QUOTED IN THIS WORK. 



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cessoires," in which he has pub- 

 lished his 



" Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux et 

 des Insectes qui les produisent," as 

 well as " Recherclies sur I'lnsecte de 

 la Gomme-laque." 



Viv. — ViviANi (Domenico), Pro- 

 fessor of Botany and Natural His- 

 tory at Genoa. 



" Phosphorescentia maris quatnordecim 

 luceacentium Animalculorum, No\'is 

 Speciebus illustrata," 1 vol. 4to. 

 GeuuEe, 1805. 



VosM. — VosMAER (Amold), a 

 Dutch naturalist who died in 1799 ; 

 he was Curator of the Museum and 

 Menagerie of the Stadtholder. 



Author of numerous Monogxapbs (m 

 Dutcli and Frencli) of various animals, 

 wtli coloured plates, from 1767. 



VOY. DE DUPER. 



The Zoological part of the " Voj-age de 

 la Coquille," under M. Duperrey. 

 This portion of the work is by Messrs. 

 Lesson and Garnot. 



VoY. DE FrEYCIN., or ZOOL. DE 



Freycin. 



The Zoological portion of the " Voyage 

 de rUranie," under M. de Preycinet, 

 It is by Messrs. Quoy and Gaimard. 



Wagler (John), a German na- 

 turahst, author of Ornithological 

 Fragments, entitled 



" Systema Avium," editor of the His- 

 tory of Serpents in the Brazilian 

 Zoology of Spix and Martins, and au- 

 thor of Memoirs on Fishes in the 

 Isis. 



Walb. — Walbaum (J. J.), a 

 physician of Lubeck, born 1724, 



Besides his edition of " Artedi," has 

 given us (in German) a " Chelono- 

 graphia," or Description of certain 

 Tortoises, 1 vol. 4to. Lubeck and 

 Leipzic, 1782. 



Also some Memoirs inserted amongst 

 those of the Naturalists of Berlin. 



Walch (J. E. E.), Professor at 

 Jena,bornin 1725, and died in 1778. 



Author of the text of Knorr's " Monu- 

 ments," &c. See Knorr. 



Walck. — Walckenaer (C. a.), 

 member of the Academie des In- 

 scriptions et Belles-Lettres. 



"Faune Parisieune," 2vols.8vo, Paris, 

 1802. 



" Tableau des Araneides," in numbers, 

 like those of Panzer on the Insects of 

 Germany. But five have appeared. 



" Araneides de France," a work which 

 forms part of that entitled " La Faune 

 Francjaise," published by MM. de 

 BlaiuA'ille, Desmarest, Vieillot, &c. 



" Memoires pour servir a I'Histoire 

 Naturelle des Abeilles Solitaires," 1 

 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1817. 



Web. — Weber (Frederick), a 

 German naturalist. Professor at 

 Kiel. 



" Observationes Entomologicse," 1 vol. 

 8vo. Kiel, 1801. 



White, Bot. B., or White Voy. 

 — White (John), a surgeon in the 

 English service at Botany-Bay. 



" Journal of a Voyage to New South 

 Wales," with sixty-five plates, 1 vol. 

 4to. London, 1790. The Zoological 

 part of this work, which is enriched 

 ■\vith splendid drawings, appears to 

 have been from the pen of John 

 Hunter, the celebrated anatomist. 

 There is a French edition, 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Paris, 1795, in which useless notes 

 are added to the original work, and 

 the natural history and plates are 

 suppressed. 



Wiedemann, C. R. G. 



Diptera exotica, 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Analecta entomologica, 1824, 4to. 



WiLLOUGHBY DE ErESBY (F.), 



born in 1635, and died in 1672, an 

 English gentleman and a zealous 

 naturalist. 



" Omithologice, lib. III." 1 vol. folio, 

 London, 1676 ; published by Ray 

 from his posthumous papers. It was 

 translated by Saleme with additions, 

 in 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1767. 



" Historia Piscium, lib. IV." 2 vols, 

 folio. Oxford, 1685. 



The plates of these two works are mostly 

 copied from other authors. 



WiLS. — Wilson (Alexander), an 

 American naturahst, born in 1766, 

 and died in 1813. 



" American Ornithology," with coloured 



