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Sciences; born at Basentin, in Picardie, in 1743, died at Paris in 

 December, 1829. 



Of the numerous woiks of this celebrated naturalist I have chiefly quoted the 

 " Syst^me des Animaux sans vertebres," 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1801. 

 " Extrait du Cours d« Zoologie sur Ics Animaux sans verlcbrcs," 8vo. Paris, 

 1812. 



" Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertebres," 7 vols. Svo. Paris, 1825 — 

 1822. 



" Memoires sur les Coquilles," published in the Aunales du Mus(5um. 

 The author having become blind during the publication of this work, was aided, 

 in the Bivalves, by M. Valenciennes, and in the following classes, by Made- 

 moiselle Lamarck, his eldest daughter. 



Lamartiniere, a French naturalist, one of the unfortunate compa- 

 nions of La Peyrouse. 



Quoted for a Memoir on some parasitical animals, published in the Jouvnal de 

 Physique for 1787, and at the end of the Voyage de la Peyrouse. 



Lambert, an English natviralist. 



Author of a Memoir on the Bos Frontalis in the seventh volume of the Lin- 

 neau Transactions. 



Lamour. — Lamouroux (J. V. F.) a naturalist of Agen, Professor at 

 Caen. 



Quoted for certain Memoirs in the Annales du Museum, and for a " Histoire 

 des Polypiers," of which I saw a part in MS., at the time of my first edition. 

 It was published in 1 vol. 8vo, 1817. 



" Exposition Methodique de I'ordre des Polypiers," with the plate of Ellis and 

 Solander, and some new ones, 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1821. 



" Dictionnaire des Zoophytes," forming part of the Encyclopedic Methodique, 

 4to. Paris, 1824. 



Langsd. — Langsdorf, a German naturalist who accompanied ad- 

 miral Krusenstern, and established himself at Brazil. 



Author of Certain Memoirs, and quoted as having given names to the various 

 objects he discovered. 



Lapeyr. — Lapeyrouse (Philippe Picot, Baron de), Professor of 

 Natural History at Toulouse. 



" Description de plasiers especes d'Orthoceratites et d'Ostiacites," 1 vol. 

 folio, Nuremb., 1781. 



I also quote certain articles written by him for the Dictionnaire des Oiseaux 

 of the Encyclopedic Methodique. 



Laroche (De), a young physician of Paris, prematurely snatched 

 from the sciences by death. 



Author of Memoirs in the Annales du Museum, and of one in particular, Sur 

 les Poissons d'lvica, in the thirteenth volume of that collection. 



Lasp. — Laspeyres (J. H.), a municipal officer of Berlin. 



" Sesise Europese Icouibus et Descriptionibus, illustrataj," 1 vol. 4to. Berlin, 

 1801. 



" Critical observations on the Systematic Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the 

 Environs of Vienna," inserted in the Magazin fiir Insectenkunde of llliger, &c. 



Lath. — Latham (John), Fellow of the Royal Society, born 1740. 



This author has enriched the science of Ornithology, in particular, with new 

 and beautiful species, but his works, which are not written with critical accuracy, 

 should be read with caution. 



" A General Synopsis of Birds," 3 vols. 4to., and Supplements. London 

 1782, et seq. 



" Index Ornithologicus," 2 vols, 4to. London, 1790, 

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