ifo.2.] COUES'S ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 243 



1756. Beowxe, Patrick. — Contiuuecl. 



Fifty Copper-Plates : | In which the most curious Productions are represented 

 of the natiu-al Size, and | delineated immediartely from the Objects. | — | By 

 Patrick Browne, M. D. | — | London: | Printed for the Author; and sold by 

 T.Osborne.andJ. Shipton, I iuGray's-Inn. MDCCLVI. 1vol. Folio. 4 p. 11. 

 (two titles, dedication, and list of subscribers), pp. v-viii (preface), 1-503, + 

 1 1., pi. i, map, pU. 1-49. 



Cbap. IV, Of Birds, pp. 460-483, none of the plates. § I. Of the smaller frugiTorous and 

 granivorons birds witli short and pointed conic bills, etc. : Birundo 4, Loxia 1, Fringilla 5, Mo- 

 tacilla 1. § 2. Of the smaller granivorous and vermivoroua birds with conic and moderately 

 slender lengthened bills, etc. : Colitmha 10, Teta 1, Turdua 2. § 3. Of birds of the larger 

 granivorous tribe with thick, conic, and moderately arebed bills, -proportioned limbs, and 

 divided claws: Pavo 1, Cmx 1, Zldeagrisl, Gallua 4, Tetrao 1. § 4. Of birds that have strong 

 crooked bills and open claws, whose digits are generally furnished with strong arched nails : 

 Faleo 3, TuUur 1, Psittacus 11, Strix 2. 5 5. Of birds that have large 8tr.iight bills, of a 

 length nearly equal to the middle digits, and moderately flatted ivbove : Oormm 1, Grotopha- 

 gu£ 1, Picus 1, Barib-Uts 1. § 6. Of birds that have long slender bills that arch .and taper very 

 moderately to the top : Polyt-mus 4, Todus 1, Onolus 1, Cuculus 1, Mcrops 1, Xanthormis 2. 

 § 7. Of birds whose bills are of a length with or longer than the middle digits, having long 

 legs, partly naked thighs, and divided claws, and living chiefly in watery places, though they 

 do not swim : IHnga 2, Numenius 1, Ardea 1. § 8. Of water-fowls, or birds th-at pass a con- 

 siderable part of their time upon the water; Fuliea 4, Colymhua 1, Phosnicoptems 1, Pele^ 

 canus 1, Cygnus 2, Anas 6, Anceihetu» 2, Larui 4, Sterna 3, Alcyon 2. Under such classiflca- 

 tion the number of species indicated by the flgures given are treated, with numbered generic, 

 but no speciflc names, with Latin diagnoses, some little synonymy, both Latin and vernacular, 

 and miscellaneous observations. It was a considerable ornithological treatise in its time, 

 freely cited by Brisson. Linnajus, Edwards, and others ; and some of these descriptions, like 

 Sloane's, are the bases of species. — This is the orig. ed. ; there is another, 1789. 



1769. [Bancroft, E.] An | Essay | on the | Natural History |^ of | Guiana, | In South 

 America. | Containing | A Description of many Curious Productions | in the 

 .Ajiimal and Vegitable Systems | of that Country. | Together with an Account 

 of I The Religion, Manners, and Customs | of several Tribes of its Indian In- 

 habitants. I Insterspersed with | A Variety of Literary and Medical Observa- 

 tions. I In Several Letters | from | A Gentleman of the Medical Faculty [E. 

 Bancroft], [During his Residence in that Country. | — | — Adrespulcherrimas 

 ex tenebris ad lucem erutas alieno | labore deducimur. | Seneca, De brevitate 

 vitae, cap. xiv. | — | London, | Printed for T. Eecket and P. A. De Hondt | in 

 the Strand. MDCCLXIX. 1vol. 16mo. Frontisp. (2-he'aded snake), 2 p. 11. 

 (title and dedication), pp. i-iv, 1-402, -)- 3 11. (contents and advts.). 



This anonymous work, by Dr. E. Bancroft, contains, pp. 152-185, "the Description of Birds, 

 inhabiting the aerial regions of Cruiana, which, for the variety,, vivacity and lustre of colours- 

 that adorn their plumage, are no where excelled ' '. — There is a G-ermim version of same date. 



1769. Bancroft, E. Naturgesohichte | von | Guiana | in | Siid-Amerika. | worinn | 

 von der naturlichen Bescbaffenheit und den vor- | nehmsten Naturproducten 

 des Landes, ingleichen der Re- | ligion, Sitten und Gebrauchen versehiedener 

 Stamme | der wilden Landes-Einwohner, Na«hricht | ertheilet wird.. | — | In 

 vier Briefen. | Von | Eduard Bancroft, Esq. | — | Aus dem EngHsohen. | — | 

 [Quotation from Seneca.] | — | Frankfurt und Leipzig, | bey J. Dodsley mnd 

 Compagnie, 1769. 1vol. 16mo. Frontispiece (2-headed snake), pp. i-x, 1 1., 

 pp. 1-248, 1 1. 



Vogel, pp. 91-112. In dieser Ausgabe, die Arten die bereits in den Schriften- des Herm 

 Linn6, oder von andem SchriftsteUem beschrieben worden sind, sind mit den unter den 

 Text gesetzten linnaiscben Trivialnamen, Oder Benennnng anderer Sohriftsteller kennbarer 

 gemacht worden. — Vergl. die Originalausgabe, 1769. 

 1775. SONXiNi DE Manoxcour, C. N. S. Observation sur les Coqs et Poules de 

 I'Am^rique m^ridionale. <C_Journ. de Physique, vi, 1775, pp. 128, 129. 



Ivot seen : title from Carus and Engelmann.— The article doubtless refers to CracidcB or 

 Tijutmidce. 

 1775. SoNNiNi DE Manoncour, C. N. S. Observation sur les Mareils on Faisans de 

 la Guiana. <^Jour>i. de Physique, v, 1775, pp. 345-350. 



Not seen: title from Cams and Engelmann. — Tinamidce) GtoaMoef 



