^o.i.] COUES'S OENITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY ANATID^. 935 



1792. Thillaye, — . Description d'une singularity du Cygne [Cygnus sp. ]. <[ Journ. 



(VHlst. Nat., 1792, pp. 463-467. 

 Pas vue moi-mdme. 



1793. Fabricius, O. Om den pukkelnabbede Edderfugl, Anas [Somateria] spect- 



abilis, og Groulandernes Edderfuglefangst. <^ Skrifter Naturh. Selsk. Kj0- 

 lenli., Bd. ii, Heft ii, pp. 56-83, 1 pi. 

 ITot seen — title from Cams and Engelmann. 



1794. [Meyer, F. A. A.] Herrn Professor Thillayes Kackriclit einer seltenen Abart 



des Schwans. <^ Meyer's Zool. Annalen, i, 1794, pp. 304-308. 

 Auszug aus d. Journ. cVHist. Nat, 1793. 



1797. ViCQ d'Azyr, F. Observations stir les organes de la gen(5ration des Canards 

 [Anatidse]. < Bull. Sci. Soo. Philovi., i, (1), 1797, pp. 57', 58'. 

 Pas vues moi-meme : le titre tir6 de Carus et Engelmann. 



1800. M[iTCHiLLj, S. L. Domestication of tbe Wild-Goose (Anas [Bernicla] Cana- 

 densis). <^ Mitcliill and Miller's Medical Repository, iv. No. 2, 1800, pp. 198, 199. 



1802. [MiTCHiLL, S. L.] The white-back or canvas-back duck [Fuligula vallisneria]. 



< Mitcliill and Miller's Medical Repository, v, No. 3, 1802, pp. 342, 343. 

 One of tlie very earliest notices of this bird as a distinct species. It is not named. 



1802. Sewastianoff, [A.] Description d'une nouvelle esp^ce de Canard [Anas 



canagica] et d'une variety de I'huitrier, qui se trouvent dans le cabinet d'his- 

 toire naturelle de I'Academie Imperiale des Sciences. <^Nova Acta Acad. 

 Scient, Imp. Petrop. for 1800, xiii, 1802, jip. 346-351, pi. x. 



Descr. du canard, p. 349, pi. x: c'est une oye, VAnser canagicus, Ohloephaga c. Byton, Phi- 

 lacte c. Bann. L'auteur d6crit I'huitrier comme une vari6t6 de Hcematopus ostralegus, sansle 

 nommer : c'est devenu plus tard le Hcematopus niger Pall. 



1803. LORDAT, — , {aiiie). Memoire Sur la structure de I'articulation du genou dans la 



macreuse [CEdemia nigra], et sur la progression de cet oiseau. <^ Journ. de 

 Phys. CUm.Hisi.Nat., Ivii, 1803, pp. 32-35. 

 Lu h la Soc. M6d. de Montpellier, le 30 nivose an 11 (1803). 



1805. Barton, M. [Occurrence of the Canvas-back Duck (Fuligula vallisneria) on 



the Susquehanna. ] <^ Barton's Med. and Phys. Journ. , part 1, vol. ii, 1805, 

 pp. 161, 162. 



With a note by the editor, identifying it as " Anas ferina Linn." This notice is nine years 

 prior to the original description of the species as Anas vallisneria by Wilson, 1814, and the 

 bird is spoken of as if then well-known under its vernacular name. 



1806. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, fi. Description D'un mulet proveuant du canard 



morillon, anas [Clangula] glaucion, et de la sarcelle de la Caroline, anas 



querquedula [Querquedula carolinensis]. <[ Ann. du Mtis. d'Hist, Nat., vii, 



1806, pp. 222-226. 

 1806. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, fi. Mouveniens de la Menagerie. Notes sur le zebre 



et le canard a bee courbe. <^Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1806, pp. 245-248. 

 2" Du canard & bee courb6 (Anas curvirostra), p. 246. 

 1808. CuviER, Fred. Observations Sur I'accouplement d'un eigne chanteur m41e et 



d'une oie domestique femelle. Description du mulet qui en est provenu. 



< Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., xii, 1808, pp. 119-125. 



Avec des observations gen^rales sur I'accouplement des oiseaux de diff6rente esp6ce. 

 1823. Cooke, T. A | Letter | to | Mark Milbank, Esq. M. P. | of | Thorp Hall, and 

 Barningham, in the county of York, | with two plates, | descriptive of the 

 character | of | The Whistling Swan, | and of | the peculiar structure | of its 

 trachea. | [By Thomas Cooke.] | — | Amico minusculum levidense. | Cic. Ep. 

 Fam. L. ix. 12. | — | London : | printed for, and published by Rodwell and 

 Martin, Bond Street; | Wood, Strand; | Hailes, Piccadilly; | Tucker, Christ- 

 church ; and Bell, Eichmond ; | — | 1823. folio, cover-title, pp. 12, pU. 2. 



The cover-title is different : A | Description | of | the character | of | the Whistling Swan, | 

 and of I the peculiar structure | of its | Trachea. | — | 



The work is technically anonymous, but the author signs his name at the end. The platea 

 represent the exterior of the bird, and its windpipe. 



