494 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1809. CuviER, G.— Continued. 



vioua -writers, including the absurdities of mermaids and mormcn, fho author cIokcs his his- 

 torical r6sum(5 by statins that tho Sirenia form three distinct genera, the Lamantins (of which 

 he recognizes two species), the Dugoag, and StcUer's Sea-Cow, and that these three genera 

 constitute a separate family, very different from tlio Seals. v/Jtli which they had been previ- 

 ously placed, and a little nearer to the Cetacca than the r:ichydeniis are to the Carnivores. 

 Biiffon's four species of Lamantiu Iio reduces to tvro. Then follows an account, with figures, 

 of the osteology of the Brazilian Manatee ; a comparison of tho skulls of the African and 

 American Manatees, and a resume of tlie distinctive structural features of Scollcr's Sea-Cow, 

 •whereby it is geuerically separated from the Dugong and Manatees. Cuvier'a lesults agree 

 closely with the modem interpretation of the affinities and generic relations of these animals. 

 It was left, however, for Desmarest to bestow technical names upon the species hero lirst 

 clearly distinguished, Cuvier throughout his memoir employing only the Prench vernacular 

 names. [496.] 



1809. Cuvier, G. Siir les Lamantins et le.s Os fossiles de ccs animaux, <^Nouv. 



Bull, des ScL par la Soc. Philoui., no. 2i, Sept. 1809, pp. 395, "39(3. 

 ' • Extrait d' Ann. diiJf MS. d'ilisf. iVai., xiii, pp. 273-312. See last title. [^57.] 



1809. Dudley, P. An Essay on tho Natural History of Whales; -^itli a particular 

 Account of the Ambergris found in tho SpcrmaCeti Whale. <P/m7os. Trans., 

 abridged by Hutton, Shaw and Pear-son, 1665-1800, vii (1724-1734), 1809, pp. 

 78-84. 



Erom Philos. Trans. Lond., xxxiii, no. 387, 1725, pp. 25C-269, q. v. [498.] 



1809. Editor. The Editor's Accoiiut, with Observations, of Experiments on Am- 

 bergris, made by Mr. John Browne, F. R. S., and by Mr. Ambrose Godfrey 

 Hanckewitz, F. R. S. To which are subjoined Dr. Neuman's Vindicatory 

 Remarks. <^Philos. Trans., abridged by Hutton, Shaw and Pearson, 1665- 

 1800, vii (1724-1734), 1809, pp. G6S, 639. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., xxxviii, no. 435, 1735, p. 437. See 1735. Keumanjj, C. [459.] 



1809. Edmoxdston, A. A | View | of the | Ancient and Present State | of the | Zet- 

 land Islands; | including their | Civil, Political, and Natural History; | An- 

 tiquities; I and I An Account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce, | and 

 the state of Society and Manners. | By | Arthur Edmondston, M. D. | — | In 

 ■ two volumes. | — | Vol. I [-II]. | — | Edinburgh: | Printed by James Ballan- 

 tyne and Co. | For Longman, Plurst, Roes, and Orme, London; and | John 

 Bailantyne and Co. Edinburgh. | — | 1809. 2 vols. 8". Vol. i, pp. i-xiv, 1- 

 364, with map; vol. ii, pp. i-vii, 1-345. 



The Zctlands not so favorable a point from which to carry on the "Whale Fishery as sup- 

 posed, vol. i, pp. 290-293. Of Whales and "Wrecks. Section I, Of the Division of 'Whales, 

 vol. ii, pp. 154-174. Fishes [=Pifces-]- Cetacea]. vol. ii. pp. 200-310. 1. Balmna Mysticehis, 

 3. Balcena Boops, 3. Balcena iriisculus, 4. Physeter Gatodon, 5. Pliysetor Micrnps, 6. 

 Physeier Tursio, p. 398; 7. Dcliihinus Phocwna, p. 399; S. Delphinus Orcci; 9. Balcena ros- 

 trata, Poutoppidan [^='' Dclpliinus melas, Traill"], j). 3ii0; 10. ^ilonodvn 3[onoceros, pp. 301, 

 302. A llonodon inonoceros "run on shore in "Weesdalc voo in Zetland in September, 1808." 

 Tast multitudes of Ca'ing Whales arc noted as appearing regularly on tho coast. The other 

 notes relating to Cetacea aro of little importance. [500.] 



1809. Fawkexer, W. On the Production of Ambergris. A Communication from the 

 C;nnmittee of Council appointed for tho Consideration of all Matters relating 

 to Trade and Foreign Plantations; with a prefatory Letter from William 

 Fawkener, Esq., to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., P. R. S. <P/(i7os. Trans., 

 abridged by Hutton, Shaw and Pearson, 1G85-18C0, xvii (1791-1796), 1809, 

 pp. 6-8. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., Ixxxi, 1791, pp. 43-47, q. v. [501.] 



1809. Hampe, J. H. A Description of the same Narhwal [as mentioned in Dr. Stei- 



gertahl's communication] <^Philos. TraHS., abridged by Hutton, Shaw 



and Pearson, 1635-1800, viii (1735-1743), 1809, p. 161. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., si, no. 447, 1738, pp. 149, 150, q. v. [502.] 



