198 MELVILL: BRITISH PIONEERS IN CONCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 



found on the Pembrokeshire coasts — in the third and fifth 

 volumes of the Linnean Transactions. 



The last year of the eighteenth century produced the new 

 edition of "The Natural History of Dorsetshire," by Mr. Hutch- 

 inson, to which Dr. Pulteney contributed "The History of the 

 Mollusca." 



Dr. Richard Pulteney (1730 — 1801), a distinguished bota- 

 nist and conchologist, was a physician by profession, resident at 

 Blandford, in Dorsetshire. One of his chief works was "The 

 General View of the Writings of Linnseus," published in 1782. 



Mr. E. Donovan also commenced the publication of his 

 "Natural History of British Shells" about the same time. This 

 was not completed till 1804, and is in five volumes, a first-class 

 work of its time, and a lasting monument to the fame of its 

 author. * 



In 1801 Mr, William Wood (1774 — 1858) commenced his 

 conchological labours by a paper, called "Observations on the 

 Hinges of British Bivalve Shells," figured by Mr. Henry Boys. 

 He was a publisher in the Strand, and in 1814 — -15 brought out 

 the first volume of a work, entitled "General Conchology," 

 which in time gave place to a work we shall more particularly 

 notice during the next epoch. 



In 1803 Colonel George Montagu (1751 — 1815) published 

 his "Testacea Britannica," and in the following year, 1804, 

 commenced his "Descriptions of Marine Animals (Mollusca, 

 Crustacea, and Vermes), discovered on the south coast of Devon- 

 shire. This work was not concluded till 1815. Turton dedicated 

 to him the genus Montacuta. Colonel Montagu was the most 

 distinguished British conchologist of the early years of this 

 century. He described a few genera, e.g., Lamellaria ; and 

 Cypma europcea owes its specific name to him. 



* For a full account of the authors of this and preceding period, consult 

 Dr. Maton and Revd. T. Rackett's "Historical Account of Testaceological 

 Writers." — "Trans. Linn. Soc.,"vol. vi., 1804. 



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