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1819. ARNAULT, M. Sur les coquilles et des ossements fossiles, de"couverts et observes 

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Trois vertebres enormes; "elles furent evidemment celles de quelque cetac6e de la plus 

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1819. BALD, ROBERT. Notice respecting the discovery of the Skeleton of a Whale on 

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Particulars of the finding and exhumation of a skeleton "which is evidently that of a 

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1819. CO-RTESI, GIUSEPPE. Saggi Geologici | degli Stati di Parma e Piacenza | Dedi- 

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Articolo IV. Degli Scheletri di Balene e di altri Cetacei, pp. 45-67, pll. ii-iv. 



Description (p. 48) and figure (pi. ii, fig. 1, skull) of a fossil Dolphin, which later waa 

 named Delphinus Cortesii by Desmoulin, and a fossil "Whato (p. 61, pi. v, fig. 1, skeleton), 

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1819. DESMAREST, A. G. Rytine, Eytina, 111. <^Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. nat., xxix, 1819, 

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1819. "HELLWIG, JOH. CHR. LUDW. Tabellarische Uebersicht der Ordnungen, Fa- 

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Not seen: title from Carus and Engelmann. [578.]' 



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1819. "MATTHIESEN. Ein Steindruck [Balaenoptera rostrata]. Hamburg, 1819." 



Not seen; reference from Reichenbach, Walthiere, p. 22, note. [580.] 



1819. PSEUDON. Journal | of a | Voyage of Discovery, | to the | Arctic Regions, | 

 performed between the 4th of April and the 18th of | November, 1818, | in His 

 Majesty's Ship Alexander, | W[illia]m Edw[ard]. Parry, Esq., Lieut, and 

 Commander. | | By an officer of the Alexander. | | London: ^Printed for 

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Appendix, Uo. viii. A brief Sketch of the Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes, seen by those 

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"Fishes" (i.e., Ce.tacea and Pinnipedia!), p. 104. JSalcena mysticetus, Balcena Physalus, 

 Phoca, Monodon Monoceros. Brief remarks on each. At pp. 42-44 is given a rather detailed 

 account of the "female fish" (Balcena mysticetus) taken by a Hull whaler, giving account of 

 external characters, baleen, measurements, etc. [581.] 



1819. Ross, J. A | Voyage of Discovery, | made under the orders of the Admiralty, 

 | in | His Majesty's ships | Isabella and Alexander, | for the purpose of | ex- 

 ploring Baffin's Bay, | and inquiring into the probability of a | North-west 

 Passage, j j By John Ross, K. S. Captain Royal Navy, j | London: | | 



