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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
“ The East Indies, Ancient and Mo- 
dern ” (in Dutch), 5 vols. folio. 
Dordrecht and Amsterdam, 1724 — 
1726. 
The third volume contains numerous 
observations on the Natural History 
of Amboyna. The plates of the Fishes 
are identical with those of Renard. 
Vall. Vallot, Professor at 
Dijon. 
Has presented to the Academie des Sci- 
ences a Memoir on certain species of 
Cecidomyise, and has also published 
in the thirteenth volume of the An- 
nales des Sc. Nat. some observations 
on the habits of the Anthribus Mar- 
moratus, but which were made in 
Sweden by Dalman. 
Vandelli, an Italian naturalist. 
Director of the Museum at Lisbon. 
Author of certain Memoirs on the 
Fishes of the river Amazon, pub- 
lished among those of the r Academy 
of Lisbon. 
Vander Lin. — Vander Lin- 
den, (P. L.), a physician and Pro- 
fessor of Natural History at Brus- 
sels. 
Has published, in two Memoirs, 4to. a 
description of the Libellulse of the 
territory of Bologna, and also in 1 vol. 
8vo. that of all the species of the same 
family peculiar to Europe. 
Also observations on European Hyme- 
noptera of the family of the Fossores. 
The first number of a work entitled 
“ Essai sur les Insectes de Java et des 
Isles Voisines;” a notice of the im- 
pression of an Insect enclosed in a 
piece of schistous limestone from So- 
lenhofen in Bavaria. These three 
last Memoirs are published in the 
General Annals of the Physical Sci- 
ences. Brussels, 1819, et seq. 
Vaucher (J. P. the Reverend), 
Professor at Geneva. 
“ Histoire des Conferves d’eau douce,” 
1 vol. 4to. Geneva, 1808. 
Author of some observations on Zoo- 
phytes, published in the Bulletin des 
Sciences. 
VlEILL. — - VlRELOT (L. P.), a 
naturalist of Paris, died 1828. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des plus beaux 
Oiseaux chanteurs de la zone tor- 
ride,” 1 vol. folio. Paris, 1805. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de 
P Amerique Septentrionale,” of which 
but 2 vols. folio have appeared. Paris, 
1807. 
He also continued the “ Oiseaux Do- 
rees” of Audibert, and has given us 
an “ Analyse d’une nouvelle Omitho- 
logie Elementaire,” pamphlet, 8vo. 
Paris, 1816. 
“ Galerie des Oiseaux,” which is quoted 
as Vieill. Gal. He assisted in pub- 
lishing the edition of Buffon’s Birds, 
printed by Dufart, and the “ Nou- 
veau Dictionnaire d’ Histoire Natu- 
relle,” by Deterville. 
Vigors, an English naturalist, 
and principal editor of the Zoolo- 
gical Journal. 
Author of various papers in the Lin- 
nsean Transactions,” &c. 
Vill. — Villers (Charles de), 
a naturalist of Lyons. 
“ C. Linnaei Entomologia,” 4 vols. 8vo. 
with tolerably good plates. Lugduni 
1789. 
A useful compilation at the time when 
it was published, and to which the 
author has added a description of va- 
rious Insects peculiar to the southern 
departments of France. 
Vill. — Villiers (Adrian P. de) 
Has published in the Annales de la So- 
ciete Linneenne de Paris, Nov. 1826, 
a description of three undescribed or 
but little known Lepidoptera of the 
south of France, with a plate in which 
they are figured. He there also rec- 
tifies the description previously given 
of the “ Bombyx Milhauseri.” 
V iq d’Az. — Vir d’Azyr (Felix), 
born at Valogne in 1748, died at 
Paris in 1794 ; member of the 
Acad, des Sciences, and perpetual 
Secretary to the Societe Royale de 
Medecine. I quote his 
“ Systeme Anatomique,” which forms a 
portion of the Encyclopedic Metho- 
dique, and of which only the second 
volume appeared, containing the 
Quadrumana and the Rodentia, 1 vol. 
4to. Paris, 1795. 
Virey (J. J.), a physician, and 
one of the editors of the “Journal 
de Pharmacie et des Sciences ac- 
