Allen's bibliogeapiiy of cetacea and sirenia. 485 



1797. ''BORKIIAUSEN, MOR. Baltii. Deutsclic Fanna, odor kurzgcfasste Naturge- 

 scliichto dcr Thiere Doutscblaads. 1 Thl. Siiugetliierc uud Vogel. 8^. 

 Frankfurt a. M. 1797." 



Not seen; title from Carus and Engolmann. 1447.] 



1797. CuviER, G. Sur les narines des c6tac(Ss. <^Bull. cles Sci. xmr la Soc. phUom, 

 de Paris, i, 1797, pp. 26-29. [448.] 



1797. [CuviKR, G.] M6moire sur I'organe do I'ouie daus les C6tac6s. <^Bull. des 



Sci. par lajyhilom. de Paris, i, 1797, p. 99. 



Extrait. [449.] 



1798. COLNETT, James. A | Voyage | to tlie | South Atlantic | aud round | Capo 



Horn I into the | Pacific Ocean, | for the purpose of extending the | Sperma- 

 ceti Whale Fisheries, | and other objects of Commerce, by ascertaining | the 

 Ports, Bays, Harbours, and Anchoring Berths, | in certain Islands and Coasts 

 in those Seas, | at which the ships of the British merchants might be refit- 

 ted. I — I Undertaken and performed | By Captain Jaiues Colnett, | of the 

 Eoyal Navy, in the ship Eattler. | — | London : | Printed for the Author, | by 

 W. Bennett, Marshani Street, Westminster. | . . . . [=3 lines, names of book- 

 sellers]. I — I 1798. 4°. pp. i-iv, i-vi, i-xviii, 1-179, maps and plates. 



Contains passim references to "Whales seen or taken at various points, etc. Also a plate 

 giving an outline figure of " Pliyseter, or Spermaceti Whale, Drawn by Scale, from one killed 

 on the coast of Mexico, August, 1793, and hoisted in on Deck," giving the topography of the 

 animal with reference to manner of cutting in, etc. There is also a half-page of descriptive 

 text (engraved on the plate), with also reference to its food, habits, etc. The figure has been 

 many times copied in works relating to Whaling. [450.] 



1798. CuviER, [G. ] Ueber die N'asenl6cher und das Geruchsorgan der Cetacecn; 

 aus einer vom B. Cuvier im Nationalinstitut vorgelesenen Abhandlung. Mag. 

 Encycl. < Voigt's Mag. der Nattn-kunde, i, St. 3, 1798, pp. 34-40. 



TJebersetzung aus Magas. encycl. de Millin, iii, 1797, pp. 299. [451.] 



1798. Cuvier, G. Tableau | ^l^mentaire | de I'Histoire naturelle | des Animaux. | 



Par G. Cuvier, | de I'lustitut national de France, | . . . . [titles, 7 lines]. | — | 



A Paris, | Baudouin, Imiirimeur du Corps legislatif et de | I'lustitut national, 



place du Carrousel, N". 662. | An 6. [=1798.] 8°. pp. i-xvi, 1-710, pll. i-xiv. 



Des Mammiffires, pp. 83-179 : Mammifferes Amphibies (pp. 170-173) = Pinnipedia + Sirenia. 

 Sirenia: 1. Tricliecus dugong, p. 172 ; 'i. Trichecus inanatus, p. 173. 



Mammiferes C6ta.c6s ^ Cetacea (pp. 173-179): 1. Delphinus phoccena ,- 2. D. delphis ; 

 3. D. orca, p. 17.5; 4. Physeter macrocei)halus {="1^% cachalot trumpo, Bonnaterre, Encycl., 

 planches des c6taces, pi. 8, f. 1"); 5. P. maximus, sp. n. (="idem., ibid., pi. 7, fig. 2"), p. 176; 

 6. Balcena mysticetus, L., p. 177; 7. B. physalus; S. Monodon, j). 178. 



Physetcr maximus, sp. n. [452.] 



1798. [London Society, efc.] [Premiums offered for "Taking Porpoises" aud for 

 "Oil from Porpoises."] <^ Trans. London Soc. Encour. Arts, Man., and Com., 

 xvi, 1798, pp. 84, 85. 



These oftcrs of premiums were annually renewed for a considerable peiiod. See later vols, 

 of these Trans. [453.] 



1798. TiiUNBURG, C. P. Beskrifning | pa | SvcuskeDjur. | — | Forsta Classen, | om | 



Mammalia | eller Daggande Djuren, | af | Carl Peter Tliunburg, | Riddare af 

 Kongl. Maj : ts Wasa-Orden, | MediciniB och Botanices Professor j i Upsala. | 

 [Vignette.] | — | Upsala, | Tryckt hos J. F. Edman, K. Acad. Boktr. | 1798. 

 8c. 11. 0, pp. 1-100. 



Cete, pp. 9C-100. 1. Balcena mysticetus, p. 96; '2. B. physaliis, p. 97; 3. Physeter macro- 

 cephal^ts, p. 98; 4. Delphi ntis phocaiia : 5. D. Orca, p. 9P. [454.] 



1799. Axox. " llistoirc des peches, des dccouvertes et des 6tablissemens des hcdlau- 



dois dans les mors dii Nord. Ouvragc tradnit du Hollandois jiar B. de Reste. 

 Avec des notes, (26) cartes et figures. Paris, Vve. Nyon, 1799. 3 din. 8°." 



"Bene vcrtaliiig van liot work: Do AValvischvaiig.st. Ainst. 1784 [7. r.]. Vennoenlerd mot 

 aautcckcniugeu ou oeuc hi.slorisclic verliaudoling over Groenlaud en IJsland, volgeus Ctiiutz 

 [sic], Egodc, dcla Pcyrci'o, llorrebow e. a." 



Not seen; title .ind comment from Bosgoed, op. eit., p. 244, no. 3328. [455.] 



