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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
of the work of the late Palisot de 
Beauvois on the Insects collected by 
him in Africa and America ; as well 
as extracts from various works on 
Insects, in the “ Bulletin Universel” 
of Baron Ferussac. 
Shaw (Thomas), a theologian of 
Oxford, who travelled in Africa and 
the Levant. 
His work, published in English at Ox- 
ford, in folio, 1738, has been trans- 
lated into French under the title of 
“ Voyage dans plusieurs parties de la 
Barbarie et du Levant,” 2 vols. 4to. 
La Haye, 1743. 
Sh. or Shaw. — Shaw (George), 
Adjunct Librarian of the British 
Museum, a laborious compiler and 
describer, died in 1815. 
“ The Naturalist’s Miscellany,” 8vo. 
London, 1789, et seq.; a numerous 
collection of coloured plates, mostly 
copies, with some that are original. 
“ General Zoology,” London, 1800, et 
seq., several volumes, 8vo. with plates, 
most of them copies. 
“ Zoology of New Holland,” a few num- 
bers, 8vo. London, 1794 et seq. 
The work remains unfinished. 
Sloane (Hans), a former Presi- 
dent of the Royal Society, born in 
1660, died in 1753. 
“ Voyage to the Islands of Madeira, Bar- 
badoes, Nevis, St. Christopher and 
Jamaica,” with 274 indifferent or bad 
plates, 2 vols. folio. London, 1707, 
Smeath. — Smeathman (Hen.) 
His History of tbe Termites, published 
in the seventy-first volume of the 
Philosophical Transactions, has been 
translated into French by Dr. Rigaud 
of Montpellier, and inserted in the 
French translation of Sparrman’s 
Voyage. 
Smith (Hamilton), an officer in 
the English service and a learned 
naturalist. 
Author of a great portion of the addi- 
tions to the English translation of the 
Regne Animal, and particularly of the 
Synopsis Mammalium, which termi- 
nates the third volume. 
Soc. Nat. Berl., or Berl. Mem., 
or Nat. of Berl., or Berl. Nat. 
The Memoirs of this Society have ap- 
peared successively under four differ- 
ent titles, in German. 
1. “ Beschseftigungen,” (Occupations), 
4 vols. 8vo. 1775—1779. 
2. “ Schriften,” (Writings), 11 vols. 8vo. 
1780 — 1794, the five last of which are 
also styled “ Beobachtungen and Ent- 
deckungen,” (Observations and Dis- 
coveries). 
3. “ Neue Schriften,” (New Writings), 
4to. 1795—17 . 
4. “ Magazin,” &c. ( The Magazine of 
New Discoveries in Natural History), 
quarterly from 1807. 
Sold. — Soldanx (Ambrosio), 
General of the Camaldolites, sub- 
sequently Professor at Siena, author 
of various works on Microscopic 
Testacea, both fossil and recent. 
“Saggio Oritografico Ovvero Osserva- 
tioni sopra le Terre Nautilitiche,” &c. 
1 vol. 4to. Siena, 1780. 
“ Testaeeographia ac Zoophytographia 
Parva et Microscopica,” 3 vols. folio. 
Siena, 1789—1798. 
SONNER. — SONNERAT, bom at 
Lyons, died in Paris, 1814, an inde- 
fatigable collector. 
“Voyage a la Nouvelle-Guinee,” with 
one hundred and twenty plates, 4to. 
Paris, 1776. His first voyage. 
“ Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la 
Chine,” from 1774 to 1781, 2 vols. 4to. 
with one hundred and forty plates. 
Paris, 1782. His second voyage. 
SONNINI DE MaNONCOURT(C.S.) 
engineer, born at Lorraine, died in 
Wallachia in 1814. I quote his 
“ Voyage dans la Haute et Basse 
Egypte,” with an atlas of forty plates, 
3 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1799. 
And sometimes his edition of Buffon, 
8vo. Paris, Dufart, 1798. 
Sowerb. — Sowerby (Jas.), and 
Sowerby (G. B.), his son, English 
naturalists and artists. 
“ The Genera of recent and fossil 
Shells,” thirty numbers, 8vo. 
“ Fossil Conchology,” 
Various papers in the Zoological Jour- 
nal. 
Spall. — S pALLANZANi(Lazzaro), 
the celebrated observer. Professor 
at Reggio, then at Modena, and 
finally at Pavia, born in 1729, died 
