ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 533 



1831. M[ANTEL?], G. Some Account of a Grampus (Delphinus Orca) recently cap- 

 tured in Lynn Harbour [England]. <^Loudon J s Mag. Nat. Hist., iv, 1831, pp. 

 338-341, fig. 56. 



Description and figure of the specimen. [768.] 



1831? PALLAS, P. [S.]. Zoographia | Rosso- Asiatica, | sistens | omnium animalium \ 

 in extenso Imperio Rossico | et | adjacentibus maribus observatorum | recen- 

 sionem, domicilia, mores et descriptioues, | anatomen atque icones plurimo- 

 rum. | Auctore | Petro [Simones] Pallas, | Eq. Aur. Academico Petropoli- 

 tano. | | Volumen Primum. | | | Petropoli | in officina Caes. Acade- 

 miae Scientiarum impress. MDCCCXI. | Edit. MDCCCXXXI. 3 vols. 4, 

 with folio atlas. Vol. i, 11. 2, pp. i-xxii, 1-568, 11. 2. 



Imperil Rossici Animalia Lactantia, i, pp. 1-296. Ordo VII. Cetacea (=Sirenia + Cetacea), 

 pp. 271-296, pll. "xxx-xxii," spp. 142-151. 1. Manatus borealis, p. 272, pi. xxx; 2. Delphinus 

 Leucas, p. 273, pll. xxxi (auditus organum), xxxii; 3. Delphinus Delphis, p. 284; 4. Delphi- 

 mis Phocaena, p. 284; 5. .Delphinus Orca, p. 285; 6. Physeter macrocephalus, p. 287; 7. Ba- 

 laena Physalus, p. 289; 8. Balaena Boops ? p. 291; 9. Balaena Musculus, p. 293; 1O. Cera- 

 todon Monodon, p. 295. 



At p. 286 three species of Physeter are mentioned under Aleut names, and at p. 288 six 

 species of Balaena. These are cited by Chamisso (Nov. Act. Acad. Caen. Leop.-Carol. Nat. 

 Curios., xii, 1, 1824, pp. 249-260), who refers to volume and page of Pallas's -work, showing 

 that this portion of the work, at least, was accessible to Chamisso as early as 1824, although 

 not commonly recognized as "published" till 1831. On this point see Coues, Birds Col. Val- 

 ley, 1878, p. 615. [769.] 



1831. "SANDIFORT, G. Bijdragen tot de ontledkundige Kennis der Walvisschen. 

 <^Nieuwe VerJiandl. der eerste Klasse van het Xederl. Inst, 3 D., 1831, pp. 223- 

 270, pll. 5." 



This important memoir I have been unable to see. Title from Cams and Engelmann. [770.] 

 1831. SMITH, A. Beytrage zur Naturgeschichte von Sud Africa. <^ Isis von Oken, 1831, 

 pp. 1359-1362. 



Uebersetzung aits der Zoological Journal, iv, no. xvi, 1829, pp. 433 et seqq. 



Phocaena homeii, p. 1362. [771.] 



1831. SNELLING,W. J. The | Polar Regions | of the | Western Continent Explored; | 

 embracing a | Geographical Account | of j Iceland, Greenland, the Islands of 

 the Frozen Sea, | and the | Northern Parts of the American Continent, | in- 

 cluding | a particular description of the Countries, the Seas, In- | habitants, 

 and Animals of those Parts of the World ; | also, a minute account of the Whale 

 Fisheries, | and the dangers attending them ; | with remarkable adventures of 

 some of the Whale Fishers, | descriptions of Mount Hecla, and the other vol- 

 canoes of Iceland ; | [Vignette.] Together with the | Adventures, Discoveries, 

 Dangers, and Trials | of | Parry, Franklin, Lyon, and other Navigators, | in 

 those Regions; | | By W[illiam]. J. Snelling, | author of Tales of the North- 

 west. | | Illustrated by a map and engravings. | | Boston: | Printed for 

 W. W. Reed. | | 1831. 8. 11.2 (title-pages), pp.i-xii, 1-501. 



Chap. iii. Early History of the Whale Fishery. Of the Manner in which a Whale Ship is 

 manned. The Crow's Nest. Whale Boats. Implements used in the Whale Fishery. Whale 

 Killing. Danger of Striking, pp. 77-82. Chap. iv. Further Account of Whale Killing. 

 Length of Time required to kill a Whale. Character of the Whaleman. Anecdotes of the 

 Greenland Fishery, pp. 82-88. 



Appendix, pp. 485-501, being an account of the Mammals, with numerous cuts, forming 

 8 pll. (not all zoological), entitled "Illustrations for Polar Region," with references to the 

 descriptions of the species in the text. The Narwal, pp. 494, 495. There is a cut of a " Sperma- 

 ceti Whale." 



" The object of this work . . . is . . .to give the reader a condensed account of what is 

 known of the northern regions of the new world, from the latest and best authorities. To 

 this end the compiler has availed himself of the writings of Henderson, Crantz, Parry, Frank- 

 lin, Kichardson, Kotzebue, and others, and, in many instances, has used their own words." 

 Author's preface. [772.] 



1831. SPIX, JOH[ANN] BAPT[IST] VON, und CARL FRIEDR. PHIL. VON MARTIUS. 

 Reise | in | Brasilien | auf Befehl Sr.Majestat | Maximilian Joseph I. | Konigs 

 von Baiern | in den Jahren 1817 bis 1820 | geniacht | von | weiland Dr. Joh. 

 Bapt. von Spix, j . . . [= titles, 3 lines] | und | Dr. Carl Friedr. Phil, von 



