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AMERICAN MUSEUM OP NATURAL HISTORY 



RAY 



Ray, J. 



Other eds. are: 1678, 1693, 1738, 1745, 1768. 

 The 1738 ed. consists of two volumes. The first 

 is a reprint of the preceding work with a slightly 

 changed title; the second is a "Collection of 

 Curious Travels," of no interest here save that 

 it contains the travels in Greece of Alpinus. 

 (g. V.) This "Collection" was first printed 

 separately, London, 1693. 



■ A collection of English words 



not generally used, ... in two alpha- 

 betical catalogues; with catalogues of 

 English birds and fishes, etc. London, 

 1674. 178 p. 16°. Pre-Linn. 1674.1 



Contains a catalogue of fresh-water fishes 

 found in England. 



A second ed., enlarged, 1691. Said to have 

 been republished in Ray's "Proverbs," 4th 

 ed., 1768, the first ed. of which seems to have 

 appeared in 1670. • 



■ A letter written to the publisher 



by the learned Mr. Ray, containing 

 some considerations on the conjecture 

 in numb. 114, of these tracts, about the 

 swimming bladders in fishes. Phil. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. 1675, 10, 349-351. 

 Pre-Linn. 1675.1 



Erroneously ascribed by Gronow and others 

 to Robert Boyle, and listed under his name 

 because the "conjecture in numb. 11'4" was 

 "illustrated by an experiment of Mr. Boyle's." 



■ F. Willughbeii . . . de historia 



piscium libri quatuor . . . Totum opus 

 recognovit . . . librum etiam primum 

 & secundum integras adjecit J. Raius. 

 Oxonii, 1686. v, 343, 30, 13 p. 188 pis. 

 Pre-Linn. 1686.1 



This great work of his pupil Willughby, left 

 in MS. at his death, was edited and published 

 by Ray, to whom much of the credit is due. 



2nd ed., London, 1743. fol. See also Wil- 

 lughby, F., this section. 



De lingua piscium . . . de pisci- 



bus in genere, etc. [ini Appendix ad his- 

 toriam naturalem piscium (In Wil- 

 lughby, F. De historia piscium. Ox- 

 onii, 1686) p. 8-13. Pre-Linn. 1686.2 



The wisdom of God manifested 



in the works of the creation, etc. Lon- 

 don, 1691. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1691.1 



Air-bladders of fishes an adaptation to their 

 environment. 



This work passed through many eds. (the 

 12th, 1759) and translations: French, Utrecht, 

 1714; German, Goslar, 1718, Leipsio, 1732; 

 Dutch, Amsterdam, 1732, 1768. 



Synopsis methodica avium & 



piscium; opus posthumum: quod vivus 

 recensuit & perfecit ipse auctor, in quo 

 multas species in ipsius ornithologia & 

 ichthyologia desideratas adjecit, metho- 

 dumque suam piscium naturae miagis 

 eonvenientem reddidit. Londini, 1710. 

 pis. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1710.1 



Later eds. are: 1713, 1721 ; & in Dutch, Am- 

 sterdam, 1769. 



Philosophical letters between 



the learned Mr. Ray and several of the 

 ingenious correspondents; to which are 

 added those of Francis Willughby Esq. 

 The whole consisting of many curious 

 discoveries and improvements in the 

 history of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, 

 Insects, Fossiles, Fountains, &c. Lon- 

 don, 1718. 376 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1718.1 



"Opus est posthumum a W. Derham in lu- 

 cem editum, continens varia ad historiam na- 

 turalem & physicam spectantia." Title and 

 comment from Gronovius. 



Reaumur, Rene Antoine FerchauU 

 de [1683-1757]. Observations sur la 

 matiere qui colore les perles fausses, 

 etc., h I'occasion de quoi on essaie d'ex- 

 pliquer la formation des 6cailles des 

 poissons. M6m. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1716 

 (1718), 229-244. Pre-Linn. 1718.1 



The suggestion is here madt for the first time 

 that the concentric pirculi of scales represent 

 successive increments of scale growth. 



Des effets que produit le poisson 



appelS en frangais torpille, ou trem- 

 ble, sur ceux qui le touehent; et de la 

 cause dont ils dependent. M6m. Acad. 

 Sci. Paris, 1714 (1741), 344-360.— 

 Journ. Scav., 64, 620. 2 pis. 



Pre-Linn. 1741.1 



Description d'un poisson d'une 



configuration monstrueuse. M6m. 

 Acad. Sci. Paris, 1747, 52. 



Pre-Linn. 1747.1 



Divers means for preserving 



from corruption dead birds, . . . quad- 

 rupeds, reptiles, fishes and insects. 

 Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1748 (1750), 

 45, 304-320. Pre-Linn. 1750.1 



Fishes considered, p. 319. 



The original of this not found. Probably it 

 is a translation of a French memoir sent direct 

 to the Royal Society. This article has been re- 

 viewed or reprinted in abstract form many 

 times. Boehmer (Vol. II, pt. I, p. 416) gives a 

 listof 12, but most of them are obscure pubU- 

 cations and probably are not to be found today. 



Recchi, Nardo Antonio {editor and 

 commentator). See Hernandez, Fran- 



Reck, Mord. von der. Disputatio 

 juridica de piscatione. Solenniter de- 

 fendendam suscepit M. von der Reck. 

 Argentorati, 1662. 12 p. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1662.1 



Redi, Francesco [1626-1698] For a 

 life of Redi, see Salvini, A. S. in Opere, 

 1712-30, vol. I, pt. I. Also short 

 notices in Locy, W. A. " Biology and 

 its makers." 1908, p. 277; and Miall, 



