CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 491 
Peck (William), Professor of Botany at the University of Harvard, 
died in : 
Author of a Memoir inserted in the fourth volume of the Agricultural Journal 
of Massachusetts, relative to aspecies of Rhynchenus, that attacks the Pine. 
Penn. Pennt.—Pennant (Thomas), a Welchman, born in 1726, 
died in 1798. <A laborious naturalist. The works we chiefly quote 
are his 
‘¢ Histoire of Quadrupeds,’’ 2 vols. 4to. 
‘ British Zoology,’’ 1 vol. folio. 
‘* British Zoology,’’ 4to. and 8yo. 4 vols. 
‘** Arctic Zoology,’’ 2 vols. 4to. 
‘* Indian Zoology,’’ 1 vol. 4to. 
Pernetry, a Benedictine, who accompanied Bougainville to the 
Faulkland Islands; he was afterwards librarian to Frederick II, of 
Prussia. } 
‘“‘ Voyage aux Iles Malouines,’’ 2 vols. Svo. Paris, 1770. It contains some 
valuable details on Natural History, and useful figures. 
Per.—Peron (Francois), born at Cerilly in 1775, died in 1810, a 
zealous traveller, prematurely snatched from the sciences, and one of 
those who have most contributed to enrich the Museum of Paris. 
He edited the first volume of the ‘‘ Voyage de découverte aux Terres Aus- 
trales en 1800—1804,’’ 1 vol. 4to. with an atlas. Paris, 1807. 
He was also the author of various Memoirs published in the Annales du 
Muséum. 
- Perrautt (Claude), a naturalist, architect of the Louvre and Ob- 
servatory of Paris, born 1613, died 1688. 
He published, from the dissections of Duverney, the ‘‘ Mémoires pour seryir a 
l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux,’’ which form the third volume of the Mém. 
de l’Acad. des Sciences, previous to 1669. 
Petac.—Peraena, (V.), of Naples. . 
‘Specimen Insectorum Ulterioris Calabriz,’’ 4to. with one plate. Franco- 
furti, 1787. 
‘Elements of Entomology,’’ 2 vols. 8vo. 
Peterss. or PEtrop. Mem., or ComMentT., or Nov. CommMent., or 
Acrt., or Nov. Act. 
Such are the various titles of the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of 
Sciences of St. Petersburg. 
The ‘‘ Commentarii,’’ 14 vols. 4to. from 1726, to 1746. 
The ‘* Novi Commentarii,’’ 20 vols. from 1749 to 1775. 
The ‘* Acta,’”’ 7 vols. from 1777 to 1782. 
The ‘“‘ Nova Acta,’’ 15 vols. from 1783 to 1802. 
The ‘‘ Memoirs,’’ from 1809. 
PHELsUM (Murck Van), a Dutch naturalist. 
Quoted for his ‘‘ Letter to C. Noseman on the Echini,”” 8vo. Rotterdam, 
1774. 
Puiur (Arthur), a German, and Governor of Botany Bay, in the 
English service. 
“The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay,’’ &c., with fifty-five co- 
loured plates, London, 1789. An anonymous work, the part relative to natural 
history by Latham. There is a French translation of it without plates, in 1 
vol. 8vo. Paris, 1791. 
Pues (C. J.), the celebrated English navigator, subsequently Lord 
Mulgrave; born 1746, died 1792. 
** Voyage to the North Polein 1773,”’ translated into French by Desmeuniers, 
I vol. 4to. Paris, 1775. 
Puanc.—Puancus (Janus), or J. Brancut, a physician of Rimini, 
born in 1693, died in 1775. 
