ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 481 



1792. DONNDORFF, J. A. Continued. 



p. 774; 1O. P. Microps, p. 778; 11. P. Tursio, p. 780; 12. Delphinus Phocaena, p. 781 ; 13. D. 

 Delphis, p. 784; 14. D. Orca, p. 786; 15. D. Leucas, p. 789. 



D. leucas, nom. sp. n. = Z>. albicans, Fabric. 



Sirenia. All the then known Sireniana are arranged with the Walrus in the genus Triche- 

 chug, forming the second species, T. Manatus, pp. 128-131. [424.] 



For fullness and care in citation of bibliography this work is comparable with Erxleben's 

 Syst. Reg. Anim. No diagnoses are given of the species, but there is noteworthy commen- 

 tary in foot-notes. 



1792. KERR, ROBERT. The | Animal Kingdom, | or | Zoological System, | of the 

 Celebrated | Sir Charles Linnseus ; | | Class I. | Mammalia : | containing | a 

 complete Systematic Description, Arrangement, and Nomencla- | ture, of all 

 the known Species and Varieties of the Mammalia, | or Animals which give 

 suck to their Young; | being a translation of that part of the | Systema Na- 

 turas, | as lately published, with great improvements, | By Professor Gmelin 

 of Goettingen. | j Together with | Numerous Additions from more recent 

 zoological writers, | and illustrated with Copperplates: | | By Robert Kerr, 

 F. R. & A. SS. E. | Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and of the Royal 

 Physical Society, | and Surgeon to the Orphan Hospital of Edinburgh. | | 

 London: | Printed for J. Murray, N. 32. Fleet-street; | and | R. Faulder, 

 N. 42. New Bond Street. | | 1792. 4. [Part I, Mammals.] pp. i-xii, 11. 14, 

 pp. 1-400. The | Animal Kingdom, | or | Zoological System, | of the cele- 

 brated j Sir Charles Linnams. | | Vol. I, Part II. [Or] The | Animal King- 

 dom. | | Class II. | Birds. 1. 1, pp. 401-644, pll. 3? 



This is a rare work in American libraries. The only copy I have handled (that in the 

 library of the Boston Society of ^Natural History) is obviously imperfect, lacking pp. 433-468, 

 and apparently several of the plates, and ending abruptly with Corvus brachyurus (p. 376 of 

 Gmelin's edition of the " Systema Naturae "), with a catch- word for the next page. The plates 

 are unnumbered, and there is no list of them in the work, nor, apparently, any reference to 

 them in the text, so that the exact number cannot be given from the copy of the work at hand. 

 The figures on the plates, however, have numerals referring to the current number of the 

 species in the text. The work is an important one in respect to nomenclature, since a num- 

 ber of systematic names originated here which have been currently attributed to Shaw and 

 Turton. Cf. Oldfield Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., vol. iv, 1879, pp. 396-397. 

 Also, J. A. Allen, Hist. North Amer. Pinnipeds, 1880, p. 434. 



It is noteworthy that a trinomial system of nomenclature was adopted by Kerr for the des- 

 ignation of varieties, as has recently been done by Schlegel, and still later by most American 

 ornithologists and mammalogists. 



[Order] vii. Cete, pp. 355-365, spp. 785-808, pi. facing p. 355, spp. nn. 785, 796, 802, 805. 



1. Monodon Monoceros, p. 355, fig.; 2. Balcena Mysticetus, p. 356; 2 a. B. Mysticetus groen- 

 landica, p. 356; 2/3. 1?. Mysticetus islandica (=Nordkapper, Egede, etc.), p. 357; 2y. B. Mysti- 

 cetus major, p. 357; 3. B. Physalis, p. 358; 4. B. Boops, p. 358; 5. B. gibbosa, p. 359; 5 a. B. 

 gibbosa gibbo unico, p. 359; 5/3. B. gibboso gibbis sex, p. 359; 6. B. Musculus, p. 359; 7. B. ros~ 

 trata, p. 360 ; 8. Physeter Catodon (= Beluga ca(odon), p. 360 ; 9. P. macrocephalus, p. 360, fig. ; 

 9 a. P. macrocephalus niger, p. 369; 9/3. P. macrocephalus albicans (=Beluga catodon), p. 361 ; 

 1O. P. microps, p. 361; 10 a. P. microps falcidentatus, p. 361; 1O /3. P. microps rectidenta- 

 tus, p. 362; 11. P. Tursio, p. 362; 12. Delphinus Phoccena, p. 362, fig.; 12 a. D. Phoccena 

 albus, p. 363; 12/3. D. Phoccena fuscus, p. 363; 13. Delphinus Delphis, p. 363, fig.; 14. D. 

 Orca, p. 364; 14a. D. Orca ensidorsatus, p. 364; 15. Delphinus leucas, p. 364=15 spp. + 11 

 varr. [425.] 



1792. WHEATLEY, JOHN. An Account of the Whales shot with the Harpoon-Gun, by 



the undermentioned Harpooners, in the Ship Queen Charlotte, of London, under 

 my command, in Davis's Straights this present year [1791]. <[ Trans. London 

 Soc. Encour. Arts, Man., and Com., x, 1792, pp. 238-241. 



In the same connection is a list of premiums paid for the capture of "Whales with the har- 

 poon-gun in the year 1791 (p. 238), and certificates of capture relating to the same (pp. 241- 

 245). L426.] 



1793. BELL, JOHX. Observations on throwing a Gun-Harpoon. <^ Trans. London Soc. 



Encour. Arts, Man., and Com., xi, 1793, pp. 185-192, pi. v. 



The " Observations " .are preceded by a letter from Mr. Bell to the society and followed by 

 "Description of the Plate of Mr. Bell's improved Gun and Harpoon." Fig. 1, the Gun fitted 

 for firing ; fig. 2, the form of the Harpoon. [427.J 



31 a B 



