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1764. Also various Memoirs published among those of the Society of Sciences, 
and of the Society of Natural History of Copenhagen. 
Bucuan.—Bucnanan (Dr Francis Hamilton), a Scotch physician 
at Bengal, died 1829. 
Author of certain Memoirs in the Transactions of the Linnean Society, and of 
a Journey from Madras through the Mysore, Canary, &c., which contain several 
valuable observations. We are particularly indebted to him for 
‘©A Natural History of the Fishes of the Ganges,” 1 vol. 4to, with a great num- 
ber of excellent plates. Edinburgh, 1822. 
Bucxianp (William), professor of Geology at Oxford, author of 
the 
“ Reliquiz Diluvianz, 4to, London, 1825, and of numerous Memoirs on fossils. 
Burr.—Bvurron (Georges-Louis-Leclerc, Comte de), Intendant 
of the Jardin du Roi, and Treasurer of the Académie des Sciences, 
born 1707, died 1788. 
‘‘ Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la Description du Cabinet 
du Roi.’ I always quote the Paris edition of 1749-—1789, in 36 vols 4to, of which 
three are general, twelve relate to Quadrupeds, seven are supplements to his gene- 
ral observations and to the Quadrupeds, nine treat of Birds, and five of Minerals. 
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Bur. Eni. or Entum. See PLancyes ENLuMINEEs. 
Bu.tiet. pDEs Sc. 
* Bulletin des Sciences pour la Societé Philomatique,” a journal which has 
appeared monthly since 1791, which contains a multitude of abridged and valuable 
observations relative to Natural History. 
BurcuE.., an English traveller. 
‘¢ Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa.” 
Carena (Giacinto), professor at Turin. 
“ Monograph of the Genus Hirudo,” vol. XXV of the Memoirs of the Academy 
of Turin, 4to, 1820. 
Carmicu.—CarmicuaEL, an English officer. 
I quote his Memoir on the Fishes of Tristan d’Acunha. Lin. Trans., XII. 
Carus (Charles-Gustavus), Professor at Dresden. 
Author of several works on Comparative Anatomy. I quote his Memoir on the 
circulation in the Larvz of the Neuroptera, printed in German, 4(o. Leipsic, 1827. 
Car. Caress.—Caressy (Mark), a traveller in North America, 
born 1680, died 1749. 
“‘ The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands,” 2 vols folio, 
with an Appendix and two hundred and twenty coloured plates. London, 1781, 
1743. 
