Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 453 



1755. PONTOPPIDAN — Continued. 



Original of the | Eight ReV*. Erich Pontop])i(Lin, | Bishop of Bergen in Nor- 

 ^Yay, and Member of the Royal Academy | of Sciences of Copenhagen. | Illus- 

 trated with Copper Plates, and a General Map of Norway. | — | [Vignette.] 



— I Loudou: I Printed for A. Linde, Bookseller to Her Royall Highness tho 

 PrincessDowagerof Wales, in Catherine-Street in the Strand. | — | MDCCLV. 

 fol. Pt. i, pp. i-xxiv, 1-20(5; pt. ii, pp. i-viii, 1-292, 11. G, map, pU. 18, mostly 

 unnumbered. 



Part ii, pp. 118-151, Cetacea, passim. 1. Hval-fisl^:, or Qual, the Whale, pp. 118-123 = 

 JBalcena mysticetus, principally, but in tho account of this species several others .ire inci- 

 dentally mentioned; 2. Herring-"WhaIe, pp. 120, 145, dnuhtless some kind of Finuer Whale; 

 3. Tuequal, or Bunch-back'd Whale, p. 123 = ? Mejaptera longimana; 4. S])ring-hval, or 

 Springeren, p. 122 — Jialcenoptera rostrata (cf. Fahrioius, Faun. Groenl., p. 40); 5. Balcena 

 rostrata, or Xebbe-hval, the Beaked Whale, p. Vl'i = IIyperoodon rostrata,; 6. Doglingen, p. 

 124=? Glohioccphalus melas ; 7. Marsvin, or Porpesse, which is here called Nice, and also 

 Tiimler, tho Tvimbler, p. 136 T^Phoccena communis, at least in part; S. Narhval, Unicornu 

 Marinum, the Unicorn Fish, p. 137, pi. marked "no. 4," but apparently no. 22 of the list at tho 

 end of tho volume = Monodoft monoccros ; 9. Spek-hugger, or Yahu, pp. 122, 100, figured on 

 pi. "no. 5"(=no. 21 of the list at tho end of tho volume), described as "in shape much like a 

 Porpesse, and about four feet long,'" with a sharp snout and "very keen teeth," and "long 

 projecting jaws," and is said to prey upon the Whales, but the account as a whole cannot be 

 referred to any known species. It is impossible to say whether it be really a Cefticean. 



Plates described as "20, 21, 22, Of Fishes, page 103" in the directions to the binder on the 

 reverse of p. 291 of pt. ii, embrace, among numerous other figures not Cetacean, 1 . The Whale 



— Physeter macrocephalus, 2. "The Goosebilled Whale," a caricature of probably some species 

 of Hyperoodon, .3. A Whale with two speta buggers, apparently a Delphinoid, attacked by 

 two of the " Spek -buggers" described at p. 150. There is no reference to these figures in tho 

 text, and the names of none of them exactly correspond with those of the species there 

 described. 4. The Xarwbal— an odd cai icature copied from an earlier author. Koue of the 

 figures are in fact original. 



Poutoppidan's account of the Whale tribe is largely derived from preceding .luthors, the rest 

 being based mainly on accounts received from fishermen. The author frankly .states that he 

 never saw a Whale except once, and then only tho back of one as it came to the surface of the 

 water to breathe. It is of interest chiefly as a record of the myths then prevalent respecting 

 these creatures. His notices of them are interspersed among those of the Viviparous Fishes. 

 One specific name still current (Balcena kostkata) for a species of Hyperoodon dates from 

 Pontoppidan. [270.1 



1756. "Anderson, J. Beschryviug | van | Y-sland, j Groenland | en de Straat Davis. 



I Bevattende zo wel ene bestipte bepaling van de ligging en | grotc van die 

 Eilandeu, als een volledige ontvouwing van huuue | Inwendige gesteltenis, 

 vuurbrakende Bergen, heete en war- | me Bronnen enz. een omstandig Bericht 

 van de Vruchten | en Kruiden des Lands; van de wilde en tarame Landdie- | 

 ren, Vogelen en Visschen, de Visvaugst der Yslanders | en hunne onderscheide 

 behaudeling, toebereiding en | drogen der Visschen, voorts het getal der In- 

 woon- I ders, hunnen, Aart, Levenswyze en Bezigheden, | Woningen, | Kle- 

 diugen, Handteering, Arbeid, | Veehoedery, | Koophandel, Maten en Ge- | , 

 wichten, Hnwelyks Plechtigheden, Opvoe- | ding hunner Kinderen, Gods- 

 dienst, Ker- | ken en Kerkenbestuur, Burgerlyke Eege- | ring, Wetten, Straf- 

 oeffeningen en wat | wyders tot de Keunis van een Laud | vereischt word. | 

 Door den Heer | .Johan Anderson, | Doctor der P.eide Rechtcn, en in Leven 

 eerste Bnrgermeester | der vrye Kcizerlyka Eyksstad Hamburg. | Verrykt met 

 Platen en een uieuwe naauwkourigc Landkaart der | ontdekkinge, waar van 

 in dit Werk gesprokeu word. | Hit het Hoogdnits vertaalt. | Door | J. D. J. | 

 V^'"aar by gevoegt zyn de Verbeteringen | Door den Heer Niels Horrebow, | 

 Opgemaakt in zyn tweejarig verblyf op Ysland. | [Designs.] | Te Amsterdam, 



I By Jan van Dalen, Boekvcrkoper op de Colveniersburgwal | by de Staal- 

 straat. 1756. 1 vol. sm. 4". Full-page vignette, title, both backed blank, 

 7more unpaged 11. (' Voorbericht'), map, pp. l-2er)+3 11. ('Bladwyzer'); with 

 5 pll. at pp. 34 (birds), 149 (birds), 172, 169, 216. To which is appended: Verbe- 

 teringen I Wegens do | Beschryviug | Van het Groot Eyland | Ysland, | Bc- 

 schreven | Door den Heer | Johan Anderson. | Opgemaakt in een tweejarig 



