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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 



divided into two volumes with plates, 

 Harlaem, 1764 and 1765. 



Basterot (B. de), a Lawyer. 



" Memoiro Geologique sur Ics Environs 

 de Bourdeaux," 8vo. Paris, 1825. 



Beauv. — Beauvois (Palisot de). 

 See Palisot. 



Bechst, or Bech. — Bechstein 

 (J. M.), a naturalist of Saxony, 

 born 1757. 



" The Common Natural History of 

 Geiinany," 4 vols. 8vo. Leipsig, 1801 

 — 1809. in the German language. It 

 only treats of the Quadrupeds and 

 Birds. 



Bell (Thomas). 



Author of various Memoirs on Reptiles 

 in the Linnwan Transactions, Zoolo- 

 gical Journal, &c. 



Bel. — Belon (Pierre), a Phy- 

 sician at Mans, and a Professor of 

 the College of France, born 1517, 

 died 1564. 



" Obsei'vations faites dans sea Voyages 

 en Orient," 1 vol. 4to. 1553. 



"Histoire des' Poissons," 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Transv., 1551. 



" Histoire Naturelle des etranges Pois- 

 sons Marins, et Description du 

 Dauphin, &c." 1 vol. 4to, 1551. 



" Histoire Naturelle des Oiseau.x," 1 

 vol. folio, 1551. 



Bennet (E. T.), an English 

 naturalist. 



Author of several Memoirs in the 

 Zoological Journal. 



Bennet (J. Whitchurch,) an 

 English naturahst. 



" Natural History of the Fishes of 

 Ceylon," of which but two numbers, 

 in 4to. are yet published. The plates 

 are beautiful. 



Bergius (Peter-Jonas), a Swed- 

 ish naturalist, Professor at Stock- 

 holm, died 1790. 



Quoted as author of certain Memoirs 

 among those of Stockholm. 



Beseke (John Melchior Theo- 

 philus), Professor at Mittau in 

 Courland, born 1746. Author of 



" Materials for the History of the 



Birds of Courknd" (in German), 

 8vo. 1792, Mittau and Leipzic. 



Bendant (F. S.), a French natu- 

 ralist, &c., member of the Acade- 

 mie des Sciences, quoted for his 



Memoirs on Shells, published in the 

 Anuales du Museum. 



BESLERorMus.BESLER (Michael 

 Robert), a physician at Nuremberg, 

 born 1607, died I66I. 



" Rariora Musei Besleriani," folio, 

 1716. 



Blainv, — Blainville (Henri 

 Ducrotay de), adjunct Professor to 

 the Faculte des Sciences, and 

 member of the Academic des 

 Sciences. 



I quote several of his Memoirs on all 

 the branches of Zoology, published in 

 the Aunalcs du Museum, Bulletin 

 des Sciences, .Journal Physique, and 

 his articles Mollusques and Vers, in 

 the Dictionnaire des Sciences Natur- 

 elles. The first is printed separately 

 under the title of Malacologie. 

 Paris and Strasb., 8vo, 1828, with 1 

 vol. of plates. 



"Memoire sur les Belemnites," 4to. 

 Paris, 1827. 



" Essai d'une Monographic do la Fa- 

 mille des Hirudinees," 8vo. Paris, 

 1827. 



Bl. — Block (Mark-Eleazer), a 

 Jewish physician in Berlin, bora at 

 Anspach 1723, died 1799. His 



" Ichthyology, or General and Particular 

 History of Fishes," in twelve num- 

 bers, folio, with 432 plates, Berlin, 

 1785 — 1796, is far from being general. 

 It only contains such species as he 

 could procure, and almost all the 

 foreign ones are badly coloured. His 



'' Systema, Ichthyologisc" — see Schnei- 

 der — also includes the species of 

 other authors, but arranged in a fan- 

 tastic manner. 



" A Treatise on the Generation of In- 

 testinal "Worms" (in German), 4to. 

 Berlin, 1782. 



Blum, or Blumenb. — Blumen- 

 BACH (John Frederick), Professor 

 of Medicine and Natural History at 

 Gottiugen. 



■' Manual of Natural History," 8th 

 edition (in German), 1 vol. 8vo, 



