242 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Yol. Y. 



1707-25. Sloank, H. — Continued. 



VoL I, 1707, 8 p. 11., pp. i-cliv, 1-264, pll. i-iv (i being a map), 1-15G. Vol. 

 II, 1725, 2 p. 11. (title and dedication), p}). i-xviii, 1-499, pll. v-xi, 157-274. 



There are some literal discrepancies in the titles of the two vols. : in the second the author 

 appears as "Sir Hans Sloane, Bar'.', and the last line is simply " Printed for the author. 

 1725. "—Yol. II, Book VI, Part H, pp. 293-325, " Of the Birds of Jamaica", pll. 254-272.— Chap. 

 I, Of Land Birds, 54 spp. Chap. II, Of Birds which TVade, or Precxuent "^^atery Places, 17 spp. 

 Chap. Ill, Of Water-Fowl, or such as are web-footed and Swim, 11 .spp.; in all, 82 spp. The 

 plates are "^ery coarse and poor; some of them are as ludicrous as anything in Gesner, for 

 example. The ornithology of this work has no intrinsic value, but derives some importance 

 from the fact that here are the original descriptions of various birds upon which Linntean 

 species rest wholly or in part. Sloane's pages and plates were constantly cited by wiiter.s of 

 the century, as Catesby, Edwards, Brlsson, Linnajus, etc., and are sometimes referred to stUl. 



1724. Labat, — . Xouvean Voyage aux lies de I'Am^riqiie. 1724. 



Not seen: said to contain natural history illustiations. [See Addenda, beyond.] 



1729. Wafer, L. A New | Voyage | and | Description | of the | Isthmns of 

 America. | Giving an Account of tlie | Author's Abode there, | The Form and 

 Make of the Country, the Coasts, | Hills, Eirers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, 

 &c. Trees, | Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. | The Indian Inhabitants, their 

 Features, Complexion, | &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, | Mar- 

 riages, Feasts, Hunting, Comiratation, | Language, &,c. | With Remarkable 

 Occurrences in the South-Sea and | elsewhere. | — | By Lionel Wafer. | — | 

 The Third Edition. | — | To which are added, | The Natural History of those 

 Parts, I By a Fellow of the Eoyal Society : | and | Davis's Expedition to the 

 Gold Mines, in 1702. | Illustrated with several Copper-Plates. | — | London, j 

 Printed for James and John Knapton, at the | Crown in St. Paul's Church- 

 Yard. M DCC XXIX. 



Contained in vol. Ill of the series called "A Collection of Voyages ", etc., 4 vols., London, 

 1729, being pp. 263-463 + 9, maps, plates. 



" The Birds, and Plying Insects", pp. 334-339, consists of an account of sundry species by 

 the author. 



"AnAdditionalAccountof several Beasts, Birds, Fishes, EeptUes, &c, . . . Communicated 

 by a Member oif the Eoyal Society ", Chap. II. Of 1 he Birds, pp. 402-410. A formal account of 

 no fewer than 118 spp., very curtly described under English names applied wholly atrandom. 



1749. Coxdamine, C. M. de la. Relation abr6g6e d'un Voyage fait dans I'int^rieur 



de l'Am6rique m^ridionale, depuis la C6te de la Mer du Sud, jusques aux Cdtes 

 du Br6sil & de la Guiane, en descendant la riviere des Amazones. <^Mem. de 

 VAcad. Boy. des ScL liour Vannee 1745, 1749, pp. 391-492, pll. viii, ix. 

 Notes sur les oiseaus, pp. 471-474. 



1750. HCGHES, G. The | Natural History | of | Barbados. | — | In Ten Books. 



I — I By the Reverend | Mr. Griffith Hughes, A. M. | Rector of St. Lucy's 

 Parish, in the said Island, and F. R. S. | — | [Vignette.] | — | London: 

 I Printed for the Author ; | And sold by most Booksellers in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. MDCCL. 1vol. Folio. 8 p. 11. (title, dedication, subscribers, etc.), 

 pp. i-viii (preface, errata), 1-314, -f- 11 11. (explanatory notes, index, addenda), 

 j)ll. 1-29, folded map, and head- and tail-pieces. 



Book III, pp. 69-79, Of Birds. A few species are very lightly treated, though it is stated 

 that "An Inspection into the Structure, Nature and Qiialities of every Species will convince 

 us, that every Individual is stamped with Marks of infinite "Wisdom". 



1756. Browne, Patrick. The | Civil and Natur^il | History | of | Jamaica. | In Three 

 Parts. I Containing, | I. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation 

 and Soil ; | with a brief Account of its former and ijresent State, Government, | 

 Revenues, Produce, and Trade. | II. A History of the natiu-al Productions, 

 including the various Sorts | of native Fossils ; perfect and imperfect Vege- 

 tables ; Quadrupedes, | Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects ; with their Prop- 

 erties and Uses | in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic. | III. An Account of the 

 Nature of Climates in General, and their | different Effects upon the human 

 Body ; witli a Detail of the | Diseases arising from this Source, particularly 

 within the Troijics. | In Three Dissertations. | The Whole illustrated with 



