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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
divided into two volumes with plates, 
Harlaem, 1764 and 1765. 
Basterot (B. de), a Lawyer. 
“ Memoire Geologique sur les Environs 
de Bourdeaux,” 8vo. Paris, 1825. 
Beauv. — Beauvois (Palisot de). 
See Palisot. 
Bechst. or Bech. — Bechstein 
(J. M.), a naturalist of Saxony, 
born 1757. 
“ The Common Natural History of 
Germany,” 4 vols. 8vo. Leipsig, 1801 
— 1809. in the German language. It 
only treats of the Quadrupeds and 
Birds. 
Bell (Thomas). 
Author of various Memoirs on Reptiles 
in the Linnsean Transactions, Zoolo- 
gical Journal, &c. 
Bel.-^Belon (Pierre), a Phy- 
sician at Mans, and a Professor of 
the College of France, born 1517, 
died 1564. 
“ Observations faites dans ses Voyages 
en Orient,” 1 vol. 4to. 1553- 
“•Histoire des Poissons,” 1 vol. 8vo. 
Transv., 1551. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des etranges Pois- 
sons Marins, et Description du 
Dauphin, &c.” 1 vol. 4to, 1551. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux,” 1 
vol. folio, 1551. 
Bennet (E. T.), an English 
naturalist. 
Author of several Memoirs in the 
Zoological Journal. 
Bennet (J. Whitchurch,) an 
English naturalist. 
“ Natural History of the Fishes of 
Ceylon,” of which hut two numbers, 
in 4to. are yet published. The plates 
are beautiful. 
Bergius (Peter-Jonas), a Swed- 
ish naturalist, Professor at Stock- 
holm, died 1790. 
Quoted as author of certain Memoirs 
among those of Stockholm. 
Beseke (John Melchior Theo- 
philus). Professor at Mittau in 
Courland, born 1746. Author of 
“ Materials for the History of the 
Birds of Courland” (in German), 
8 vo. 1792, Mittau and Leipzic. 
Bendant (F. S.), a French natu- 
ralist, &c., member of the Acade- 
mie des Sciences, quoted for his 
Memoirs on Shells, published in the 
Annales du Museum. 
Besler orMus. Besler (Michael 
Robert), a physician at Nuremberg, 
born 1607, died 1661. 
“ Rariora Musei Besleriani ” folio, 
1716. 
Blainv. — Blainville (Henri 
Ducrotay de), adjunct Professor to 
the Faculte des Sciences, and 
member of the Academie des 
Sciences. 
I quote several of his Memoirs on all 
the branches of Zoology, published in 
the Annales du Museum, Bulletin 
des Sciences, Journal Physique, and 
his articles Mollusques and Vers, in 
the Dictionnaire des Sciences Natur- 
elles. The first is printed separately 
under the title of Malacologie. 
Paris and Strasb., 8vo, 1828, with 1 
vol. of plates. 
u Memoire sur les Belemnites,” 4to. 
Paris, 1827. 
“ Essai d’une Monographic de la Fa- 
mille des Hirudinees,” 8vo. Paris, 
1827. 
Bl. — Bloch (Mark-Eleazer), a 
Jewish physician in Berlin, born at 
Anspach 1723, died 1799- His 
u Ichthyology, or General and Particular 
History of Fishes,” in twelve num- 
bers, folio, with 432 plates, Berlin, 
1785 — 1796, is far from being general. 
It only contains such species as he 
could procure, and almost all the 
foreign ones are badly coloured. His 
“ Systema, Ichthyologise” — see Schnei- 
der — also includes the species of 
other authors, but arranged in a fan- 
tastic manner. 
“ A Treatise on the Generation of In- 
testinal Worms” (in German), 4to. 
Berlin, 1782. 
Blum, or Blumenb.— Blumen- 
bach (John Frederick), Professor 
of Medicine and Natural History at 
Gottingen. 
“ Manual of Natural History,” 8th 
edition (in German), 1 vol. 8vo. 
