CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 49^1 



Peck (William), Professor of Botany at the University of Harvard, 

 died in . 



Author of a Memoir inserted in the fourth volume of the Agricultural Journal 

 of Massachusetts, relative to a species of Rhynchsenus, that attacks the Pine. 



Penn. Pennt. — Pennant (Thomas), a Welchman, born in 17^6, 

 died in 1798. A laborious naturalist. The works we chiefly quote 

 are liis 



" Histoire of Quadrupeds," 2 vols. 4to. 

 ." British Zoology," 1 vol. folio. 

 " British Zoology," 4to. and 8vo. 4 vols. 

 ** Arctic Zoology," 2 vols. 4to. 

 " Indian Zoology," 1 vol. 4to. 



Pernetty, a Benedictine, who accompanied Bougainville to the 

 Faulkland Islands; he was afterwards librarian to JFrederick II. of 

 Prussia. 



" Voyage aux lies Malouines," 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1770. It contains some 

 valuable details on Natural History, and useful figures. 

 Per. — Peron (Fran9ois), born at Cerilly in 1775, died in 1810, a 

 zealous traveller, prematurely snatched from the sciences, and one of 

 those who have most contributed to enrich the Museum of Paris. 



He edited the first volume of the " Voyage de d^couverte aux Terres Aus- 

 trales en 1800 — 1804," 1 vol. 4to. with an atlas. Paris, 1807. 



He was also the author of various Memoirs published in the Annales du 

 Museum, 



Perrault (Claude), a naturalist, architect of the Louvre and Ob- 

 servatory of Paris, born 1613, died 1688. 



He published, from the dissections of Duverney, the " Memoires pour servir a 

 I'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux," which form the third volume of the M^m. 

 de I'Acad. des Sciences, previous to 1669. 



Petag. — Petagna, (v.), of Naples. 



" Specimen Insectorum Ulterioris Calabrife," 4to. with one plate. Franco- 

 furti, 1787. 



"Elements of Entomology," 2 vols. 8vo. 



Petersb. or Petrop. Mem., or Comment., or Nov. Comment., or 

 Act., or Nov. Act. 



Such are the various titles of the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of 

 Sciences of St. Petersburg. 



The " Commentarii," 14 vols. 4to. from 1726, to 1746. 



The " Novi Commentarii," 20 vols, from 174 9 to 1775. 



The " Acta," 7 vols, from 1777 to 1782. 



The "Nova Acta," 15 vols, from 1783 to 1802. 



The " Memoirs," from 1809. 



Phelsum (Murck Van), a D\itch naturalist. 



Quoted tor liis " Letter to C. Noseman on the Echini," Svo. Rotterdam, 

 1774. 

 Phillip (Arthur), a German, and Governor of Botany Bay, in the 

 English service. 



" The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay," &c., with fifty-five co- 

 loured plates, London, 1789. An anonymous work, the part relative to natural 

 history by Latham. There is a French translation of it without plates, in 1 

 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1791. 



Phips (C. J.),the celebrated English navigator, subsequently Lord 

 Mulgrave; born 1746, died 1792. 



" Voyage to the North Pole in 1773," translated into French by Desmeuuiers, 

 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1775. 



Planc— Plancus (Janus), or J. Bianchi, a physician of Rimini, 

 born in 1693, died in 1775. 



