CORRESPONDENCE. 



To the Editor of the American Naturalist: 



Sir: — In a suggestive article in the American Naturalist for 

 August (XXXVII, 551-555). on "Vernacular names of animals," 

 Dr. Edwin W. Doran remarks, " I believe that I am the first who 

 has thought it necessary to prepare a synonymy of the vernacular 

 iianie.«i of annuals" and announces that "the author has in prep- 

 aration a synonymy of all the vernacular names of vertebrates." 

 It is evident from this, and from interviews had with other natural- 

 ists, that a great work on the subject published more than a century 

 ago is unknown to most who are especially interested in its subject- 

 matter. Indeed, I have found that none of the naturalists of 

 Washington whom I had asked knew about it, so completely has it 

 been forgotten. Nevertheless, it is a work in four large quarto 

 volumes of about 2400 pages with 4783 numbered columns and some 

 additional leaves (preliminary) as noted below. I give the title of 

 the work and analysis of the volumes. 



General title. 



Allgemeines | Polyglotten-Lexicon | der \ Naturgeschichte [ von 

 I Philip Andreas | Nemnich, J. U. L. | mut. mut. See below. | Zu 

 fin den | Hamburg, bey Licentiat Nemnich ] [etc.] 



The tide page of the first part is printed from a plate ; those of 

 the other parts from regular type. They are paged for or were 

 bound in four volumes as follows 



[Erste Lieferung. A — Can us.] Eng. title page + 8 p. 1. + col. i- 

 840. 1793. 



Zweyte Lieferung. | — j Cap. — Fus. | title page + col. 841-1684. 

 1793- 



