Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 561 



11840. Keyserling, A. Gkaf, und J. H. Blasius. Die | Wirbelthiere | Europa'8. | 

 Vou I A. Graf Keyserliug und Professor J. H. Bhisius. | — | Erstes Bncla: | 

 Die nutorscheidenden Cliaractero. | — | Braunschweig, | Druck luid Verlag 

 von Friedrich Vieweg nnd Sohn. | — | 1840. 8°. 1]. 4, pp. i-xeviii, 1-248. 



Systematiscbes Verzeiohniss der Europiiischen Saugethiere, pp. i-xxiv. Cetacea, pp. xxii- 

 xxiv, spp. 158-175 = 18 spp. 



Erstos Buch. Die untorscheidenden Charactere, pp. 1-248. SauKcthiere, pp. 3-75. Ce- 

 tacea, pp. 72-75. Genn. 57-65, spp. I.'i8-175. 1. De^Mnorhynchus coronatus ; 2. D. microp- 

 terus; 3. D. DeVphis ; 4. D. rostratus ; 5. D. Tursio ; 6. Phocaena communis; 7. Ph. 

 Orca ; S- Ph. Melas ; 9. Ph. liissoana ,- lO. Ph. grisea ; 11. Dclphinapterus Leucas : 12. 

 Heterodon diodon ; 13. H. Desmarestii ; 14. Ccratodon Monodon ; 15. Physetcr macroce- 

 phalus ; 16. Balaenopteralongimana; 17. B. Boops ; IS. Balaena Mysticetus. [998.] 



1840. [Lanman, James H.]. The American Whale Fishery. <^IIunVs Merchants' 

 Mag., iii, 1840, pp. 361-394, cuts. 



An outline history of the "Whale fishery as conducted in the Unitod States, recounting its 

 origin and progress, with an account of modes of capture (giving cuts of the implements 

 used), and the preparation of the products. [999.] 



1840. Meyer, Herm. v. [Ueber Halianassa- TS.este.'] <^Neues JahrJ). fiir Mineral., 

 etc., 1840, p. 587 (6 Zeilen). [1000.] 



1840. Meyer, Herm. v. [Ueber Cheirothermm Bruno und Squalodon Grateloup.] 

 <^Nems Jalirh. flir Mineral., etc., 1840, pp. 587, 588. 



Cheirotherium, subapcnninum, ist Halianassa (^Halitherium.). Squalodon ist nicht ein 

 Saurier-G-enus, wie Grateloup glaubt, aber ein fleischfressenden Zetazeen. [1001.] 



1840. NORDMANN, Alexander von. Voyage | dans la | Russia M^ridionale | et la 

 Crim€e, | par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie. | Ex6cut6 en 1837, sous 

 la direction | De M. Anatole de Deuiidoff, | par MM. de Sainson, le Play, Huot, 

 L6veill^, Raffet, Rousseau, de Nordmann et du Ponceau; | D6di4 h S. M. Nicolas 

 P'^, Empereur de toutes les Russies. | Tome premier [-quatri^me]. | [Arms.] 

 ■ Paris, I Ernest Bourdin et C«, fiditeurs, | 51, Rue de Seine Saint-Germain. | — | 

 1840[-1842]. 4 vols. 4°. Vols, i, iii, 1840; vols, ii, iv, 1842. Avec Atlas in 

 fol. 



Observations sur la Faune Pontique, [par A. von Nordmann], := vol. iii, 1840. — Catalogue 

 raisonn6 des Mammifferes de la Eaune Pontique, ibid., pp. 9-65. — Cetacea: 1. Delphinus Pho- 

 ccena, p. 64. 3. Delphinus tursio, p. 65. 3. Delphinus delphis, p. 65. [1002.] 



1840. Owen, Richard. Observations on the Teeth of the Zeuglodon, Basilosaurus of 

 Dr. Harlan. <Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond., i, 1840, pp. 24-28. 



Abstract. [1003.] 



1840. SCHINZ, H. Europiiischen Fauna | oder | Verzeiohniss der Wirbelthiere | 

 Europa's | von | Dr. Heinrich Schiuz | . . . [= titles, 8 lines.] | — | Erster 

 Band. | Saugethiere und Vogel. | — | Stuttgardt. | C. Schweizerbarts Verlags- 

 handlung. j 1840. 8°. pp. i-xxiv, 1-448. 



Achto Ordnung . . . Cetasea (sic), pp. 90-96. 1. Delphimis Delphin (sic), p. 91; 2. Del- 

 phinus Tursio, -p. 01; 3. Delphinus phocaena, -p. 91; 4. Delphinus griseus Cnr., p. 02; 5. Del- 

 phinus IJmoftnws, p. 92 ; 6. Delphinus globiceps, p. 02; 7. Delphinus Feres Bonnat., p. 93; 8. 

 Delphinus Dalei, p. 93; 9. Delphinus Epiodon (=Epiodon TJrganantus, Kafin.), p. 93; 10. 

 Delphinus leucas, p. 94; 11. Monodon Monoceros, p. 94; 12. Physeter Tursio, p. 94; 13. 

 Physetcr macrocephahis, p. 95; 14. Balaena physalus, p. 95; 15. Balaena Boops, p. 96; 

 16. Balaena musculus, p. 90. [1004.] 



1840. Serres, Marcel de. [Note sur la d6couverte d'un squelette entier de Mefaxij- 

 tJieritun.'] <:^L'Institut, 8« anu., no. 360, 19 uov. 1840, p. 392. [1005.] 



1840. Sweeting, R. H. Dimensions and Description of a supposed ncvr species of 

 JBalwnojjtera, stranded at Charmoulh Beach, February 5, 1840. <^Charles- 

 xvorih's Mag. Nat. Hist., iv, 1840, pp. 341-343. 



Balmnoptera tenuirostris, sp. n. Account of its external characters and brief notice of its 

 skeleton. [1006.] 



1840. Sweeting, R. H. Notes relating to a female Rorqual Whale {Bala^noptcra boops 

 of authors). <C.rroc. ZoiJl. Soc. Loud., 1840, pp. 11,12. Aim. and Mag. Sat, 

 Hist., vi, Dec, 1840, pp. 301,302. 



Brief account of external characters and osteology. Communicated by "W. Tarrell. [1007.] 

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