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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
Feuill. — Feuillee (Louis), the 
companion and plagiarist of Plu- 
nder, born 1660, died 1732. 
“Journal d’ Observations faites sur les 
Cotes Orientales de l’Amerique 2 
vols. 4to. Paris,, 1714. 
Journal, &c., in New Spain and the 
islands of America, 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 
1725. 
Fitch, and Moll. — Fitchel 
(Leopold de), a naturalist of Vienna, 
who in conjunction with J. P. C. 
De Moll, member of the Academy 
of Munich, published the 
“ Testacea Microscopica, aliaque minuta 
ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus,” 
cum tab. XXIV. Vienna, 1803. 
Fisch. — Fischer de Waldheim 
(Gotthelf), a German naturalist. 
Director of the Imperial Museum 
at Moscow. Of his numerous 
works, we quote the following : 
“Fragments of Natural History,” in 
German, 1 vol. 4to. Frankfort, 1801. 
“ Anatomy of the Makis,” in German. 
Frankfort, 1804. 
“Description of certain Insects,” pub- 
lished in the Memoirs of the Natu- 
ralists of Moscow, 1 vol. 4to. Moscow. 
1806. 
“ Entomographia Imperii Russici,” 2 
vols. 4to. with splendid engravings. 
Moscow, 1820 — 1822 
“ Observations on a carnivorous Fly 
called Medeterus,” 4to. with plates. 
Moscow, 1819. 
“ Memoir on the Argas of Persia,” 4to. 
with a plate. Moscow, 1823. 
“Letter on the Physodactylus, a new 
genus of Coleopterous Insects,” 8vo. 
Moscow, 1824. 
Fitzing. — Fitzinger, a phy- 
sician and naturalist at Vienna. 
“A New Classification of Reptiles ac- 
cording in their national affinities,” 
4to. in German. Vienna, 1826. 
Fleming (John), a Scotch pastor. 
“ Philosophy of Zoology,” 2 vols. 8vo. 
Edinburgh, 1822. 
Fleuriatj de Bellevue, a na- 
turalist at Rochelle. 
Author of Memoirs on the Testacea 
and other Mollusca, published in the 
Bulletin des Sciences, Journal de 
Physique, &c. 
Forsk. — Forskahl (Peter), a 
Swedish naturalist, born 1734, a 
pupil of Linnaeus, and the com- 
panion of Niebuhr in his travels to 
the East, died during the journey 
in 1763. 
“ Descriptiones Animalium, &c., quae 
in Itinere Orientali observavit,” 4to. 
Copenhagen, 1775. 
“leones Rerum Naturalium quas in 
Itinere Orientali depingi curavit,” 4to. 
Copenhagen, 1776. 
Posthumous work, and extremely pre- 
cious on account of the new species 
described in them, although the no- 
menclature is incorrect. 
Fortis (J. B. or Alberto), an 
Italian naturalist, born at Venice 
1740, died a Bookseller at Bologna 
1803. I quote his 
“ Memoires pour servir a l’Histoire 
Naturelle et principalement a l’Oric- 
tographie de l’ltalie,” 2 vols. 8vo. 
Paris, 1802 
Forst. — Forster (John Rein- 
hold), born at Dirchaw in Polish 
Prussia 1729, naturalist in the 
English service for the second 
voyage of Cook, and subsequently 
Professor at Halle. He died in 
1798. 
“ Zoologise IndicseRarioris Spicilegium,” 
4to. London, 1790. 
“ Enchiridion Historic Naturali inser- 
viens,” 8vo. Halle, 1788. 
I also quote him for the articles inserted 
by Bloch in his posthumous System 
of Fishes* 
Fourcroy (Antoine Francois de), 
the celebrated Professor of Chemis- 
try, Counsellor of State, and mem- 
ber of the Academie des Sciences ; 
born 1755, died 1809. The only 
work we have had occasion to quote 
is his 
“ Entomologia Parisiensis,” 2 vols. 8vo. 
Paris, 1785, a small work of his 
youth, and a mere abridgment of that 
of Geoffroy. 
Fred. Cuv. See Cuv. 
