420 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1667. "MERRETT, C. Continued. 



croft, Impensis Cave Pulleyn. | MDCLXVII. Vol.nnic. 16mo. Tit. If. Epist. 

 dedic., 5 f. Epist. ad Lect., 10 f. pp. 1-223+1." 

 "Edit.altera. Ed. princeps 16G6. Ed. nova 1704." 



Not seen; title from Coues, Proc. 17. S. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 361. The work is also cited 

 by Bosgoed, op. tit., p. 102, no. 1G19. [92.] 



1667. NORWOOD, R. An Extract Of a Letter, written from the Bermudas, giving 

 an account of the Course of the Tides there, of Wells both Salt and Sweet, 

 digg'd near the Sea ; of the Whale-fisMng there practised anew, and of such 

 Whales, as have Sperma Cetiin them. <^PMlos. Trans. Lond., no. 29 [1667]} pp. 

 565-567. [93.] 



1667. TERTRE, [J. B.] DU. Histoire | generale | des | Antilles | habit6es par les Fran- 



cois. | Tome ii. | Contenant 1 Histoire | natverelle, | Enrichy de Cartes & 

 de Figures. | Par le R. P. [Jean Baptiste] dv Tertre, de 1'Ordre FF. Pre- 

 scheurs, | de la Congregation de S. Louis, Missionnaire Apostolique | dans les 

 Antilles. | [Arms.] A Paris, | Chez Thomas lolly, au Palais, en le Salle des 

 Merciers | a la Palme, | & aux Armes d'Hollande. | | M. DC. LXVII. | 

 Avec Privilege. 4. [3 vols., 4 C . Vol. i, vol. ii, 1667 ; vol. iii, 1671.] 



Vol. ii, Traite iv. Des Poissons. Chap. i. Des Poissons do la mer, pp. 195-233. i. Des 

 Baleines, pp. 196-198. ii. Des Souffleurs, pp. 198, 199. iii. Du Lamantin ou Manaty, pp. 

 199-209, fig. (pLfac. p. 195). The remarks about the "Baleines" and "Souffleurs" are very 

 general and of little importance. The account of the Manatee is more detailed, treating of 

 its external characters, habits, products, and capture. The figure is like Laet's, which is a 

 copy from that of Clusius, q. v. 1.94.] 



1668. STAFFORD, R. Of a Letter, written to the Publisher from the Bermudas by Mr. 



EicJiard Stafford ; concerning the Tydes there, as also Whales, Sperma Ceti . . . 

 <PAiZos. Trans. Lond., iii, no. 40 [1668], pp. 792-795. [95.] 



1669. "MONTANUS, ARN. Gedenkwaerdi^e Gezantschappen der Oost-Indische maat- 



schappy, aen de Kaisaren van Japan. Vervaetende wonderlijke voorvallen op 

 de togt der Nederlandsche gezanten. Beschryving van dieren, gewasseii enz. 

 t' Amsterdam, by Jacob van Meurs, 1669. fol. Met gegrav. platen en kaarten." 



"Zie aldaar: Beschryving der walvisschen en der walvischvangst, bl. 448, 449. Japansche 

 visschers, haer manieren van visschen. Met afbeelding, bl. 55 en 279." 



Not seen ; title and comment from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 169, no. 2675. [96.] 



1670. BARTHOLINUS, THOMAS. De Sirene Danica. <^Epliem. Med.-phys. Germ. Acad. 



Nat. Curios., i, 1670, pp. 85-89; edit, secund., 1684, pp. 73-79. [97.] 



1670. "NIEUHOF, JOAN. Het Gezantschap der Ntterlandsche Oo&t-Indische Compa- 

 gnie,aen den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen Keizer van 

 China. Waerin de gedenkwaerdighste geschiedenissen. BeneiTens beschryving 

 der dieren, gewassen, enz. Verciert met over de 150 af beeltsels. t' Amsterdam, 

 by Jacob van Meurs, A. 1670. fol." 



" Zie aldaar, Visschen : De walvisch, haar gestalte en teelt; hoe zy gevangen worden, bl. 

 157o-160a. Vliegende visschen. Met afbeelding, bl. 203, 204." 



Not seen ; title and comment from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 170, no. 2682. [98.] 



1670. SCILLA AGOSTINO. La | Vana Specvlazione | disingannata | dalSenso. | Lettera 

 risponsiva | Circa i Corpi Marine", che Petrificati fi trouano | in varij loughi 

 terrestri. | Di Agostino Scilla Pittore | Accademico della Fvcina, | detto lo 

 Scolorito. j Dedicata | all' illvstrissimo Signore, | il Signer | D. Carlo Gregori | 

 Marchese di Poggio Gregorio, | cavaliero della Stella | | In Napoli, j 

 Appresso Andrea Colicchia. M. DC. LXX. | Con licenz a de' Superiori. 4. 

 11. 5, pp. 1-168, pll. i-xxviii-f-frontisp. 



At page 123 is a description of a fragment of a lower jaw containing three teeth ; the frag- 

 ment is figured, pi. xii, fig. 1. The teeth are recognizable as those of Squalodon. (Cf. VAN 

 BENEDEN, "Recherches sur les Squalodonts," in Mem. de VAcad. roy. de Belgique, vol. xxxv> 

 1865.) 



The work thus has the importance of containing the first unquestionable description and 

 figure of remains of Squalodonts. [99.] 



