494 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1809. CUVIER, G. Continued. 



vious writers, including the absurdities of mermaids and mermen, the author closes Ins his- 

 torical resume by stating that the Sirenia form three distinct genera, the Lamantins (of which 

 he recognizes two species), the Dugong, and Stcller's Sea-Cow, and that these three genera 

 constitute a separate family, very different from the Seals, with which they had been previ- 

 ously placed, and a little nearer to the Cetascct than the Pachyderms are to the Carnivores. 

 Buffon's four species of"Lamantin N he reduces to two. Then follows an account, with figures, 

 of the osteology of the Brazilian Manatee ; a comparison of the skulls of the African and 

 American Manatees, and a resume of tko distinctive 1 / structural features of Srellcr's Sea-Cow, 

 whereby it is geuerically separated from the Dugong and Manatees. Cuvier's results agree 

 closely with the modern interpretation of the affinities and generic relations of these animals. 

 It was left, however, for Desmarest to bestow technical names upon the species here lirst 

 clearly distinguished, Cuvier throughout his memoir employing only the French vernacular 

 names. [496.] 



1809. CUVIER, G. Stir les Lamantins et les Os fossilos de ces animaux. <^Xouv. 

 Ball, des Sci. par la Soc. Philom., no. 24, Sept. 1809, pp. 395, 396. 

 Extrait d' Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. 'Nat., xiii, pp. 273-312. See last title. [497.] 



1809. DUDLEY, P. An Essay on the Natural History of Whales; with a particular 

 Account of the Ambergris found in the SpermaCeti Whale. <^ Philos. Trans., 

 abridged by Hutton, Shaw and Pearson, 1355-1800, vii (1724-1734), 1809, pp. 



78-84. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., xxxiii, no. 387, 1725, pp. 256-269, q. v. [498.] 



1809. EDITOR. The Editor's Account, with Observations, of Experiments on Am- 

 bergris, made by Mr. John Browne, F. R. S., and by Mr. Ambrose Godfrey 

 Hauckewitz, F. R. S. To which are subjoined Dr. Neuman's Vindicatory 

 Remarks. <P/n?os. Trans., abridged by Huttou, Shaw and Pearson, 1665- 

 1800, vii (1724-1734), 1609, pp. 668, 6o9. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., xxxviii.no. 435, 1735, p. 437. See 1735. KEUMAXN, C. [499.] 



1809. EDMONDSTON, A. A | View | of the | Ancient and Present State | of the | Zet- 

 land Islands; | including their | Civil, Political, and Natural History; | An- 

 tiquities; | and | An Account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce, | and 

 the state of Society and Manners. | By | Arthur Edmondston, M. D. | | In 

 two volumes. | | Vol. I [-II]. | J Edinburgh: | Printed by James Ballan- 

 tyne and Co. | For Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London; and | John 

 Ballantyue and Co. Edinburgh. | | 1809. 2 vols. 8. Vol. i, pp. i-xiv, 1- 

 364, with map; vol. ii, pp. i-vii, 1-345. 



The Zetlands not so favorable a point from which to carry on the "Whale Fishery as sup- 

 posed, vol. i, pp. 290-293. Of Whales and Wrecks. Section I, Of the Division of Whales, 

 vol. ii, pp. 154-174. Fishes [ Pisces + Cctacea]. vol. ii. pp. 29G-31G. 1. Balama Mysticetus, 

 2. Balczna Boops, 3. Balcena Musculus, 4. Physeter Catodon, 5. Physeter Micrnps, 6. 

 Physeter Tursio, p. 398; 7. Dclphinus Plwcccna, p. 399; S. Dclphinus Orea,- 9. Balcena ro8' 

 train, Poutoppidan [= " Dclphinus mclas, Traill"], p. 300; 10. Monodon Monoccros, pp. 301, 

 302. A Monodon monoceros "run on shore in Wecsdale voo in Zetland in September, 1808." 

 Yast multitudes of Ca'ing Whales .are noted as appearing regularly on the coast. The other 

 notes relating to Cetacea are of little importance. [500.] 



1809. FAWKENER, W. On the Production of Ambergris. A Communication from the 

 Committee of Council appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating 

 to Trade and Foreign Plantations; with a prefatory Letter from William 

 Fawkener, Esq., to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., P. R, S. <PM1os. Trans., 

 abridged by Hutton, Shaw and Pearson, 1665-1800, xvii (1791-179G), 1809, 

 pp. 6-8. 

 From Philos. Trans. Lond., Ixxxi, 1791, pp. 43-47, q. v. [501.] 



1809. HAMPE, J. H. A Description of the same Narhwal [as mentioned in Dr. Stei- 



gertahl's communication] <^Philos. Trans., abridged by Hutton, Shaw 



and Pearson, 1635-1800, viii (1735-1743), 1809, p. 161. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., xl, no. 447, 1738, pp. 149, 150, q. v. [502.] 



