Allen's BiBLioGEAniY of cetacea and sirenia. 509 



1820. SCOKESBY, W.,yr.— Contiuued. 



V. Account of the Diivis' Straits Whalfi-Fishory, and a comparison with that of Grornland, 

 ■with Statements of Exponcoa and Profits of a Fi.shinj; Ship, pp. ;j82-:iyG. Chap. vi. Methods 

 of Extracting Oil and Preparing "Whalebone, with a Description of thi-so Articles, .and 

 remarks on the uses to which tlio several products of the Whale- Fishery are ap- 

 plied, pp. 307-437. Chap. vii. Narrative of Proceedings on board of tho Ship Esk, during 

 a "Whale-Fishing Voyage to the coast of Spitzborgen, in tlie yc^ar 181G, pp. 438-4S8. 

 Appendix, pp. 489-5.'J8.— I. Abstract of tlie Acts of Parliament at i)reseiit in force for 

 the Ecgnlation of the "Whale-fishery of Greenland and Davis' Straits, pp. 491-^05. II. 

 Some Kemarks on the most advantageous Dimensions of a Whale-Ship, [and] Furtlier No- 

 tices respecting the Fortifications of a Gropnlaud Sliip, pp. OOG-OOO. III. Schcduh! of tlio 

 Principal Fishing Apparatus necessary for a Ship, of 3U0 tons burden or upwards, intended 

 to be employed in the Greenland Trade, pp. 500-5H. IV. . . . Manner of Mustering the Crew 

 of Whale-Ships ... pp. 512-518. V. Account of a Trial respecting the right of the Sliip Ex- 

 periment, to a Whale struck by one of the Crew of the Neptune ; Gale v. Wilkinson, pp. 518- 

 521. VI. Signals used in the Whale-fishery, pp. 52 1-.525. VII. Account of Some Experiments 

 for determining the Kelations between the Weight and Measure, in certain quantities of 

 Whale-Oil, pp. 525-528. VIII. Some account of the Whale Fishery conducted in the Southei-n 

 Seas, pp. 529-537. IX. On the Anomaly in the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, as observed 

 on Ship-board, pj). 537-554. X. Explanation of the Plates, pp. 5.54-558. 



Sooresby's A^'cUc JRejions is well known as one of the most import.ant contributions to the 

 history of the Greenland Whale (Balcenamysticetus) and the Northern Whale-fishery extant, 

 and as the source whence many later writers on the subject have largely derived their mate- 

 rials. His figures of the Greenland Whale are the best published prior to 1874, and those of 

 the Narwhal are also excellent. Those of the other species were copied from previous 

 writers, and his brief notices of the other Cetaceans ha describes were mostly given at 

 second hand, and indicate that he knew little about them from personal observation. His 

 four species of Balcenoiitera are all to bo referred to Physalus anliquorum-, auct. (=Ba- 

 Icenoxitcra inusculus). His nomenclature is that of Lacepede. Failing to recognize the 

 Nordkaper (Balcena hiscayensis of recent European cetologists) as a distinct species, he has 

 confounded its history, in his historical summary of the Northern Whale-fishery, with that 

 of Balcena mysticetus. Not meeting witli the former, for now obvious reasons, in any of his 

 Whaling expeditions, ho was very naturally led to disbelieve in its existence as a species 

 distinct fiom the Greenland Whale. [595.] 



1621. Blumenbach, J. F. Handbucli | der | Naturgescliichto | von | Joh. Fried. 

 Blunienbacli. | — | Multa fiunt eadem sed aliter. | Qniutiliaii. | — | Zeliute 

 Ausgabe. | — | Gottingeu, | in der Dieterichsclien Bucliliandlung. | 1821. sm. 

 8°. pp. i-xiv, 1-S14, pll. i, ii. 



VIII. Palmata, pp. 131-136. Tricheclms Manatus, p. 136. 



Cetacea, pp. 137-140. 1. Monodon Narwhal, p. 137; 2. Balcena Mysticetus, p. 137; 3. B. 

 Sostrata, p. 138; 4. Physetcr Macrocephalus, p. 139; 5. Delphinus Phocaena, p. 139; 6. D. 

 Delphis, p. 140; 7. B. Orca, p. 140. 



B. liostrata replaces B. Physalus of the early editions, and the text is greatly changed. [536.] 



1821. BOWDICH, T. E. An Analy.sis | of the | Natural Classifications | of | Mamma- 



lia, I for tlie use of | Students and travellers. | By T. Edward BoNvdicli, Esq. | 

 Conductor of the Mis.sion to Ashantee, Member of the Wetterviaii Society of 

 Natural History. | — | Paris, | Printed by J. Smith. | — | 1821. 8°. pp. i-iv, 

 5-115, pi. i-xv (osteology). 



"The fir.st part [pp. 5-80] of the text is a translation of almost all but the specific descrip. 

 tions of the Mammifcrcs of Cuvier's Rfgne Animal, . . . interwoven with additions from his 

 Comiiarative Anatomy, Fossil Itemains, the works of Frederic Cuvier, Dumeril, etc. . . . 

 The second part contains a geuej-al outline of the system of lUiger. . . ." (p. iv). 



Order VIII. Cetacea, pp. 84-89, 105, pi. xii, slcuUs of Balcena hoops and Physeter macroce- 

 phalus ; pi. xiii, fig. 3, skull of Dugong ; pi. xiv, fig. 6, skull of American Manatee, fig. 7, do. of 

 African Manatee. [597.] 



1821. Delavoipikhk, — . Fails | relatifs | a la | Peclic de la Baloine, | Par Mr. De- 

 lavoipifere, Capitaine fraugais du Navire-Baleinier La C<5re.s, du Havre. | — | 

 An Havre, | Chez Stanislas Fauro, Imprimenr du Roi. | — | 1821. 8^. pp. 

 1-30. 



Difference qui existe entro les Baleincs, et le raoyen de Ics reconnaitre. p. 3. De la B.iloino 

 proprement dito, pp. 3, 4. Dc la Baleine .'i bosso, p. 4. De la B;ileinc a .aileron, p. 5. Du Cacha- 

 lot, p. G. Parages et saison oil se trouvent plus communement les poissous dont on extrait 

 I'huile, pp. C-8. Armemcnt des piroques, pi). 8-10. Do la poursuite, p. 11. Do rpttaque, pp. 



