Allen's bibliogeaphy of cetacea and sieenia. 501 



1816-17. ViUKY, — , et [A. G.] Desmarest— Continuca. 



tatiis, Hunter, p. 17G; 30. Jlyparodon Butskopf, Liicep., p. I7fi; 31. T). Sotoerbensis, Blainv., 

 p. 177; 32. Epiodon urgananlas, Kafiues., ]). 177 ; 33. *D. densirostris, sp. n., p. 178 (based oa 

 a fragment of upper jaw) ; Dauphins fossilca, p. 179; rrench names of Dolphins, pp. 179, 

 180. 



Species 1-25 are described by "Viroy, with the interpolation of a short paragraph by 

 Desniarest in the account of no. 19, p. 167 ; species 20 to 33, as well as the remaining pages 

 of the article, are by Dcsmarest. 



Delphiims densirostris, Desm., sp. n., p. 178. The 14 species marked with an asterisk, the 

 authors state (p. 151, note), are those whose validity is considered to be well established. 

 In concluding, they state (p. 178) : "Pour rectifer convenablement la synonymie de ces especes, 

 de nouveaux reneignemens nous sont absolument indispeuMables " ; and for this puri)ose in- 

 vite travelers and naturalists to give special attention to their descriptions, and direct atten- 

 tion to points to be observed. 



In these articles the compilers have brought the subject thoroughly up to dale ; they not 

 only include the species described since the time of Lac6p6de, but reject a few admitted by 

 that author. Although strictly a compilation, it well represents the state of the subject at 

 this date. [550.] 



181G-29. CuviER, F. Diotionnaire | des | Sciences naturelles. | — | Planclics. | 2« 

 Partie : Eegue organise. | Zoologie. | — | Mammifere.s. 1 Par | M. Frederic 

 Cuvier, | Menibre de I'Acad^niie des sciences, charge en clief de la Menagerie 

 royale. | — | Paris, | F. G. Levrault, libraire-editeur, rue de la Harpe, u". 81, | 

 Meme maison, rue des Juifs, n». 33, a Strasbourg. | 1816-1829. 8°. pp. 1-13, 

 pll. col., i-c. 



Cetaces (:=Sirenia-{-Cete), pi. xcvi, fig. 1, Lamantin ; pi. xcvii, fig. 1, Dugong des Ihdes, 

 fig. 2, Delphinorhynque (= Platanisfa) ; pi. xcviii, fig. 1, Dauphin vulgaire, fig. 2, Heterodon 

 k deux dents; pi. xcix, fig. 1, IN arwal vulgaire, fig. 2, Cachalot macrocephale ; pi. c, fig. 1, 

 Baleine franeho (altered fiom Martens?) fig. 2, BileinoptSre Ilorqual. 



The plates themselves are not numbered, but in the "table des planches" (p. 4-13) these 

 are numbered consecutively from 1-100, with a list of the names engraved on the plates and 

 reference to the volume and page of the Dictionnaire where the species are describe. [551.] 

 1817. CuviEit, G. Le | Eegne animal | distribu6 | d'apres son organisation, | pour 

 servir de base a I'bistoire naturelle des ani- | maux et d'introduction a I'aua- 

 toraie compar^e. | Par M. le Cb'^^ Cuvier, | . . . . [titles, 5 lines]. | Avec Fi- 

 gures, desiudesd'apres nature. | Tome I, | contenant j I'iutroduction, les Mam- 

 miferes et les Oiseaux. | Chez Deterville, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, n°. 8. 

 I — i De rimprimerie de A. Belin, | 1817. 8^. pp. i-xxxvii, 1-540. 

 This is the editio princeps of the celebrated RUgne animal. 

 Huitieme Ordre des Mammiferes. Les Cetaces, pp. 271-287. 



Les Cetaces herbivores = /Sirema.; genera 1. Manatus, p. 273, 2. Halicore, p. 274, 3. By- 

 Una, -p. 275 ; species not fonually designated. 



Les effaces ordinaires := Ceiacere .• Les Dauphins (Z>eZp7imM«, L.), pp. 277-280. Les Dau- 

 phins proprement dits {Delphinus, Cuv.), pp. 277, 278. 1. Dclphinus delpliis, L., p. 278; 2. 

 D. rostratus, Shaw, p. 278; 3. D. tursio, Bonn., p. 278. Les Marsouins (Phoccena, Cuv., gen. 

 n.), p. 279; 4. Le Marsouin commun (£>. Phoccena, L.), p. 279; 5. L'JKpauIard (D. area et D. 

 gladiator, Lacep.), p. 279. Les Delphiuapteres (Lacep.); 6. Le Beluga ou Epjiulard blanc 

 (Z). leuca^, Gm., D. albicans, Fabr.), p. 280; Les Hyperoodons (Lacep.), p. 280; [7. D. eden- 

 tulus, Schreb.], p. 280. Les N.arwals (2fonodon, L.), pp. 280-2S2; S. 2Ionodon monoceros, 

 Lin., p. 281. Les C.ichalots (Physeter, L.), pp. 282-284; [9. Cachalot m.acroceph.ile de Shaw 

 et de Bonn, non le macrocephale de Linn6], p. 283. Les Physeteres (Lacep.), p. 284 [no species 

 form.ally recognized]. Les Baleines (Balcena, L.), pp. 284-280; 10. La Baleine frauche (B. 

 mysticetus, L.), pp. 285, 280; 11. Le Kord-Caper (!.'. .7iaci'nZ(s, Klein), p. 280. Les B.ilenopt^res 

 i\ ventre lisse, pi). 287,288; 12. Le Gibbar {Balcena physalus, L.). p. 2S7. Les Balenoptfires 

 k ventre pliss6, p. 287 ; 13. La Jubarte des Basques (Bal. boops, L.), p. 287. 

 Phoccena, gen. n., p. 279. 



The ticalmeut of the Cetacea here presented is strongly in contrast with that of Bouna- 

 terre, Lac6p6de, and their followers, and even with tliat of still earlier -systematists. "While 

 Cuvier rejects many of the fictitious species of the early authors, n'cognizing but a single 

 species of ^Narwhal, and sagaciously hinting at the existence of only a single species of Ca- 

 chahit, he runs to the opposite extreme aiuoug the rin-AVhales, rejecting .species as too 

 vaguely known that have .since proved well-founded. AVe have here the foreshadowing of 

 the wholesome conservatism later displayed by the author in his treatment of the Sirenians 

 and Cetaceans in his Ossemens fossiles. [552. | 



