492 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS, 



" De Coachis minus notis," 1 vol. 4to., with plates. Venice, 17 39. The 

 second edition greatly enlarged, Rome, 1760. 



Pl. Col. — Planches Coloriees. 



" Planches Coloriees des Oiseaux, par MM. Temminck and Laugier," 4to. 

 and folio, a great work which forms a sequel to the Planches Eulumin^es, &c. 

 of Buffon. 



Pl. Enl. — Planches Enluminees. 



The coloured plates of Birds, published for Buffon's Natural History, by Du- 

 benton, Jun., amounting to one thousand and eight, but aranged without order. 

 It is beyond all doubt the richest collection of that class that has ever appeared. 

 Most of the figures are good. 



Plum.— Plujiier (Charles), a Minim, who travelled for a long 

 time in the service of Louis the Fourteenth; he was a great natu- 

 ralist in all the branches of the science, although several of his wuiks 

 have remained vinpublished. 



I have had occasioa to quote his observations on Fishes and Reptiles, part of 

 which are at Paris and part at Berlin, all in MS., with numerous drawings; a 

 portion of them has been published by Bloch and Lac^i-^de. 



PoLi, a naturalist and anatomist at Naples, author of the magnifi- 

 cent work entitled 



" Testacea utriusque Sicilise eorumque Historia et Anatorae," 2 vols, folio. 

 Parma, 1791 and 1795. A third volume has been lately published. 

 Prev. — Prevost (Benedict). 



" Memoire sur le Chiroci^phale," published at the end of the Histoiredes 

 Monocles of Jurine. See Jiirine. 



Preys. — Preysler (J. D.) 



" VVerzeichniss Bochinischer Insecten," 1 vol. 4to. Pra<rue, 1790. 



Pr. Max. — Maximilian Prince, de Wied-Neuwied. 



His "Voyage to Brazil," 2 vols. 4to., with an atlas, Franckf., 1820 pnd 

 1821, his " Natural History of Brazil," of which two vols. 8vo. were pub- 

 lished at Weimar, 1826, and several numbers of coloured plates, in folio, are 

 among the number of those productions of modern times which are richest iu 

 novelties. 

 Prunn. — Prunner (Leonard de). 



" LepJoptera Pedemontana,"' I vol. 8vo. Turin, 1798. 



Q. and G. or Quoy and Gaym., or Gaim.— Quov and Gaymard, 

 fellow travellers, who have already made two great voyages. 



Ttiey have published the " Zoologie du Vovage de I'Uranie," I vol. Paris, 

 1824, with one volume, foio, of plates. They are at present occupied with 

 that of the " Voyage de 1' Astrolabe," of which several numbers have already 

 appeared. 



Kaffles (Sir Stamford), an English General and Governor of Su- 

 matra, who has greatly contributed to our knowledge of the produc- 

 tions of that island. 



I quote his paper on this subject in the thirteenth volume of the Linnean 

 Transactions 



Raf. — Rafinesque Schmaltz (C. S.), naturalist, long a resident 

 in Sicily, and at present established in the United States. 



Author of numerous little works on new species, genera, and systems. 



" Caratteri di alcuni nuovi Generi et nuove Specie di Animali e Piante della 

 Sicilia," 8vo. Palermo, 1810. 



" Indice d'lttiologia Siciliana," 8vo. Paris, ISIO. 



" Principes Fondiimentaux de Semiologie." Palermo, 1S14. 



" Analyse de I'Univers, on Tableau de la Nature," 8vo. Paris, 1815. 



" Icthyologia Ohiensis, or Natural History of the Fishes inhabiting the river 

 Ohio," &c., 8vo. Lexington, Kentucky, 1820. 



Ray (John), an English theologian, born 1628, died 170-1; the 



