452 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1753-54. PONTOPPIDAN, E. Erich Pontoppidans, D. | Bischofs uber das Stift Bergen in 

 Norwegen und Mit- | glieds der Konigl. Dan. Societat der Wissenschaften | 

 Versuch | einer | naturlichen | Historie | von Norwegen, | Worinnen die Luft, 

 Grund und Boden, Gewas- | ser, Gewachse, Metalle, Mineralien, Steinarten, 

 Thiere, | V6gel, Fische und endlichdas Nature!, wie auch die | Gewohnheiteu 

 nnd Lebensarten der Einwohner | dieser Konigreichs beschrieben werden. | 

 Erster Theil. | Aus dem Danischen ubersetzt | von | Jobann Adolph Scheibeu, 

 | K. D. C. | | Mit Kupfern. | | Kopenhageu, | Bey Franz Christian 

 Murame, | 1753. Zweiter Theil, 1754. 8. Erster Theil, pp. 1-367, mit 16 

 Tafeln; Zweiter Theil, pp. 1-56, 1-536, mit 14 Tafeln. 



Wallfisch, Zweiter Theil, pp.,223-234. 



The species designated are: 1. Hvalfisk, pp. 223-232. This relates mainly to the Green- 

 land "Whale (Balcena mysticetiis), but also contains some reference to the Sperm "Whale ; the 

 figure (pi. facing p. 209) is that of Physeter macrocephalus. "2. Tuequal (the Plockfisch of the 

 Germans), p. 232. 3. Rorqval, p. 232. 4. Troldqual, p. 232. 5. Springhv'al, pp. 232, 284, pi. 

 facing p. 285. 6. Xebbe-HvaL p. 233, pi. facing p. 209, fig. orig. This last, named also Ba- 

 lcena rostrata, is evidently one of the Beaked "Whales, but the others are too briefly mentioned 

 to be identified. 7. Marsvin, p. 257. 8. XarhVnl, p. 359, pi. facing p. 247. 



For further comment see infra (1755), the English ed. [264.] 



1753-54. WAGENAAR, JAN. Vaderlandsche | Historie, | vervattende de | Geschiede- 

 nissen | der Vereenigde Nedcrlanden, | inzonderheid die van | Holland, | van 

 de vroegste tydenaf : | Uit de geloofwaardigste Schryvers en egte Gedenk- | 

 stukken samengesteld. | Met Konst plaaten en Karten opgehelderd. j . . . Te 

 Amsterdam, j By Isaak Tidrion. | 21 vols. 8. 1749-1759. 



Potwalvisch, by Kalwyk, gestrnnd, ix, 1753. pp. 37, 38. Begensels der Walvischvangst, 

 x, 1754, pp. 67 et seq. "Walvisschen voor Schevemngeii gestrand, x, p. 158. [265.] 



1754.. AN ON. ? "Seeeinhorn. -^Berlin, icochentl. llelat. der Merlcw. Sachen a. d. Natur- 

 reiche, 1754, p. 719." 



Xot seen; title from Donndorff, Zool. Beytr., i, 1792, p. 756. [266.] 



1754. CATESBY, M. The | Natural History | of | Carolina, Florida, and of the Bahama 

 Islands : | Containing the Figures of | Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects 

 and Plants: | Particularly the Forest- Trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not 

 hitherto described, | or very incorrectly figured by Authors. | Together with 

 their Descriptions in English and French. | To which are added, | Observa- 

 tions on the Air, Soil, and Waters: | With Kemarksupon | Agriculture, Grain, 

 Pulse, Roots, &c. | To the whole is prefixed a new and correct Map of the 

 Countries treated of. | By the Late Mark Catesby, F. R. S. | Revis'd by Mr. 

 [George] Edwards, of the Royal College of Physicians, London. | | Vol. I 

 [II]. [French version of the title follows.] London: | Printed for C. Marsh, 

 in Round Court in the Strand; T. Wilcox, over-against the new Church, in 

 the Strand; and B. Stichall in Clare-Court. | | MDCCLIV. 2 vols. fol. 

 pll. col. 



This is said to be identical with the original edition of 1731-33. Coues (op. cit.) gives a col- 

 lation of the 1771 ed. 



Page xxxii of the "Account of Carolina and the Bahama Islands" contains 2 lines about 

 "Whales " and 10 lines about "The Porpesse,'' neither of any importance. [267.] 



1754. DAUBENTON, L. J. M. Dauphin, delplrinus. <^Encycl., on Diet. rais. des Sci., des 



Arts et des Metiers, iv, 1754, p. 645. [268.] 



1755. ANON. ? "iTree and impartial remarks on the real importance of the Whalefish- 



ery. London, Cooper. 1755. 8." 



!Not seen; from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 251, no. 3600. [269.] 



1755. PONTOPPIDAN. The | Natural History | of | Norway: | containing | A particular 

 and accurate Account of the Temperature of the Air, the | different Soils, 

 Waters, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stones, Beasts, | Birds, and Fishes; 

 together with the Dispositions, Customs, and | Manner of Living of the In- 

 habitants : Interspersed with Physiological | Notes from eminent Writers, and 

 Transactions of Academies. I In Two Parts. I Translated from the Danish 



