498 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1812. C, F. [= CuviER, Fr:edI5RIC]. Notice siir une espfece de Dauphin observ^e dang 

 la mer glaciale; par M. Fr^minville, lieutenant de vaisseau. <^N'ouv. Bull, 

 de Sci. par la Soc. Philom. de Paris, in, 5"= ann6e, no. 56, mai 1812, p. 71. 



Extrait. [531.] 



1812. CuviER, [G.]. Eapport fait ^ la classe des Sciences math^matiques et physi- 

 ques, sur divers C6tac^s pris sur les c6tes de France, priucipaleiuent sur ceux 

 qui sont ^chou^s pres de Paimpol, le 7 Janvier 1812. <^Ann. du Mus. d'Sist. 

 nat., xis, 1812, pp. 1-16, pi. i. 



Kemarques g6n6rals sur les espfeoes de la famille des Dauphins, qui sont divis6 do la 

 mani6re suivante : 1°. hea Delphinapteres (La.c&p.); H". hea Marsoidns ; III". Les Daupliins 

 proprement dits ; IV". Les Hyperoodons. 



Dclphinus griseus, Delphinus globiceps, Delphinus dubiiis, spp. nn., p. 14. 



PI. i, Delphinus griseus, D. globiceps (2 figg.), -D. Aries? [532.] 



1812. Home, E\ti;rard. An Account of some Peculiarities in the Structure of the 

 Organ of Hearing in the Balsena Mysticetus of Linnceus. <^Philos. Trans. Lond., 

 [cii], pt. 1, art. iii, 1812, i)p. 83-89, pll. i, ii. 



Description of tlie membrana tympani, with figures of the external and internal parts of 

 the organ of hearing. [533.] 



1812. La Hontan, Baron de. Travels in America, etc. K^Pinlcerton'' s Coll. Voy. and 



Trav., xiii, 1812, pp. 254-273. 



Reprinted from the second English ed., London, 1735, 2 vols., 8°. 



The Cetacean matter is at pp. 356, 357. See 1703. La Hontan. [534.] 



1813. Home, E verard. On the Tusks of the Narwhale. <^Philos. Trans. Lond., [ciii], 



pt. 1, art. xviii, 1813, pp. 126-130, pi. vii. 



Figures are given of the young skull of a male Narwhal, a female skull, milk tusks, lower 

 jaw, and section of a fuU-gTown tusk. [535.] 



1813. ScouESBY, William, jr. Account of the Balrena Mysticetus, or Great Northern 



or Greenland Whale. (Illustrated hy an Engraviug.) <^Annals of Philos., i, 

 1813, pp. 51-55, pi. 1. 



Reprinted from the Mem. Wern. Soc., vol. i, p. 578 et seqq., q. v. [536.] 



1814, Blumenbach, J. F. Handbuch | der | Naturgeschichte | von | Joh. Fried. Bin-- 



menbach. | — | Mnlta tiunt eadem sed aliter. | Quintilian. | — | Neuute Aus- 

 gabe. I — I Gottingen, 1814. | Bei Heiarich Dieterich. 8°. pp. i-xiv, 1-754, 

 11. 20, pll. i, ii. 



IX. Cetacea, pp. 134-137. 4 genera, 6 species. The eighth order, Palmata, includes Tri- 

 chechus, of which the Manatees form the .second "sijecies" (Trichechus Manatus, p. 134), the 

 habitat being given as the rivers and sea coasts of the warmer parts of the earth. [537.] 



1814. Lewis, M., and W. Clarke. History | of | The Expedition | under the command 

 of I Captains Lewis and Clark, | to | the sources of the Missouri, | tbence | 

 across the Rocky Mountains | and down the | River Columbia to the Pacific 

 Ocean. | Performed during the years 1804-5-6. | By order of the | Government 

 of the United States. | Prepared for the press | by Paul Allen, Esquire. | In 

 two Voltimes. | Vol. I [II]. | Philadelphia: | Published by Bradford and Ins- 

 keep; and I Abm. H. luskeep, Newyork. | J. Maxwell, Printer. | 1814. 2 vols. 

 8°. Vol. i, pp. i-xxviii, 1-470, maps; vol. ii, pp. i-ix, 1-522, maps. 



' ' This is the editio princeps of the authentic narrative. " Coues ( Bull. TI. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv. Terr., 2d set., no. C, Eeb. 8, 1876, pp, 417-444) gives a detailed account of the different 

 editions and versions of this important work, with a commentary on its zoological matter. 



At pp. 105-111 are passing references to a str.anded Whale met with near the mouth of the 

 Columbia River, the skeleton of which (p. Ill) was found to measure 105 feet in length. At 

 p. 196, same volume, is a short account of "the whale" and "the porpoise." I omit reference 

 to the numerous subsequent editions. [538.] 



1814. Rafinesque, C. S. Pr6cis | des d(5couvertes et travaux | somiologiques | de 

 M"". C. S. Raliuesque Schmaltz. | entre 1800 et 1814 | On choix raisonnd de ses 

 principales Decouvertes | en Zoologie et en Botanique, jjour servir | d'intro- 

 duction a ses ouvrages | futurs | — | De Linn6 le gdnie il a choisi pour 



