562 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1840. SWEETING, R. H. On a Species of Balssnoptera stranded on Charmouth Beach. 

 <Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vi, Sept., 1841, p. 72. 



Correcting errors in former communications (see Charles. Mag. Nat. Hist., iv, 1840, pp. 

 341-343) on the same specimen, and stating his conviction "that it is nothing more nor less" 

 than the Rorqual, Halcenoptera boops. [1008.] 



1840. THOMPSON, WILLIAM. Note on the Occurrence at various times of the Bottle- 

 nosed Whale (Hyperoodon Butzlcopf, Lacep.) on the coast of Ireland; and on 

 its nearly simultaneous appearance on different parts of the British coast in 

 the autumn of 1839. <Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, iv, Feb., 1840, pp. 375-381. 

 Account of the capture of seven individuals at different times and places, with notice of 

 habits, dimensions, etc. [1009.] 



1840. THOMPSON, WILLIAM. Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. <^Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., v, March and June, 1840, pp. 6-14, 245-257. 



Notice of the occasional stranding of herds of Delphinus melas, Traill, p. 6. [1010.] 



1840. VROLIK, W. Anatomische Bemerkungen uber den nordischen Fmnfisch (Ba- 

 Icenoptera rostrata), welcher im Sept. 1835. zu Wyk aan Zee gestrandet ist. 

 <Ists von Oken, 1840, pp. 370-372. 



Auszug aus Tijdschrift for natuurlijke Geschiedenias, nitgegeven door van der Hoeven en 

 de Briese, iv, 1837. 3 [1011.] 



1840. WILDE, . Wie das Junge der Cetaceen, wahrend es an den Zitzen hangt, 



athmen k6nne ? <Froriep'a Neue Notizen, xv, No. 316, Juli 1840, pp. 121, 122. 



Beantworten der Frage. [1012.] 



1840. YARRELL, W. See 1840. SWEETING, R. H., title no. 1007. 



1840-45. OWEN, RICHARD. Odontographpy ; | or, a | Treatise | on the | Comparative 

 Anatomy of the Teeth; | their physiological Relations, Mode of Development, | 

 and | Microscopic Structure, in the | Vertebrated Animals. | By Richard Owen, 

 F. R. S. | . . . Otitles, 2 lines.] | Volume I. | | Texte. | [Volume II | | 

 Atlas | containing one hundred and sixty-eight Plates. ] | | London : | Hip- 

 polyte Bailliere, Publisher, | Foreign Bookseller to the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons. | 219, Regent Street. | Paris: J. B. Bailliere Libraire de I'Acade'mie de 

 Me*decine. | Leipzig : T. O. Weigel, | 1840-1845. Roy. 8. pp. i-xx, 1. 1, pp. 

 i-lxxiv, 1-655. Atlas, Roy. 8. pp. 1-37, pll. 1-150, -f Ibis, 2bis, 62bis, 62ter, 

 63bis, 63ter, 64bis, 64ter, 65bis, 65ter, 70bis, 73bis, 75bis, 87bis, 89bis, 113bis, 

 119bis, 122bis = 168. 



Teeth of Cetacea, pp. 345-372, pll. Ixxxvii, Ixxxvii A., Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, Ixxxix A.,xci-xcvii 

 (includes Sirenia). PL Ixxxvii, Narwhal, skull, two examples, male and female, from below, 

 after Home. PI. Ixxxvii A., Balcenoptera boops ("Balcena" on plate), fig. 1, alveolar groove 

 of foetal specimen, figg. 2-C, teeth, nat. size, from Eschricht ; fig. 7, Platanista, lower jaw, 

 and two detached teeth, the latter nat. size. PI. Ixxxviii, fig. Hyperoodon, beak from below, 

 fig. orig. ; fig. 2, Delphinus delphis, part of lower jaw, fig. orig. PI. Ixxxix, Cachalot (Physeter 

 macrocephalus), lower jaw and teeth, figg. orig. PL Ixxxix, ibid., mag. sections of tooth, fig. 

 orig. PL xci, Zeuglodon cetoides, mag. sections of tooth, figg. orig. 



Sirenians, pp. 364-372, pll. xcii-xcvii ; Halicore, pp. 364-371 ; Manatus, p. 371 ; Halitherium, 

 p. 372. PL xcii, Dugong ("Halicore indicus") , lower jaw, fig. orig. PL xciii, ibid., fig. 1, upper 

 jaw; fig. 2, part of lower jaw; figg. 3-6, teeth; figg. from Home. PL xciv, ibid., transverse 

 section of molar, fig. orig. PL xcv, ibid., section of tusk, fig. orig. PL xcvi, figg. 1-3, Ma- 

 natus americanus, teeth. PL xcvii, Halitherium brocchii, fragment of upper jaw, part of 

 lower jaw, and detached teeth. [1013. | 



