454 BULLLTIX UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1756. "AxDEKSON, J.— Contimied. 



verblyf | op dat Eyland, | Door den Heer | Xiels Horrebow. 5 unpaged 11., 

 pp. 1-158." 



Not seen; title from Cones, Birds Col. Vail., 187S, p. 581. This is the later Dutch edition 

 referred to above at 1750. It is by the same tianslator, -with the addition of Horrebow's me- 

 moir, but is issued by a different publisher. See the references to the cetological matter 

 given from Bosgoed for the ed. of 1750. See, also, Hoekebow, M"., at 1769. [271.] 



1756. Brissox, M. J. Eegnum anlmale | in Classes IX distributnm, | sive | Synopsis 

 Methodica | sistens generalem Animalium | distributiouem in Classes IX, & 

 duarum primarum | Classinni, Quadru pedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, parti- | 

 cularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectioues, Genera & | Species, | Cum brevi 

 cujusque Speciei, | descriptione Citationibus Auctorum de iis tractautium, | 

 Nomiuibus eis ab ipsis & Natiouibus impositis, Nominibus- | que vulgaribus. | 

 A D. Brisson, Historite Naturalis Musei Eealmuriani | Demonstratore. | Cum 

 Figuris seneis. | — | [Vignette.] | Parisiis, | Ad Ripam Augustinorum. | Apud 

 CI. Joannem-Baptistam Bauche, Bibliopolam, ad | lusigne S'"^. Genovefte &. 

 S''. Joannis iu Deserto. | M. DCC. LVI. | — | Cum privilegio Regis & Approba- 

 tione. pp. i-vii, 1-382. 



[Or], 



Le Eegne Animal | divisi? en IX Classes, | on | M6thode | contenant la divi- 

 sion generale des | Animaux en IX Classes, &■ la division particuliere | des deux 

 premieres Clas.ses, sgavoir de celle des | Qnadrupedes & de celle des Cetacees, 

 en Ordres, | Sectiones, Genres & Esp^ces. | Aux quelles on a joint une | 

 courte description de chaque Esp6ce, avec les Citations | des Auteurs qui en 

 ont traits, Ips Noms qu'iis leurs ont | donues, ceux que leurs ont donnes les 

 differentes | Nations, & les noms vulgaires. | ParM. [Matlinriu Jacques] Bris- 

 son, Demonstrateur du Cabinet d'Histoire | Naturelle de M. de Reaumur. | 

 Avec Figures en taille douce. [Vignette.] A Paris, | Quay des Augustins. | 

 Chez CI. Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Libraire, a. I'lmago Sainte | Genevieve & S. 

 Jean daus le Desert. | M.DCC.LVI. ( — | Avec Privilege dti Eoi & Api»roba- 

 tion. 4°. 11.2, pp. i-vj, 1.1. pp. 1-382,1.1. Text in both Latin and Freucb. 



Genus Odobeni^Sirenia + 'Walruses, pp. 48-51. — Le Lamantin, Manatus (=genn. Manatus 

 et Halicore), pp. 49-51*. 



Classe ii. | Les Cetaeees. ] [ou] Classis ii. | Cetacea. [half-title, p. 341], pp. 341-382. 



The Cetacea are divided into four orders: 



Order I. Cetacea cdentiila, with 1 genus, Balcena, and 7 species, to wit: 1. Balcena mdgaris 

 Groenlandica, p. 347^ JS. mysticetus ; t$. Balama Ixlandica, p. 350=: J?, hiscayensis ; S. Balonna 

 KorceAnglia>,T). 351 =rT "Bunch or Hump-back--wbalo" of the English; 4. Batenabipinnis, sex 

 in dorso gibbis, p. 351 = jB. gibbosa, Erxlebcn or "Scrag Whale" of Dudley; Agaphelus gibbo- 

 sus, Cope; 5. Balfena tripinnis, ventri levi, p. 352; 6. Balsena tripinnis, ventre rugo.so, rostro 

 rotundo, p. SoZ^Physalus antiquorum ; 7. Baitena tripinnis, ventre rugoso, rostro acuto, 

 p. 355 = Balcenoptera rostrata. 



Order II. Cetacea dentata in maxilld inferiore tantum, -with 1 genus, Cetus, and 7 species. 

 1. Cetus, p. Z5Q ^ Physeter ')nacrocephalus ; '2. CetifS albicans, p. Z59^^ Beluga catodon ; 

 3. Cetus Novce Anglice, p. 360="Sperma Ceti Whale" of Dudley, hence Physeter macro- 

 cephalus ; 4. Cetus minor, j). 361^ Physeter macrucepliahis, jnx.; 5. Cetus tripinnis, dentibus 

 acutis, rectis, p. 3G2=: Physeter macrocephalus ; 6. Cetus tripinnis, dentibus acutis, arcuatus, 

 falciformis, p. B63=^Physeter macrocephalus ; 7. Cetus tripinnis, dentibus in planum desinen- 

 tibus, p. 304 = Physeter macrocephalus. 



Order III. Cetacea dentata in inaxilld superiore tentum, with 1 genus, Ceratodon, and 1 spe- 

 cies : Ceratodon^2Ionodon monoceros. 



Order IV. Cetacea dentata in utrdque maxilld, with 1 genus, Delphinus, and 5 species, to 

 ■wit: 1. Delphinus, p. '6%Q = Delphinus delphis ; '2. Phoccena. p. 31\^=Phoccena communis; 

 3. Delphinus pinna in dorso una Gladii recurvi semulA, dentibus acutis, rostro quasi trun- 

 cato, p. 372 — Physeter macrocephalus ; 4. Orca, p. 373 = Orca gladiator ; 5. Physeter, p. 374 

 = Physeter macrocephalus. 



Total, 4 genera, 20 species. Of the latter no less than 7 are based on different accounts of the 

 Sperm Whale, the author compiling indiscriminately from Sibbald, Artedi, Klein, etc. [272.] 



1756. LixxE, C. Caroli Linnsei | Arcbiatr. Reg. Med. et Bot. Profess. Upsal. | Sys- 

 tema | Naturte | sistens Regna tria Naturte | in | Classes et Ordines | Genera 



