492 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1806. TuRTOif, W.— Continued. 



Sirenia: 1. Trichechus Durong (sic), 2. T. Manatiis, ■with var. 1. Ausiralis (^ African nnd 

 American Manatees), var. 2. Boroalis (= Rhytina horealis), var. 3, Siren (fabulous), pp. 36, 

 37. The following complete transcript of the account of the Trichechus Manatus Sirenus is a 

 sufficient commentary on the ch.aracter of the work : 



"3. Siren. Ears erect, sharp-pointed. Inhabits the north-west coast of J.merica, swims 

 around ships with antic gestures. -Head resembling a dog ; eyes large; lips whiskered: body 

 thick, round, tapering downwards; tail divided into 2 unequal lobes; length about 5 

 feet." [479.] 



1807. Home, E. Observations on the structure of the different Cavities, Avhich con- 



stitute the Stomach of the Whale, compared with those of ruminating Animals, 

 with a View to ascertain the Situation of the digestive Organ. <^Philos. Trans. 

 Lond., [xcvii], pt. 1, art. iv, 1807, pp. 97-102, \)\\. iii, iv. 



Investigation based on "a Delphinus Delphis of Linnaeus, or small bottle-noso whale of 

 Mr. Hunter." [480.] 



1803. Axox. A Short and true Account of Forty-two Persons [Whalers] who per- 

 ished by shipwreck near Spitzbergen, in the year 1G4G. <^Pinlcerton'' s Coll. 

 Vol). '^'^'^ Trav., i, 1808, p. .^)35. [481.] 



1808. Axox. Third Voyage of the Dutch and Zealanders, by the North, along Nor- 



way, Moscovy, and Tartary, to pass to the kingdoms of Cathay and China, 

 by permission of the Council of the city of Amsterdam, 1596. <^Pinkertou's 

 Coll. Voij. and Trav., i, 1808, pp. 90-127. 



•'ITcwly translated from tbe Eecueil des Yoyages, qui ont servi a Totablissement ct aux 

 procrrez de la Compagnio des Indes Orientales. Tom. i, p. 55." 



"Whales described, pp. 93, 91. Very good description of the Northern Eight "Whale. [432 ] 



1803. Bacstrom, S. Account of a [Whaling] Voyage to Spitzbergen in the Year 

 1780. By S. Bacstrom, M. D. <^Pinlcerton^8 Coll. Voi/'. and Trai:, i, 1808, pp. 

 614-620. 



From Phil. Mag., July, 1799. . [483.] 



1808. Blumexbach, J. F. Manuel | d'Histoire naturelle, j tradtiit de I'Allemand, | De 

 J. Fr. Blumenbach, Professour a I'Uuiversitd | de Gottiugue. | Par Soulange 

 Artaud. | Avec figures. | — | Malta fiuut eadem, sed aliter, | Quiatilian. | — | 

 Tome Premier. | [Monogram.] | A Metz, | Chez Colliguon, Imprimeur-Li- 

 hraire. | . . . [= Names of 3 other publishers.] | — | An XI. — 1803. 8°. j)p. 

 i-xvi, 1-528. 



Trichechus manatus, p. 104, Les C6tac6es (Cetacea). pp. 165-16D. A translation of one' of the 

 early editions, but which is not stated. The matter relating to the Cetacea is substantially 

 the same as that of the 3d ed., 1788, q. v. [484.] 



1808. Leems, K. An Account of the Laplanders of Finmark, their language, man- 

 ners, and religion,by Knud Leems, Professor of the Laidandic, Avith the notes 

 of Gunner, Bishop of Drontheim,aud a Treatise, by Jessen, on the Pagan Re- 

 ligioQ of the Finns and Laplanders. <^Pinkcvton''s Coll. Voy. and Trav., i, 

 1808, i>p. 376-490. 



Chap. xiii. Of the "Fishery, pp. 431-446. Contains a short account of the "Whales and 

 "Whalefishery of Finmark, pp. 431-433. 



The original edition of Leems (not seen by me) was published in Danish and Latin at 

 Copenhagen La 1767, 4°, with plates. [485.] 



1808. PiiiPPS, C. J. A voyage towards the North Pole, undertaken by his Majesty's 

 command, in 1773, by Constantine John Phipps. <^Pin1certon's CuK. Voy. and 

 Trav., i, 1808, pp. 538-594. 



ISTatural history, pp. 578-585. Balmna Mysticetus, Balcena Physalus, p. 579 (:=7 lines of no 

 importance). [486.] 



1808. TiEDEMANX, D. F. Zoologie. | — | Zu seinen Vorlesungen entworfen | von | D. 

 Friedrich Tiederaann, | Professor der Anatomic und Zoologie an der Univer- 

 sitiit zu I Landshut. | — | Erster Band. | AUgemeine Zoologie, Mensch und 

 Saugthiere. | — | Landshut, in der Weberschen Buchhandlung. | — [ 1808. 

 80. pp. i-xvi, 1-610, 1. 1. 



SII. Ordnung. Fischartige Saugthiere. "Wallfische. Cetacea (Cetaces), pp. 557-585. 



Generalities, 557-570; genera and species, pp. 570-585. 1. Balaena mysticetita, ^.B.islan- 



