QUOTED IN THIS WORK. 
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the plates are copied from Buffon, and 
coloured from the descriptions, al- 
though some of them are original and 
good. 
Schreib. — Schreibers (Charles 
de). Director of the Imperial Mu- 
seum of Vienna. 
The description of various unpublished 
or but little known Coleoptera, with 
plates, inserted in the sixth volume of 
the Transactions of the Linnaean So- 
ciety. 
A Memoir on the Proteus in the Philo- 
sophical Transactions. 
SCHRCET. SCHRCETER, (J. S.), 
Lutheran superintendent at Butt- 
stedt in the Duchy of Weimar, born 
in 1735. Author of numerous 
works on Conchyliology ; we quote 
his 
“ History of Fresh-water Shells” (in 
German), 4to. Halle, 1779. 
Schweig. — Schweigger(A. F.), 
a Prussian naturalist who was as- 
sassinated by his guide during a 
journey in the interior of Sicily. 
“ Prodromus Monographic Chelonio- 
rum,” in which he particularly des- 
cribes the new species in the Museum 
of Paris. It is published in the “ Ar- 
chives of Koenigsberg,” for 1812. He 
has also given us 
“ Observations during his Travels,” in 
which he treats of the Corallines and 
yellow Amber, 4to. Berlin, 1819. 
“ A Manual of the Invertebrate and 
Inarticulated Animals,” 1 vol. 8vo. 
Leipzic, 1820. 
Scilla (Agostino), a Sicilian 
painter. 
“ La Yana Speculatione disingannatadal 
Senso,” 1 vol. 4to. Naples, 1670. 
The first exact comparison of fossils 
with analogous recent bodies that was 
instituted. There is a Latin transla- 
tion of this work in 4to. Rome, 1752. 
Scop. — Scopoli (J. A.). Profes- 
sor of Botany and Chemistry at Pa- 
via, born in 1723, died in 1788. 
“Entomologia Carniolica,” 1 vol. 8vo. 
Vindebonse, 1763. 
“Delicise Florae et Faunae Insubricse,” 
with plates, 4 vols. folio. Ticini, 1786 
—1788. 
Cuv. Table of Authors. 
“ Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem,” 
1 vol. 8vo. Pragae, 1777. 
“ Anni Historici-Naturales V.” Lipsae, 
1768 — 1772, united in 1 vol. 8vo. 
He also published some plates which 
are but little known, forming a sequel 
to his “Entomologia Carniolica.” 
Scoresby, an English navigator, 
who re-discovered Oriental Green- 
land, and author of 
“Arctic Regions,” &c. 1 vol. London, 
1816, which contains many valuable 
observations on the Cetacea. 
Seb. — Seba (Albert), a druggist 
of Amsterdam, born in 1665, died 
in 1736. Celebrated for his 
“ Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium 
Thesauri Accurata Descriptio,” 4 vols. 
folio. Amsterdam, 1734, 1765. 
A work that I have frequently quoted, 
because it is enriched with numerous 
and excellent plates ; the text, how- 
ever, is of no authority whatever, 
being written without accuracy or 
judgment. 
Selby (P. J.) 
Author of “ Illustrations of British Or- 
nithology,” 8vo. Edinburgh, 1825, 
with a very large atlas, the most mag- 
nificent work on Ornithology that 
exists. 
He also published various papers in the 
Zoological Journal, &c. 
Senguerd. — Senguerdius(Wo1- 
ferd.) 
“ Tractatus Physicus de Tarantula,” 
1 vol. 12mo. Lugduni Batavorum, 
1668. 
Serres (Marcel de). Professor 
of Mineralogy to the Faculte des 
Sciences of Montpellier. Author 
of 
“ Memoire sur les yeux composes, et les 
yeux lisses des Insectes,” with plates, 
1 vol. 8vo. Montpellier, 1813. 
Several Memoirs on the Anatomy of 
Insects, published in the Annales du 
Museum. 
Serv. — Serville, one of the 
writers for the Entomological De- 
partment of the Faune Fran^aise, 
and of the Encyclopedic Methodi- 
que. 
He has also published the last number 
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