574 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1651-1672 [s 



1651. HERNANDEZ, F. COD tinned. 



1 1., printer to reader etc. 2 11., "Index plantarvm" etc. 7 11., "Index 

 Authorvm " etc. 3 11. (= total of 30 unpaged p. 11.), pp. 1-950 (main 

 text), -f- 5 unpaged 11. (Indexes) ; with unnumbered illustrations 

 in the text. [Then follows, separately paged,] 



Historian Animalivm | et Mineralivm Novae Hispaniae | Liber 

 Vnicus | in sex Tractatvs divisvs | Francisco Fernandez Philippi 

 Secundi primario Medico | avthore. pp. 1-90, + 3 unpaged 11. (In- 

 dices and Errata). 



Kervm medicarvm Novae Hispaniae Nardi Antonii Recchi Liber norms. Ani- 

 malia exhibet, pp. 313-334 : Cap. vi, p. 317, De Ave paradisea, with a cut of a 

 Bird of Paradise, from some old author. Cap. viii, p. 319, De Cozcaqvavhtli, 

 Regina aurarum. Capp. ix-xi, pp. 320-322, various birds, with 7 cuts. Cap. xix, 

 p. 331, De Tzopilotl, siue Aura, with cut. 



Aliorum Novae Hispaniae Animalivm, Nardi Antonii Recchi imagines et nomina. 

 loannis Fabri Lyncei . . . expositione, pp. 460-840 ; birds being treated at pp. 

 672-720. Alcatraz, Onocrotalus Mexicanus dentatus, p. 672, cut ; Onoc.Mex.non 

 dentatus, p. 673, cut ; scholia eiusdem to p. 685. Acitli, Mergus americanus, p. 

 686, cut ; scholia eiusd. to p. 696. Picus americanus, p. 697, cut ; scholia eius- 

 dem to p. 704. Hoitzitziltototl, Auispicta americana, p. 705, cut; scholia eiusdem 

 to p. *09. Avis mexicana Psittaci colore, p. 709, cut. Avis anonyma, Nouae His- 

 paniae, p. 710, cut; scholia eiusdem to p. 720. 



Historiae Animalivm . . . Liber Vnicus . . . Francisco Fernandez . . . 

 avthore, Tractatvs Secundvs, De Historiae Avivm Novae Hispaniae, pp. 13-58, 

 Cap. i-ccxxix, treats of some 229 birds of Mexico, giving short descriptions, etc., 

 of each. 4 



This famous work is cited by bibliographers and naturalists in such uncertain 

 ways, occasioning so much confusion, that I have thought best to give a reason- 

 ably full collation of the volume, and a complete exposition of the ornithological 

 matter it contains. It will be observed that the volume has two very different 

 titles for the same work, in the composition of which several authors are con- 

 cerned ; and that there are two very different works, separately paged, in the 

 same volume. The copy examined is lettered on the cover "Recchi Hist. Mexici ". 

 The date, 1651, is that of a later ed., as I find the work cited r.s of 1628, q. v. 



1672. JOSSELYN, J. New-Englands | Rarities | Discovered : | In | Birds, 

 Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, | and Plants of that Country. | Together 

 with | The Physical and Chyrurgical Reme- | dies wherewith the 

 Natives con- | stantly used to Cure their Distem- | pers, Wounds, 

 and Sores. | Also | A perfect Description of an Indian | Squa, in 

 all her Bravery ; with a | Poem not improperly conferr'd | upon her. | 

 Lastly | A Chronological Table | of the most remarkable Passages 

 in that | Country amongst the English. | | Illustrated with Cuts. 

 | | By John Josselyn, Gent. | | London, Printed for G. Wid- 

 dowes at the | Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church yard, 1672. 



The foregoing title is taken from what is supposed to be a facsimile of the 

 original, in the Archceologia Americana, or Trans, and Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc. 

 vol. iv, where the literal reprint occupies pp. 133-238. The collation of the origi- 

 nal is given by Field as " 24 Frontispiece, a dragon. Title and dedication, each 

 1 leaf. Text pp. 1 to 114. Advertisement, 1 leaf." 



Pages 6-13 treat "First, of Birds", giving an account, more curious than edi- 

 fying, of a number of New England species, ending with "What Birds are not 

 to be found in New England ". The account is interlarded with fanciful recipes 

 for curing diseases and indeed the ornithology itself is not much less imagin- 

 ary. Among other species are treated the " Troculus" (Ghcetura), " Pilhannaw ", 

 and the " Wobble". The last is interesting as attesting the then occurrence of 

 Alca impennis in New England. 



