilv of his PtMtMUSC, placing it between the 



.. und comjirisiiig under it 



the genera Sitta, Linn, r With the subgenera Xenop*, 111. ; 

 .Iri'i/Kitf*, Tfinm. ; and Si/mtl/ii.ri>, \ ; thin, 



Ijnn. (with the subgcnera f'crt/iin. Cu\. ; / iptes, 



Henn. ; 'l'irh'nln,inii. III.; fffturinin. 111.; DtCefutn, 

 Cuv. ; Mclithrepttu, Vieill.; Cinnyris, Cuv. ; and Aruch- 



. Temm. : 7' /,-.'///*, Linn. Dividing the pcnim 

 into t'.i- II 



' 



!\lr. Vigors. :i!U>r pointing out 

 the I. which cliinli : .imal 



-. and tlv 



which live only on the nectar of flowers, and 

 I'.iimed for only [('IIHEPKH. vol.\iii.. p. i 



- as the most int. 



perhaps of the animal world. [Si-Min \\iii., 



- that the aberrant i'amili 



- in their i ! hitherto 

 .toiily eh: 



.ik of tlu-m with tl; ty which may attend 



obsiTvations on better deli: 



;. pears to him to be that form of lli. 

 whii h appn 



5. Uctaining, Mr. \ , bill 



of lh< I -,//v exhibits somewl 



base ofthe bill of tli. 

 time, tile gressorial feet. By in* 



xed bill of w! 



own, i; with thnt 



group. ' ( )f the lini . which m. 



in M. l!ii 'ins,' 



continues Mr. \ i nothing at present : nor 



do I wish to enter \\\\ 

 the succeeding family of M 

 for th. 



The families admitted by Mr. Vigors into this tribe of 

 .'UEs will be found in the article . toe. 



cit. 



Mr. Swainson(to whose publication on this order, in !he 

 1st vol. ofthe ' Zoological Journal,' which 

 the paper On tl 



refers), in his tenth chapter of the second \oh: 



iiication of Birds,' remarks, tli / : rant 



division of the inscssoiial o 



or honey sii. 'i-d fmm i 



.nee both from insects and the nccta, 



which they suck u]i by in. ,.r tihinic : 



p'ed for the )j 



Mr. Swainsoii in continuation, ' are furthest reii.. 



the types o!' their older, they co :-ho\\ a gi. 



affinity to the Scansores on one hand, a'i 



rnxtri-n on the other, than to the more ]i. 



the pcrehers, as seen in th. . 



like the scansorial cicepers, tl:. 



feet very short : but ; 'I'be 



. ial birds derive their food ciilin : 



and, in general, have a simple and pointc.; 



; aM'lx loi- 



..tile, and either sini]i!\ forked, or ib 

 so many slender i -emble a paint. I 



:i:it it is uttcn 

 in the \\ | 



-. principa! t the ton. 



chief member by which life is supported.' 



Mr. Siuiinson includes the following families under this 

 tribe :- MKi.ii'HA(;m.K ; C'imiyritlti' [SI-NHIKUS] ; Ti;. 

 LID.K (Humming-Birds ; PHUMKIIUI-IU.E (Hoopoes;; and 



i>r [Bmus OK P.\r. VUISK]. 



The Tfiiuirnstri'ii are placed by this autli. . (lie 



SCANSORES and the FISSIKDSTRES. 



M. Lesson makes the tribe Ti'iiiiirn\lri'!t (wlucn hear- 

 between the Latirostres &nd the Syndactyles, . 

 sist ofthe following families and genera: 



1. Promeropidse. 

 Genera. Upupa; 1' 



2. CcrthiadsB. 



Genera. -Crrthia ; Tii-fiix/mma ; I)<'ii<!rucolaples ; Cli- 

 mactenx . 1'tirtniriii* um. 



;i. I'hiledonida-. 



Genera. Drepanis; Cinnyrin ; Pomatorhinun ; Pri- 

 nia; Orthotomtu ; Afyzomela; Myzant/ia; Anthochcera , 

 Tr< >iml<ji hynchus ; MMisuga. 



1. Tiochilidii 1 . 

 Genera. Folylmus, Briss. ; Ornitmya, Lew, 



