QUOTED IN THIS WORK. 



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that of the " Voyage de I'Astrolabe," 

 of which several numbers have already 

 appeared. 



Raffles (Sir Stamford), a^ 

 English general and Governor of 

 Sumatra, who has greatly contri- 

 buted to our knowledge of the pro- 

 ductions of that island. 



I quote his paper on this subject in the 

 thirteenth volume of the Linnaean 

 Transactions. 



Raf. — Rafinesque Schmaltz. 

 (C. S.), naturalist, long a resident 

 in Sicily, and at present established 

 in the United States. 



Author of numerous little works on new 

 species, genera and systems. 



" Caratteri di alcuni nuo^■i Generi et 

 nuove Specie di Animali e Piante 

 della Sicilia," 8vo. Palermo, 1810. 



" Indice dTttiologia Siciliana," 8vo. 

 Palermo, 1810. 



" Principes Fondamentaux de Semio- 

 logie." Palermo, 1814. 



" Analyse de I'Univers, ou Tableau de 

 la Nature," 8vo. Paris, 1815. 



" Ichthyologia Ohiensis, or Natural His- 

 tory of the Fishes inhabiting the river 

 Ohio," &c. 8vo. Lexington, Ken- 

 tucky, 1820. 



Ray (John), an English theolo- 

 gian, born 1628, died 1704 ; the 

 first true methodiser of the animal 

 kingdom, and the principal guide of 

 Linnaeus in that department of the 

 natural sciences. 



" Synopsis Methodica Animalium Quad- 

 rupedum et Serpentum," 8vo. Lon- 

 don, 1683. 



" Synopsis Methodica Avium et Pis- 

 cium," 8vo. London, 1783. 



" Historia Insectorum," 4to. London, 

 1710. 



Randohr (C. a.), a German 

 naturalist. 



Author of a treatise " On the Digestive 

 Organs of Insects," in the Gei-man 

 language, 4to. Halle, 1811; and of 

 " Materials for the History of certain 

 German Monoculi," 4to. Ibid. 1805. 



Rang (Sander), and oflScer of 

 the Corps Royal of the French 

 Navy, an able naturalist. 



" Man\ud de I'Histoire Naturclle des 



Mollusques et de leurs Coquilles," 



12mo. Paris, 1829. 

 " Etablissement de la famille des Be- 



roides," published in the fourth volume 



of the Mem. de la Soc. d'Hist. Natu- 



relle. 

 " Histoire Naturelle des Aplvsies," 4to. 



Paris, 1828. 



Ranzani (The Abbe Camillo), 

 Professor of Natural History at 

 Bologna, &c. 



"Elements of Zoology" (in Italian). 

 Bol., 1819, et seq., of which thirteen 

 volumes, 8vo. have already appeared, 

 all relating to Quadrupeds and Birds. 



" Memoirs on Natural Historv" (also in 

 Italian), 4to. Bologna, 1820. 



Rapp (William), Professor at 

 Tubingen. 



" On the Polypi in general and the 

 Actiniae in particular," 4to. Weimar, 

 1829. 



Reaum. — Reaumur (R. A. Fer- 

 chault de), member of the Acade- 

 mic des Sciences, born 1683, died 

 1757 ; his labours were directed to 

 all the sciences. "VVe chiefly quote 

 his 



" Memoires pour servir a THistoire des 

 Insectes," 6 vols. 4to. with plates. 

 Paris, 1734 — 1742. The seventh 

 volume remains in MS. ; the others 

 were not commenced. An admirable 

 Mork. 



Red. — Redi (F.), a celebrated 

 literary character and physician of 

 Arezzo, born 1626, died 1698. 



" E.xperimenta circa Generationem In- 

 sectorum," 3 vols. 12mo. \vith plates. 

 Amstelodami, 1671, 1686, 1712. 



Reich. — Reichenbach (H. T. 



L.) 



" Monographia Psela])horum," 1 vol. 

 8 vo. with plates. Lipsia-, 1816. 



Reinw. — Reinwardt, a German 

 naturalist. Professor at Leyden, who 

 travelled through the Archipelago 

 of India, where he made as plendid 

 collection. 



Renard (Louis), editor of a col- 

 lection of drawings of Fishes and 

 other marine animals executed in 



