Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 505 



1819. Arnault, M. Snr les coquiltes ct tics ossements fossiles, (l(5couvcrt9 ct observ(Ss 

 • daus les euvirons d'Auvcrs. <^Ann. (jenerales des Sci. j>%s., ii, 1819, j)p. 124- 



128. 



Trois vert61)res 6normes ; "cllesfuront 6vidoTumoiit celles do quelrj[uo c6tac6e do la plus 



grando taille" (p. 127). [574.] 



1819. Bald, Robert. Notice respecting the discovery of the Skeleton of a Whale oa 

 the Estate of Airthrey, near Stirling, the property of Sir Robert Abercromby, 

 Baronet. <^Edlnh. Philos. Journ., i, no. 2, art. xxxii, jl819, pp. 393-.396. 



Particulars of the iinding and exhumation of a skeleton "which is evidently that of a 

 "Whale," -which "appears to have been about 72 feet in length." [575.] 



1819. CoRTESi, Giuseppe. Saggi Geologic! | degli Stati di Parma e Piacenza | Dedi- 

 catl I a Sua Maest^ | la Principessa Imperiale | Maria Luigia | Arciduchessa 

 d' Austria | Duchessa | di Parma Piacenza Guastalla ecc. ecc. | dal guidice | 

 Giuseppe Cortesi | Professore Onorario | di Geologia | Piacenza | Dai Torchj 

 del Majno | MDCCCXIX. 4°. 11. 4, pp. i-x, 1-165, pU. i-vii. 



Articolo IV. Bogli Scheletri di Balene e di altri Cetacei, pp. 45-67, pll. ii-iv. 



Description (p. 48) and figure (pi. ii, fig. 1, skull) of a fossil Dolphin, which later was 

 named Delphinus Cortcsii by Desmoulin, and a fossil Whale (p. 61, pi. v, fig. 1, skeleton), 

 afterwards named Balcena Gortesii by Desmoulins. [576.] 



1819. Desmarest, a. G. Rytine, Bytina, 111. <^Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. nat., xxix, 1819, 

 pp. 573-576. [577.] 



1819. "Hellwig, JOH. Chr. Ludw. Tabellarische Uebersicht der Ordnungen, Fa- 

 milien u. Gattuugen der Siiugethiere, uach lUigers prodromus system. Mam- 

 malium, mit Auffiihrung aller Arten, welche der Verf. nach den Schreberschea 

 Siiugthiereu u. nach den Werken Auderer zu seinen Gattungen zog, in Go Ta- 

 belleu, gr. 8°. Helmstiidt, 1819." 



Not seen: title from Cams and Engelmann. [578.] 



1819. Humboldt, Alexander von. Voyage | aux Rdgions Equinoxiales | du Nou- 

 veau Continent, | fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, | par Al. de 

 Humboldt et A. Bonpland; | redig(S | Par Alexandre de Humboldt. | Avec 

 deux Atlas, | qui renferment, I'un les vues des Cordilleres et les mouumens 

 des iieuples indigenes | de I'Amerique, et I'autre des cartes geographiqiies et 

 physiques. | — | Tome [premier,] second [et troisieme]. | — | A Paris, | Chez 

 N. Maze, Libraire, rue Git-le-Coeur, N". 4. | — | [1814,] 1819 [1825]. Vol. ii, 

 3 11., pp. 1-722. 3 vols. 4°. Vol. i, 1814; vol. ii, 1819; vol. iii, 1825. 



Souffleurs, ii, pp. 201, 202. Manati ou Lamantin, ii, pp. 226-228, 606. [579.] 



1819. "Matthiesen. Ein Steindruck [Balaenoptera rostrata]. Hamburg, 1819." 



Not seen; reference from Keichenbach, Walthiere, p. 22, note. [580.] 



1819. Pseudon. Journal | of a | Voyage of Discovery, | to the | Arctic Regions, | 

 performed between the 4th of April and the 18th of | November, 1818, | in His 

 Majesty's Ship Alexander, | W[illia]m Edw[.ird]. Parrj', Esq., Lieut, and 

 Commander. | — | By an officer of the Alexander. | — | London: | Printed for 

 Richard Phillips; by G. Sidney, Northumberland-street, Strand. | [No date. 

 "March 15, 1819" in MS.] 8°. pp. i-viii, 1-104, map, and pll. i-iii. The 

 siguatiu'e mark is "Voyages and Travels, No. 1, Vol. I." 



Appendix, No. viii. A brief Sketch of the Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes, seen by those 

 employed on the late Expedition to Davis' Straits and Ballin's B jy, pp. 99-104. 



"Fishes" {i.e., Crtacca aqA rinnipedia!), p. 104. Bakvna ni>/sticetu.<i, Balctna Physahis, 

 Phoca, Monodon 3Ionocerns. Brief remarks on each. At pp. 42-44 is given a rather detailed 

 account of the ■'female fish" (Balcena mygticetus) taken by a Hull whaler, giving account of 

 external characters, b.alccn, measurements, etc. [581.] 



1819. Ross, J. A | Voyage of Discovery, | made under the orders of the Admiralty, 

 I in I His Majesty's ships | Isabella and Alexander, | for the purpose of | ex- 

 ploring Baffin's Bay, | and inquiring into the probability of a | North-west 

 Passage. | — | By John Ross, K. S. Captain Royal Navy. | — | London: | — | 



