Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 473 



1782. St. John [de CRfevEccEUR], J. Hector — Continued. 



A "New Edition, witli an Accurate Index, " appeared in 1783, textually the same as the 

 present. There are also later editions in English (that of 1793 is given infra), and in French, 

 the author himself translating and publishing his "Letters" in that language in 1784 (q. v. ; 

 see, also, under 1787). Also cf. Kich, Bibliotheca Americana Nova, p. 302. [372.] 



1782-84. "Bock, Friedr. Sam. Versuch einer wirtscliaftl. Naturgescli. von Ost- u. 

 West-preussen. 5 Bde. Mit Kpfrn. gr. 8°. Dessau, 1782-84." 



Not seen; title from Carus and Engelmann. Cited by Donndorff, Zool. Beyir., i, 1792, p. 

 782. [373.] 



1783. ''Hermann, Joa. Tabula affinitatum animalium, per totum animalo reguum 



in tribus foliis exposita, olim acadomico specimiue edita, nunc uberiore com- 

 mentario illustrata, cum annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium 

 augendam fascientibus. 4"^. Argentorati, 1783." 



Not seen; title from Carus and Engolmann. Cited by Donndorff and others. [374.] 



1783. [London Society FOR, etc.] [Gun Harpoons.] <iTrans. London Soc. for En- 

 cour. Arts, Man., and Com , i, 1783, pp. 42, 215. 



"Whale-Fishery," p. 42 (announcement of the successful introduction of the gun har- 

 poon). "Gun for throwing Harpoons," p. 215 (prize offered for improvement in its constmc- 

 tion). "Harpoon to be thrown by a Gun," p. 215 (prize offered for improvements in its con- 

 struction). These offers, as also a prize for the capture of "Whales by use of the harpoon 

 guE, were annually renewed by the society for many years. See the society's Trans., 1784 

 etseq. [375.] 



1783. SCHWEMAWER, F. X. An Account of Ambergrise. . . . <^Philos. Trans. Loud., 



Ixxiii, pt. 1, art. xv, 1783, pp. 226-241. 



A detailed account of nature, mode of occurrence, and use of ambergris and sperma- 

 ceti. [376.] 



1784. Boddaert, P. P. Boddaerfc med. doct. | . . . . [=titles, 7 Knes] | Elenchus 



Animalium. | Volumen I. | Sistens Quadrupedia hue usque nota, | eorumque 

 varietates. | Ad ductum Natures, quantum fieri potuit disposita. | — | .... 

 [= motto, 6 lines]. | — | Roterodami, | Apud C. R. Hake. | MDCCLXXXIV. 

 8°. pp. i-xxxviii, 1-174. 



The Cetacea are not included. The Sirenia are: I. Rosmarus Indicus, p. 169=r Indian 

 "Walrus, Pennant and Dugon, Buffon; tj. Manati Trichechus, p. 173=:The Bioad-tailcd 

 Manati, Pennant; 3. Manatus Balcenurus, p. 173^"Whale-tailed Manati, Pennant, there- 

 {oTe=Rhytina horealis. [377.] 



1784. Chemnitz, T. H. Auszug aus einem Sclireiben des Herrn Garnisonpredigcr 

 Chemnitz zu Coppenhagen, an den Herrn O. C. R. Silberschlag, vom 29sten 

 July, 1783. 5 Taf. Fig. 4 bis 7. <^Schrifteii der Berlinisclien Gesellschaft na- 

 turforscher Freimde, v, 1784, pp. 463-469. 



Account of the capture of a "Nordkaper" "etwa zwischen Neufundland und Issland," 

 from the head of which were obtained examples of the Balanus polythalamins compressus, 

 the same being here described and figured, etc. [378.] 



1784. FooRD, Humphrey. A short Account of the Invention of the Gun Harpoon, 

 •which has been introduced into the Greenland Fishery, by means of the Re- 

 wards bestowed by the Society; the utility of which will be manifested, by 

 the Facts related in the following Letters. < Trans. London Soc. Encour. Arts, 

 Man., and Com., ii, 1784, pp. 191-222, pi. 



Account of "an Harpoon to be fired from a Swivel Gun," invented by Abraham Staghold, 

 in 1771, with a plate giving figures of the harpoon and gun, pp. 191-390. Six letters from 

 Captain Humphrey Foord, giving accounts of the capture of "Whales by the Gun Harpoon, 

 and claiming premiums therefor, pp. 197-222. The account gives also the "length of bone" 

 and yield of oil of several of the "Whales thus taken. [379.] 



1784. "Leske, Nathan. Gtfr. Anfangsgriinde der Naturgesch. 1 Th. Allgera. 

 Natur- w. Thiergeschichte, mit 12 Kpfr. 2 Aull. gr. 8^^. Leipzig, 1784." 



Not seen ; title from Carus and Engelmann. Cited by Donndorff. TMie first edition is said 

 to have .ippeared in 1779. [380.] 



1784 {circa). Lichtexberg, Geo. Chph. Potfisch. <^Mag.fur Xeiiste aus dcr Fhys. u. 

 Naturg., ii, (1784?), p. 204. 



Not seen; title and reference based on Donndorff, Zool. Beytr., i, 1792, p. 777. [3«1 ] 



