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Brehm (Christian-Louis), a Ger- 
man clergyman. 
“Materials for a History of Birds'” (in 
German), 3 vols. 8vo. Neustadt, 1820. 
1822. 
Bremser, curator of the imperial 
cabinet of Vienna. 
“ On the Worms that inhabit living 
Man” (in Germany), 4to. Vienna, 
1819. It has been translated into 
French by Dr. Grundler, with addi- 
tions by M. de Blainville, 8vo. Paris, 
1824. 
Breyn. — Breynius (J. Philip), 
a naturalist and physician of Dant- 
zick, born 1680, died 1764. 
“ Dissertatio de Polythalamiis, nova Tes- 
taceorum classe,” 4to. Dantzick, 1732. 
“ Plistoria Naturalis Cocci radicum Tinc- 
torii,” 1 vol. 4to. Gedani, 1731. 
Briss. — BRissoN(Mathurin Jac- 
ques), professor of natural philoso- 
phy, member of the Academie des 
Sciences, and in his youth curator 
of the cabinet of natural history of 
Reaumur; born 1723, died 1806. 
“ Le Regne Animal divise en IX classes,” 
1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1756. It only con- 
tains the Quadrupeds and Cetacea. 
“ Ornithologie,” 6 vols. 4to. Paris 1770. 
A useful work on account of the mi- 
nute exactness of the descriptions. 
The plates were drawn by the same 
hand that furnished the figures of the 
Planches Enluminees of Buffon, and 
are frequently taken from the same 
specimens. 
Brit. Zool. 
Under this title we quote the large ano- 
nymous folio with fine plates, called 
“ British Zoology,” printed in London 
in 1766. It is by Pennant, and has 
been reproduced by him under the 
same title in 4 vols. 8vo. See Pennant. 
Brocchi(G ), a military engineer, 
died 1828 at Syria, in the service of 
the Pacha of Egypt. 
“ Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina,” 
2 vols. 4to. Milan, 1814. 
Brongn. — Brongniart (Alex- 
ander), member of the Academie 
des Sciences, and professor of the 
Cuv. Table of Authors. 
Faculty des Sciences de Paris, and 
of the Jardin du Roi, born 1770. 
“ Essai d’une Classification Naturelle des 
Reptiles,” 4to. Paris, 1805. 
I also quote his works on the Fossil 
Shells — “ Coquilles Fossiles’b — both 
in the Annales du Museum, and our 
joint publication on the geology of 
the environs of Paris, I also refer to 
his 
“ Histoire des Crustaces Fossiles,” 4to. 
published by him and M. Desmaret. 
Paris, 1812. 
Brouss. — Broussonnet (Pierre- 
Marie-Auguste), perpetual secretary 
to the Societe d’ Agriculture, and 
member of the Academie des Sci- 
ences ; born 1761, died 1807. I 
quote his 
“ Memoire sur les Chiens de Mer,” in 
the Memoires de 1’ Academie des Sci- 
ences, 1780. Also his 
“ Ichthyologia,” 4to. of which but one 
part was published. London and 
Paris, 1782. 
Brown Jam. — Brown (Patrick), 
an Irish physician, resident in Ja- 
maica. 
“ The Civil and Natural History of Ja- 
maica,” 1 vol. folio. London, 1756. 
Brown or Br. — Brown (Peter), 
an English painter. 
“ New Illustrations of Zoology,” 1 vol. 
4to. London, 1776, with fifty coloured 
plates of animals of various classes — 
all of them indifferently executed. 
Bruce (James), the celebrated 
Scotch traveller, born 1730, died 
1794. 
“ Travels in Abyssinia, and to the Sources 
of the Nile.” I quote the French 
translation, 5 vols. 4to. Paris, 1790. 
Brug. — Brugieres (Jean-Guil- 
laume), a physician at Montpellier, 
and a traveller, born 1750, and died 
at Ancona on his return from Per- 
sia, 1 799. I quote his 
“ Dictionnaire des Vers,” published in 
the Encyclopedic Methodique. But 
one volume, 4to. has appeared. Paris, 
1792. I also quote his 
“Figures de Vers,” for the same work, 
of which there are four. 
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