420 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1667. "Merrett, C. — Continued. 



croft, Impensis Cave Pulleyn. | MDCLXVII. Vol. unic. 16mo. Tit. 1 f, Epist. 

 dedic, 5 f. Epist. adLect., 10 f. pp. 1-223+1." 



"Edit, altera. Ed. princeps 1666. Ed. nova 1704." 



ifot seen; title from Cones, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 361. The work is also cited 

 by Bosgoed, op. cit, p. 102, no. 1619. [92.] 



1667. Norwood, E. An Extract Of a Letter, written from the Bermudas, giving 

 an account of the Course of the Tides there, of Wells both Salt and Stveet, 

 digg'd near the Sea ; of the Whale-fisMng there practised anew, and of such 

 Wliales, as have Sjierma Ceti in them. <^PMlos. Trans. Lond., no. 29 [1667], pp. 

 565-567. [93.] 



1667. Tertre, [J. B. ] du. Histoire | generale | des | Antilles | habitues par les Fran- 



5ois. I Tome ii. | Contenant 1 Histoire | natverelle, | Enrichy de Cartes & 

 de Figures. | Par le E. P. [Jean Baptiste] dv Tertre, de I'Ordre FF, Pre- 

 Bcheurs, | de la Congregation de S. Louis, Missionnaire Apostolique | dans les 

 Antilles. | [Arms.] A Paris, | Chez Thomas lolly, au Palais, en le Salle des 

 Merciers | a la Palme, | & aux Armes d'Hollande. | — | M. DC. LXVII. | 

 Avec Privilege. 4°, [3 vols., 4^. Vol. i, vol. ii, 1667 ; vol. iii, 1671.] 



Vol. ii, Traite iv. Des Poissons. Chap. i. Des Poissons de la mer, pp. 195-233. — §i. Des 

 Baleines, pp. 19C-198. § ii. Des Sonffleurs, pp. 198, 199. § iii. Du Lamantin ou Manaty, pp. 

 199-209, fig. (pi. fac. p. 195). The remarks about the "Baleines" and "Sonffleurs" aro very 

 general and of little importance. The acconnt of the Manatee is more detailed, treating of 

 its external characters, habits, products, and capture. The figure is like Laet's, which is a, 

 copy from that of Clusius, q. v. [94.] 



1668. Stafford, E. Of a Letter, written to the Publisher from the Bermudas by Mr. 



liichard Stafford; concerning the Tydes there, as also Whales, Sperma Ceti . . . 

 <^Fhilos. Trans. Lond., iii, no. 40 [1668], pp. 792-795. [95.] 



1669. "MONTANUS, Arn. Gedenkwaerdi^e Gezantschappen der Oost-Indische maat- 



schappy, aen de Kaisaren van Japan. Vervaetende wonderlijke voorvallen op 

 de togt der Nederlandsche gezanten. Beschryving van dieren, gewassen enz. 

 t' Amsterdam, by Jacob van Meurs, 1669. fol. Met gegrav. platen en kaarteu." 



"Zic aldaar: Beschryving der -walvisschen en der walvischvangst, bl. 448, 449. Japansche 

 visschers, haer manieren van visschen. Met af beelding, bl. 55 en 279." 



Not seen ; title and comment from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 169, no. 2675. [96.] 



1670. Bartholinus, Thomas. De Sirene Danica. <^Ephem. Med.-pliys. Germ. Acad. 



Nat. Curios., i, 1670, pp. 85-89; edit, secund., 1684, pp. 73-79. [97.] 



1670. "NiEUHOF, Joan. Het Gezantschap der NSerlandsche Oost-Indische Compa- 

 gnie, aen den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen Keizer van 

 China. Waerin de gedenkwaerdighste geschiedenissen. Benefi'cns beschryving 

 der dieren, gewassen, enz. Vergiert met over de 150 afbeeltsels. t' Amsterdam, 

 by Jacob van Meurs, AP. 1670. fol." 



" Zie aldaar, Visschen : DeTvalvisch, haar gestalte en teelt; hoe zy gevangen worden, bl. 

 157a-160«. Vliegende visschen. Met af beelding, bl. 203, 204." 



Not seen ; title and comment from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 170, no. 2682. [98.] 



1670. ScillaAgostino. La | Vana Specvlazione | disingannata | dal Senso. | Lettera 

 risponsiva | Circa i Corpi Marin^, che Petrificati fi trouano | in varij loughi 

 terrestri. | Di Agostino Scilla Pittore | Accademico della Fvcina, | detto lo 

 Scolorito. I Dedicata [ all' illvstrissimo Signore, | ilSignor | D. Carlo Gregori | 

 Marchese di Poggio Gregorio, | cavaliero della Stella | — | In Napoli, | 

 Appresso Andrea Colicchia. M. DC. LXX. | Con licenz a de' Superiori. 4°. 

 11. 5, pp. 1-168, pll. i-xxviii+frontisp. 



At page 123 is a description of a fragment of a lo-wer jaw containing three teeth ; the frag- 

 ment is figured, pi. xii, fig. 1. The teeth are recognizable as those of Squalodon. (Cf. Van 

 Beneden, "Kecherches sur les Squalodonts, " in Mem. de V Acad. ray. de Belgique, vol. xxxv' 

 1865J 



The work thus has the importance of containing the first unquestionable description and 

 figure of remains of Squalodonts. [99.] 



