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1756. "ANDERSON, J. Continued. 



verblyf | op dat Eyland, | Door den Heer | Niels Horrebow. 5 unpaged 11., 

 pp. 1-158." 



Not seen; title from Cooes, Birds Col. Vail., 1878, p. 581. This is the later Dutch edition 

 referred to above at 1750. It is by the same translator, with the addition of Hoixebow's me- 

 moir, but is issued by a different publisher. See the references to the cetological matter 

 given from Bosgoed for the ed. of 1750. See, also, HOUIIEBOW, N., at 1769. [271.] 



1756. BRISSOX, M. J. Kegnum animate | in Classes IX distributum, | sive | Synopsis 

 Methodica | sisteus generalem Aniuialiuni | distribution em in Classes IX, & 

 duarum priroarurn | Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, parti- | 

 cularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & | Species, | Cum brevi 

 cujusque Speciei, | descriptione Citationibus Auctorum de iis tractautium, | 

 Nomiuibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibus- | que vulgaribus. | 

 A D. Brisson, Historic Naturalis Musei Realmuriaiii | Demonstratore. | Cum 

 Figuris seneis. | -r- | [Vignette.] | Parisiis. | Ad Ripam Augustinorum. | Apud 

 Cl. Joannem-Baptistam Bauche, Bibli(polam, ad | Insigne S tiE . Genovefaj &, 

 S t! . Joannis in Deserto. | M. DCC. LVI. | | Cum privilegio Regis & Approba- 

 tione. pp. i-vii, 1-382. 



[Or], 



Le Regne Animal | divise* en IX Classes, | ou | Mdthode | contenant la divi- 

 sion generale des | Animaux en IX Classes, & la division particuliere | des deux 

 premieres Classes, scavoir de celle des | Quadrupedes & de celle des Cetace'es, 

 en Ordres, | Sectiones, Genres & Espe"ces. | Aux quelles on a joint une | 

 courte description de chaqne Esp6ce, avec les Citations | des Auteurs qui en 

 'ont traite", les Noms qu'ils leurs orit | donnes, ceux que leurs ont donnes les 

 differentes | Nations, & les noms vulgaires. | ParM. [Mathuriu Jacques] Bris- 

 son, D6monstrateur du Cabinet d'Histoire | Naturelle de M. de Reaumur. | 

 Avec Figures en taille douce. [Vignette.] A Paris, | Quay des Augustins. | 

 Chez Cl. Jean-Baptiste Bauclie, Libraire, a I'Image Sainte | Genevie"ve & S. 

 Jean dans le Desert. | M. DCC. LVI. | | Avec Privilege du Roi & Approba- 

 tion. 4. 11. 2, pp. i-vj, 1. 1. pp. 1-382, 1. 1. Text in both Latin and French. 



Genus Odobeni=Sirenia + Wall-uses, pp. 48-51. Le Lamantin, Jfanaws(=genn. Manatus 

 et Halicore), pp. 49-51. 



Classe ii. | Les Cetace'es. | [ou] Classis ii. | Cetacea. [half-title, p. 341], pp. 341-382. 



The Cetacea are divided into fouK orders: 



Order I. Cetacea edentula. with 1 genus, Balcena, and 7 species, to wit: 1. Balcena vulgaris 

 Groenlandica, p. 347 = 13. mysticetus ; ii. Balcena Ixlandica. p. 350 = JR. biscayensis; J*. Balcena 

 Novce Anglice, p. 351 " Bunch or Hump-back-wbnlc" of the English; 4. Balscna bipinnis, sex 

 in dorso gibbis, p. 351 = 1?. gibbosa, Erxleben or "Scrag Whale" of Dudley; Agaphelus gibbo- 

 sits, Cope; 5. Bala3na tripinnis, ventri levi, p. 352; 6. Balaena tripinnis, ventre rugoso, rostro 

 rotundo, p. 353=Physalus antiquorum , 7. Balajna tripinnis, ventre rugoso, rostro acuto, 

 p. 355=Balcenoptera rostrata. 



Order II. Cetacea dentata in maxilld inferiore tantiim, with 1 genus, Cetus, and 7 species. 

 1. Cetus, p. 358 = Physeter macrocephalus; '5. Cetns albicans, p. 3ZQ = Beluga catodon ; 

 3. Cetus Novce Anglice, p. 360="Sperma Ceti Whale" of Dudley, hence Phyiseter macro- 

 cephalus; 4. Cetus minor, p. 36l = Physeter macrocephalus, juv. ; 5. Cetus tripinnis, deutibus 

 acutis, rectis, p. 362 = Physeter macrocephalus ; 6. Cetus tripinnis, dentibus acutis, ai'cuatus, 

 falcifornus, p. 363 = PAi/se<<?r macrocephalus; 7. Cetus tripinnis, dentibus in planum desinen- 

 tibus, p. 3G4 = Physeter macrocephalus. 



Order III. Cetacea dentata in maxilld superiore tentum, with 1 genus, Ceratodon, and 1 spe- 

 cies: Ceratodon=3fonodon monoceros. 



Order IV. Cetacea dentata in utrdque maxilld, with 1 genus, Delphinus, and 5 species, to 

 wit: 1. Delphinus, p. 369 = Delphinux delphis ; 2. Phoccena, p. 31l = Phoccena communi* ; 

 3. Delphinus pinna in dorso un& Gladii recurvi semula, dentibus acutis, rostro quasi trun- 

 cato, p. 372 = Physeter macrocephalus; 4. Orca, p. 373 = Orco gladiator; 5. Physeter, p. 374 

 = Physeter macrocephalus. 



Total, 4 genera, 20 species. Of the latter no less than 7 are based on different accounts of tho 

 Sperm Whale, the aiithor compiling indiscriminately from Sibbald, Artedi, Klein, etc. [272.] 



1756. LINXE, C. Caroli Linnsei | Archiatr. Reg. Med. et Bot. Profess. Upsal. | Sys- 

 tema | Nature | sisteus Regna tria Naturae | in | Classes et Ordines j Genera 



