498 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1812. C., F. [= CUVIER, FREDERIC]. Notice sur une espece de Dauphin observed dans 

 la mer glaci.ile; par M. Fre"minville, lieutenant de vaisseau. <^Nouv. Bull, 

 de Sci. par la Soc. Philom. de Paris, iii, 5 e annde, no. 56, mai 1812, p. 71. 



Extrait. [531.] 



1812. CUVIER, [G.]. Rapport fait a la classe des Sciences mathe"matiques et physi- 

 ques, sur divers Ce'tace's pris sur les c6tes de France, principaleraent sur ceux 

 qui sont e'choue's pros de Paimpol, le 7 Janvier 1812. <^Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. 

 mat., xix, 1812, pp. 1-16, pi. i. 



Kemarques g6n6rals snr les especes de la famille des Dauphins, qni sont divis6 de la 

 maniere suivante : 1. Les Delphinapteres (Lacep.); 11. Les Marso uins; III . Les Dauphins 

 proprement dits; IV. Les Hyperoodons. 



Delphinus griseus, Delphinus globiceps, Delphinus dubius, spp. nn., p. 14. 



PI. i, Delphinus griseus, D. globiceps (2 figg.), D. Aries ? [532.] 



1812. HOME, EVERARD. An Account of some Peculiarities in the Structure of the 

 Organ of Hearing in the Balaena Mysticetus of Linnaeus. <^Philos. Trans. Lond., 

 [cii], pt. 1, art. iii, 1812, pp. 83-89, pll. i, ii. 



Description of the membrana tympani, with figures of the external and internal parts of 

 the organ of hearing. [533.] 



1812. LA HoxTAN, Baron de. Travels in America, etc. <^Pinkerton's Coll. Voy. and 



Trav., xiii, 1812, pp. 254-273. 



Reprinted from the second English ed., London, 1735, 2 vols., 8. 



The Cetacean matter is at pp. 356, 357. See 1703. LA HONTAN. [534.] 



1813. HOME, EVERARD. On the Tusks of the Narwhale. <Philos. Trans. Lond., [ciii], 



pt. 1, art, xviii, 1813, pp. 126-130, pi. vii. 



Figures are given of the young skull of a male Narwhal, a female skull, milk tusks, lower 

 jaw, and section of a full-grown tusk. [535.] 



1813. SCORESBY, WILLIAM, Jr. Account of the Balaena Mysticetus, or Great Northern 



or Greenland Whale. (Illustrated by an Engraving.) <^Annals of Philos., i, 

 1813, pp. 51-55, pi. 1. 



Reprinted from the Mem. Wern. Soc., vol. i, p. 578 et seqq., q. v. [536.] 



1814. BLUMEXBACH, J. F. Handbuch | der | Naturgeschichte | von | Joh. Fried. Blu- 



menbach. | | Multa nunt eadem sed aliter. | Quintilian. | | Neunte Aus- 

 gabe. | j Gottingen, 1814. | Bei Heinrich Dieterich. 8. pp. i-xiv, 1-754, 

 11. 20, pll. i, ii. 



IX. Cetacea, pp. 134-137. 4 genera, 6 species. The eighth order, Palmata, includes Tri- 

 chechus, of which the Manatees form the second "species" (Tricliechus Manatus, p. 134), the 

 habitat being ( given as the rivers and sea coasts of the warmer parts of the earth. [537.] 



1814. LEWIS, M., and W. CLARKE. History | of | The Expedition | under the command 

 of | Captains Lewis and Clark, | to | the sources of the Missouri, | thence | 

 across the Rocky Mountains | and down the | River Columbia to the Pacific 

 Ocean. | Performed during the years 1804-5-6. | By order of the | Government 

 of the United States. | Prepared for the press | by Paul Allen, Esquire. | In 

 two Volumes. | Vol. I [II]. | Philadelphia: | Published by Bradford and Ins- 

 keep; and | Abm. H. Inskeep, Newyork. | J. Maxwell, Printer. | 1814. 2 vols. 

 8. Vol. i, pp. i-xxviii, 1-470, maps; vol. ii, pp. i-ix, 1-522, maps. 



"This is the editio princeps of the authentic narrative." Coues (Bull. U. S. Geol. and Oeog. 

 Surv. Terr., 2d set., no. C, Feb. 8, 1876, pp, 417-444) gives a detailed account of the different 

 editions and versions of this important work, with a commentary on its zoological matter. 



At pp. 105-111 are passing references to a stranded Whale met with near the mouth of tho 

 Columbia River, tho skeleton of which (p. Ill) was found to measure 105 feet in length. At 

 p. 1 196, same volume, is a short account of "the whale" and "the porpoise." I omit reference 

 to the numerous subsequent editions. [533.] 



1814. RAFINESQUE, C. S. Precis | des ddcouvertes et travaux | somiologiques | de 

 M r . C. S. Rafmesque Schmaltz. | eiitre 1^00 et 1814 | Ou choix raisonnd de sea 

 principales Decouvertes | en Zoologie et en Botanique, pour servir | d : intro- 

 duction a ses ouvrages | futurs | | De Linnd le g6nie il a choisi pour 



