242 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUBVEV. [f'ol- ^■ 



1707-25. Sloane, H.— Continued. 



Vol. I, 1707, 8 p. 11., pp. i-cliv, 1-264, pll. i-iv (i being a map), 1-150. Vol. 

 II, 1725, 2 p. II. (title and dedication), pp. i-xviii, 1-499, pU. v-xi, 157-274. 



There arc some literal discrepancies in the titles of the two vols. : in the second the author 

 appears as "Sir Hans Sloane, Bar'.", and the last line is simply "Printed for the author. 

 1725."— Vol. II, Book VI, Part H, pp. 293-325, " Of the Birds of Jamaica ", plL 254-272 — Chap. 

 I, Of Land Birds, 54 spp. Chap, n, Of Birds which Wade, or Preqnent Watery Places, 17 spp. 

 Chap, m. Of Water-]?owl, or such as are web-footed and Swim, 11 spp.i in all, 82 spp. The 

 plates sre very coarse and poor; some of them are as ludicrous as anything in Gesner, for 

 example. The ornithology of this work has no intrinsic value, but derives some importance 

 from the fact that here are the original descriptions of various birds upon which Linnaean 

 species rest wholly or in part. Sloane's pages and plates were constantly cited by writers of 

 the century, as Catesby, Edwards, Brisson, Xinnffins, etc., and are sometimes referred to stilL 

 1724. Labat, — . Nouveau Voyage aux lies de I'Am^rique. 1724. 



Kot seen : said to contain natural history illustrations. [See Addexda, beyond.] 

 1729. Water, L. A New | Voyage | and | Description | of the | Isthmns of 

 America. | Giving an Account of the | Author's Abode there, | The Form and 

 Make of the Country, the Coasts, | Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, 

 &c. Trees, | Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. | The Indian Inhabitants, their 

 Features, Complexion, | &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, | Mar- 

 riages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, | Language, &c. | With Remarkable 

 Occurrences in the South-Sea and | elsewhere. | — | By Lionel Wafer. | — | 

 The Third Edition. | — | To which are added, | The Natural History of those 

 Parts, I By a Fellow of the Eoyal Society : | and | Davis's Expedition to the 

 Gold Mines, in 1702. | Illustrated with several Copper-Plates. | — | London, | 

 Printed for James and John Kuapton, at the | Crown in St. Paul's Church- 

 yard. M DCC XXIX. 



Contained in voL HI of the series called "A Collection of Voyages", etc., 4 vols., London, 

 1729, being pp. 263-463 -I- 9, maps, plates. 



"The Birds, and Plying Insects", pp. 334-339, consists of an acconnt of sundry apeciea by 

 the author. 



"AnAdditionalAccountof several Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Eeptiles, &c, , . . Commnnicated 

 by a Member of the Eoyal Society ", Chap. II. Of the Birds, pp. 402-410. A formal account of 

 no fewer than 118 spp., very curtly described under English names applied wholly at random. 



1749. CONBAMINE, C. M. DE LA. Relation abr^g^e d'tin Voyage fait dans I'int^rienr 



de TAm^rique m&idionale, depuis la C6te de la Mer du Sud, jusqnes aux C6t«s 

 du Br&il & de la Guiane, en descendant la rivifere des Amazones. ■< Jfm. de 

 VAcad. Boy. des Sci. pour I'annee 1745, 1749, pp. 391-492, pll. viii, ix. 

 Notes sur les oiseaux, pp. 471-474. 



1750. Hughes, G. The | Natural History | of | Barbados. | — | In Ten Bookd. 



I — I By the Reverend | Mr. Griffith Hughes, A. M. | Rector of St. Lucy's 

 Parish, in the said Island, and F. R. S. | — | [Vignette.] | — ( London: 

 I Printed for the Author; | And sold by most Booksellers in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. MDCCL. 1vol. Folio. 8 p. 11. (title, dedication, subscribers, etc.), 

 pp. i-viii (preface, errata), 1-314. + 11 11. (explanatory notes, index, addenda), 

 pll. 1-29, folded map, and head- and tail-pieces. 



Book HI, pp. 69-79, Of Birds. A few species are very lightly treated, though it is stated 

 th£it "An Inspection into the Structure, Nature and Qualities of every Species wiU convince 

 us, that every Individual is stamped with Marks of infinite Wisdom "- 

 1756. Browne, Patrick. The | Civil and Natural | History | of | Jamaica. | In Three 

 Parts. I Containing, | I. An accur.ate Description of that Island, its Situation 

 and Soil ; | with a brief Account of its former anS present State, Government, | 

 Revenues, Produce, and Trade. | II. A History of the natural Productions, 

 including the various Sorts | of native Fossils; perfect and imperfect Vege- 

 tables; Quadrupedes, | Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects; with their Prop- 

 erties .and Uses | in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic. | III. An Account of the 

 Nature of Climates in General, and their | different Effects upon the human 

 Body; with a Detail of the | Diseases arising from this Source, particularly 

 within the Tropics. | In Three Dissertations. | The Whole illustrated with 



