472 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 
Forsk.—Forsxk Aux, (Peter) a Swedish naturalist, born 1734, a pu- 
pil of Linnzeus, and the companion of Niebuhr in his travels to the 
East, died during the journey in 1763. 
‘* Descriptiones Animalium,’’ &c., que in Itinere Orientali observavit,’’ 4to. 
Copenhagen, 1775. 
‘*Tcones Rerum Naturaliuam quas in Itinere Orientali depingi curavit,’’ 4to, 
Copenhagen, 1776. 
Posthumous works, and extremely precious on account of the new species de- 
seribed in them, although the nomenclature is incorrect. 
Fortis (J. B. or Alberto) an Italian naturalist, born at Venice 
1740, died a bookseller at Bologna, 1803. I quote his 
‘‘ Memoires pour servir 4 1|’Histoire Naturelle et principalement 4 l’Oricto- 
graphie de l’Italie,’? 2 vols. Svo. Paris, 1802. 
Forst.—Forsrer (John Reinhold), born at Dirchaw in Polish 
Prussia 1729, naturalist in the English service for the second voyage 
of Cook, and subsequently Professor at Halle. He died in 1798. 
“Zoologiz Indice Rarioris Spicilegium,” 4to. London, 1790. 
‘¢ Enchiridion Historie Naturali inserviens,’’ 8vo. Halle, 1788. 
I also quote him for the articles inserted by Bloch in bis posthumous System 
of Fishes. 
Fourcroy (Antoine Francois de), the celebrated Professor of 
Chemistry, Counsellor of State, and member of the Academie des 
Sciences; born 1755, died 1809. The only work we have had occa- 
sion to quote is his 
‘¢ Entomologia Parisiensis,’’ 2 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1785, a small work of his 
youth, and a mere abridgment of that of Geoffroy. 
Frep. Cuv. See Cuv. 
Freminv.—Freminvitte (Baron de), an officer of the French 
navy; an able naturalist. 
Author of various articles in the Dictionnaire Classique d’ Histoire Naturelle. 
Fries (B. F.) 
“* Monographia Tanyporum Suecie.” Lundiz, 1823. 
Fr.—Friscua (J. L.) Rector of the Gymnasium of Berlin, born 
1666, died 1743. 
‘©A Representation of certain German and Foreign Birds” (in German), 
2 vols. folio, Berlin, 1739—1763, containing two hundred and fifty-five ex- 
tremely exact but not fine plates. 
‘Beschreibung von Insecten in Teuschland,” or a Description of the Insects 
in Germany, 1 vol. 4to. Berlin, 1730. 
Froe,.—Froeucu (J. A), a German naturalist and physician of 
Elwangen. 
Author of two Memoirs on the Intestinal Worms in the Naturferscher. 
G#£RrT.—G#rTNerR (Joseph), a celebrated botanist of Wirtemberg, 
born 1732, died 1791. 
Author of the Carpologia, and also Zoological Observations inserted in the 
Philosophical Transactions, and in the Miscellanea Zoologica of Pallas. 
GatLuarvor, a physician at Luneville, and an able naturalist. 
Author of Memoirs on Fossils published in the Annales des Sciences Natu- 
relles, &c. 
Garven (Alexander), a Scotchman, physician at Charleston, South 
Carolina, born 1730, died 1771. 
He transmitted various observations to Linnzus. 
Gaza (Theodore de), a Greek who sought an asylum in Italy in the 
