Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 559 



1840. Bennett, F. Debell — Continued. 



Bentley, New Builia<^ton Street, | Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. | — | 

 1840. 2 vols. 8'^. Vol. i, pp. i-xv, 1-402; vol. ii, pp. i-vii, 1-395. Map, wood- 

 cuts, and a fronticepiecc plate to each volume. 



"Vol. i contains a Zoological Appendix, nearly 100 pp. of which are devoted to Cetaceans, 

 to wit: 



Chap. I, General Remarks on Whales, pp. 145-152. Chap. TL "Whales of the Southern 

 Oceans (gener.al and anatomical description of the Cachalot, or Sperm Whale [" Catodon ina- 

 croeephalus, Lacep."]. its diseases, deformities, and parasites), pp. 153-170, fig. Chap. III. Nat- 

 ural liistory and habits of the Cachalot; Geographical distribution of the species; Natural 

 indications of its places of resort, pp. 171-183. Chap. IV. Historical notice of Sperm Wlialo 

 fishery; commercial details; equipment of vessels, etc., pp. 1S4-201. Chap. V. Pursuit and 

 capture of the Sperm Whale, pp. 202-212. Chap. VI. Dangers of the Spcnn Whale Fishery, 

 pp. 213-222. , Chap. VII. Commercial products of the Sperm Whale Fishery, pp. 223-228. 

 Chap. VIII. Southern Whales (concluded), pp. 220-24:1.— B alcana Aiistralis, Desm., pp. 220- 

 231. Balmnoptcra sp. (Humpback of southern whalers), pp. 231, 232. Fhocceaa sp. (Black 

 Fish of South Sea whalers), pp. 233-235, fig. Dclplilnus Peronii Lacep., pp. 235-237, fig. Del- 

 phinus dclphis, pp. 237, 238. The Grampus, p. 238. Fin-backs, Cow-fish, and Killers, pp. 

 239-240. 



There are also in vol. i various references to Sperm Whales and other Cetaceans, relating 

 mainly to their capture. [978. ] 



1840. Christol, J. DE. Recherches sur divers osseraens fossiles attribu^s par Cuvier 

 a deux especes d'Hippopotames et rapport<Ss au M^taxytherium, nouveau 

 genre de C6tac<Ss de la famille des Dugongs. <^Eev. zool., 1840, p, 283. 



R6sum6 par d'auteur d'un memoire de ce titre. [979.] 



1840. Christol, .1. oe. Recherches sur divers ossements fossiles attribu^s par Ciivier 

 h deux Phoques, au Lamantin, et a deux especes d'Hippopotames, et rap- 

 portes au Metaxytherium, noveau genre de Cetac6 de la famille des Dugongs. 

 ^rinstitut, 8« ann., no. 552, 24 sept. 1840, pp. 322,323. 



R6.sum6. [980.] 



1840. Conrad, T. A. Ou the Geognostic position of the Zeuglodon, or Basilosaurus 

 of Harlan. <^Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xxxviii, 1840, pp. 381,382. [981.] 



1840. [Dana, Richard H., ./;•.] Two Years | Before the Mast. | A | personal narra- 

 tive of I Life at Sea. | — | . . . [= poetry, G lines.] [ — | New York: | Har- 

 per & Brothers— 32 Cliff Street. | — | 1840. 12°. pp. 1-482. 



Breathing of "sho.als of sluggish w^hales .and gr.ampuses," near Falkland Islands, de- 

 scribed, p. 36. Whales off San Pedro, Lower California, pp. 169, 170. 



There are numerous later editions. In that of 1876, the passages above cited occur at pp. 

 30 and 156, 157. [982.] 



1840. Denny, Henry. Sketch of the Natural History of Leeds and its vicinity for 

 Twenty Miles. <iAnn. and Mafj. Xat. Hist, v, July, 1840, pp. 382-390. 



Occurrence oi Belphinus Phoccena .and Delphinus Orca, recorded, p. 386. [983.] 



1840. Editors. [Notice of an extinct Dolphin, Delphiiiiis karsteni. Von Olbers.] 

 <^Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., v, M.ay, 1840, p. 151. 



Based on a skull from near Bunde, Westphalia. [984.] 



1840. EiCHWALD, Ed. Notice sur I'opuscule qui a pour titre: Le Monde primitif do 

 la Russie. <^BuIL de la Soc. itnp. des Xat. de Moscon, 1840, pp. 473-487. 



J>t';^7u)U(S ^jriscMS, pp. 474, 481-483. [985.] 



1840. EiCHWALD, Eduard. Die | Urwelt Russlands, | durch Abbildungen orhru- 



tert I von I Eduard Eichwald, | der Phil., Med. und Chir. D"", Akadoniiker 



tind gelehrten Secretarieu | der St. Petcrsburgiscdien Mod. Chir. Akademie 



n. s. w. I Erstes Heft. | — | Aus den Scbriften der kaiserlichen St. Petorsbur- 



gischcn mineralogiecheu Gesellschaft besonders abgedruckt. | — | Mit 4 



lithographischen Tafeln. j — | Aus dem russicheu ucbersetzt. | — [ St. 



Petersburg. | Gedrnckt in dor Druckerei des Journal do Saint-P<5tersbourg. 



I — I 1840. 4f . 11. 2, pp. 1-100, pll. i-iv. 



II. Beschveibung einiger Kuochcn des ZipJniis priscus, pp. 25-53, pll. i, ii ("Wirbelbcinc, 



zwei BruchstUeke des Unlerkiefers, ein Bruchstiiok der ersteu Rippe, und Fingerknochon). 



Ziphius priscut, sp. u. [986.] 



