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the Birds of the Netherlands " (in Dutch), folio, with remarkably beautiful plates. 

 The last numbers are by Houttyn. Amsterdam, 1770, et seq. 

 OcHsENH. — OcHSEXHEiJiBR (Ferdinand). 



His work written in German on the " Lepidoptera of Europe," is the best 

 that has been published with respect to critical accuracy and the descriptions of 

 the species. The first volume appeared at Leipzic in 1806. The one he is 

 about to publish will contain the Noctuae. 



Odieu (Auguste). 



" M6moire suv la Composition Chimique dea parties combes des Insectes," 

 inserted in the first volume of the " M<imoires de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat." 4to, 

 1823. 



Ok EN, a German naturalist of Fribourg in Brisgau, established at 

 Jena. 



" Philosophy of Nature," 3 vols. Svo. Jena, 1809. 



" A Treatise on Natural History," of which the Zoology forms the third 

 part, in 2 vols. Svo., with an Atlas. Jena, 1816. 



" A Natural History for Schools," 1vol. Jena, 1821. 



" Esquisse de Syst^me d'Anatomie, de Physiologie, et d'Histoire Naturelle." 

 Svo. Paris, 1821. 



He is the principal editor of the Isis, a journal which abounds in important 

 articles relative to natural history. 



Olafsen (Eggert), or Erard Olavius, a naturalist of Iceland, 

 born 1726, died 1768. 



Jointly with Biorn Povelsen, or Paum, the first physician of that island, 

 who died in 1778, author of a " Journey in Iceland," printed in 177 2. I quote 

 the French Translation, 5 vols., Svo., with an atlas. Paris, 1802. 



Ouvi (The Abbe Joseph). 



" Zoologica Adriatica," 1 vol. Svo., with plates. Bassano, 1792. 

 It cont lins excellent observations on the MoUusca and Crustacea. 

 Oliv. — Olivier (Antoine-Guillaumei, member of the Acadt'mie 

 des Sciences, Professor of Zoology to the Ecole Veterinaire of Al- 

 fort, &:•., born at Draguignan, 17-^6, died 1814. 



'* Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes" (Coleoptera), 5 vols, 

 folio, with coloured plates. Piir:s. 17i9 — 1808. 



Insects of the Encyclopedic Mcthodique, from the fourth volume of the Na- 

 tural History to the eighth inclusively. 



" Voyage dans I'Euipire Ottoman, I'Egypte et la Perse," 3 vols. 4to., with 

 plates. Paris, 1807. It contains interesting species of several classes of ani- 

 mals. 

 Omalius de Halloy, governor of the province of Namur, and a 

 learned geologist. 



Oppel (Michael), a Bavarian naturalist, who died in 18 — , 



" Sur la Classihcation des Reptiles." The first Mtmoir is on the Ophidia, 

 the second on the Batrachia, published in the Annales du Museum. 



"'Ihe Oiders, Families, and Genera of J.\eptiles " (in German), 4to. Mu- 

 nich, 1811. 



I also quote his Memoir on the Tanypus, inserted in the Memoirs of the 

 Academy of Munich, 1812. 



In conjunction with Messrs. Tiedeman and Liboschitz, he commenced a work 

 on Reptiles, with numerous plates, of which the Crocodiles only were published. 

 Heidelberg, fulio, 1817. 



OsBECK (Peter), a pupil of Linnaeus, and chaplain of a Swedish 

 vessel that went to Cliina in I7oO. 



His narrative was printed in the Swedish language in 8vo., Stockholm, 1757, 

 and trans'ated into German by G. Rostock, 8vo., 1765. 



Otto (A. W.), a Gei-man naturalist, Professor at Breslau. 



Author of several Memoirs among those of the Academy of Sc, of Nature, 

 and other Collections. 

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