ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 449 



1747. STEIGERTAHL, [J. G.] Account of a Narhual or Unicorn Fish, by Dr. Steigertahl, 



F. R. S., dated at Hanover Apr. 20, O. S. 1736. Translated from the French 

 by T. S. M. D., &c. <P/utos. Trans., Abridged by Martyn, 1732-44, lx, pt.3, 

 1747, pp. 71, 72, pi. v, fig. 42. ' 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., no. 447, p. 147. See 1738. STEIGERTAHL. [242.] 



1748. BAECK, ABR. "De cornu Piscis piano singular! carinae navis impacto. <^Acta 



A cad. Caes. Nat. Cur., viii, 1748, pp. 199-217." 



Not seen; perhaps not Cetacean. Title from Carus and Engehnann. 1243.] 



1748. ELLIS, H. A | Voyage | to | Hudson's-Bay, | by the | Dobbs Galley and Cali- 

 fornia, | In the Years 1746 and 1747, | For Discovering a | North West Pas- 

 sage; | with | An accurate Survey of the Coast, and a short | Natural History 

 of the Country. | Together with | A fair Vievr of the Facts and Arguments 

 from | which the future finding of such a Passage is | rendered probable. | By 

 Henry Ellis, Gent. | Agent for the Proprietors of said Expedition. | To which 

 is prefixed, | An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made | for the 

 finding a Passage that Way to the East Indies. | Illustrated with proper Cuts, 

 and a new and correct Chart | of Hudson's-Bay, with the Countries adjacent. 

 | | London: | Printed for H. Whitridge, at the Royal Exchange. | 

 M.DCC.XLVIII. 1 vol. sm. 8. pp. i-xxviii, 1-335, map, and cuts. 



The plate facing p. 132 gives a figure of "The Great Harpoon for Whales, with its Barb, 

 Coil, & Bouy" used by the Eskimo. On the plate facing p. 134 are figures of "A Sea Uni- 

 corn" and "A Whale." In the text there are merely incidental allusions to these animals. 

 The figure of the Whale was doubtless intended for that of Balcsna mysticetus, but the head 

 is very short in proportion to the whole length of the animal. 



A German translation of Ellis appeared at Gottingen in 1750, and a French and a Dutch 

 translation at Leiden the same year, each in 8, q. v. [244.] 



1748. LINNE, C. Carol! Linnaji | Archiatr. Reg. Met. et Bot. Profess. Upsal. | Sys- 



tenia | Naturaj j sistens | Regna tria Naturae. | in | Classes et Ordines | Genera 

 et Species | redacta | Tabulisque a^uis illustrata. | [Monogram.] [Cum 

 privilegio S. R. M. PolonicsB ac Electoris Saxon. | | Secundum sextain 

 Stockholmiensem eineudatam & auctam | cditionem. | | Lipsiae, Impensis 

 Godofr. Kiesewetter. | 1748. 11. 3, pp. 1-224, 11. 15, pll. i-vii. 



Pisces plagiuri (= Sirenia+ Cete), p. 39. Genera Trichecus (1 sp.), Catodon (2 spp.), Mono- 

 don (1 sp.), Ealcena (3 spp.), Delphinus (3 spp.), Physeter (2 spp.). Reference only to Artedi 

 and Faun. Suec. 



PL iv, fig. 1, Plagiurus cum cauda horizontali = Delphinus ? [245.] 



1748-56. " MEYER, J. D. Angenehmer und niitzlicher Zeitvertreib mit Betrachtung 

 curioser Vorstellung allerhaud kriechcnder, fliegender und schwemmender, 

 auf dem Land und irn Wasser sich befmdender und niihrender Thiere. Sowohl 

 nach ihrer Gestalt und ausserlichen Beschaffenheit nach der Natur gezeich- 

 net, gemahlet und in Kupfer gestochen von J. D. Meyer. Niirnberg, 1748- 

 1756. 3 din. folio. Met 240 gekleurde platen." 



Not seen; title from 'Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 11, no. 120. [24(3.] 



1749. COXDAMINE, M. DE LA. Relation abregde d'un Voyage fait dans I'intdrieur de 



FAmerique m6ridionale, depuis la Cote de la Mer du Sud, jusques aux Cotes 

 du Bresil & de la Guiane, en descendant la riviere Amazones. <^Hist. de 

 VAcad. roy. des Sci. a Paris, ann. 1745 (1749), pp. 391-492, pi. ix. 



Lamentin ou Poisson-boeuf, pp. 464, 465. [247.] 



1749. GOMARA, F. L. DE. Francisco Lopez de Gomara, Historia de las Indias. <His- 

 toriadores | primitives | de las Indias occidentales, | que junto, traduxo en 

 parte, | y faco a luz, ilustrados con eruditas No- | tas, | y copiosos Indices, | 

 el ilustrissimo Seuor | D. Andres Gonzalez Barcia, | del Consejo, y camara de 

 S. M. | Divididos en tres Tornos. j Tomo 1[-III]. | [Design.] Madrid. Ano 

 MDCCXLIX. 3 vols. fol. 



Del Pez, que llaman en la Espauola Manati, vol. ii, cap. xxxi, p. 25. External characters 

 and habits, one half page. [243. ] 



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