A CATALOGUE OF THE ANIMALS OFNORTH AMERICA

* >—

FORSTER

Unii

ed

States

National

Museum

Librar

yiaii/eAu/jt LuvJST,

A

CATALOGUEOF THE

A M I M A L SO F

NORTH AMERICA.CONTAINING,

An Enumeration of the known Quadrupeds, Birds,

Reptiles, Fish, Insects, Cruftaceous and

Teftaceous Animals-, many of v/hich are New, and

never defcribed before.

To which are added,

SHORT DIRECTIONSFOR

Collecting, Preserving, and Transporting,

all Kinds of

NATURAL HISTORY CURIOSITIES./

By JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER, F. A. S.

Non ad unarn Natura

*varietate fe jadat*

formam opus fuum pro’flat; fed in ipfa

Seneca, Quceft. Nat. VII. 27.

LONDON:Sold by B, White, at Horace’s Head, in Fleet-Street.

lvi.DCC.LXXI.

MARMADUKE TUNSTALL, Efq.

Dear SIR,

T H E repeated favours You were fo kind to

beftow upon me, in the compafs of a fhort

acquaintance, and the zeal with which You promotethe great caufe of Natural Hiftory ; encouraged meto prefix Your Name to this Publication, and give

me an opportunity, thus publicly, to acknowledgethe aflifiance Your benevolent and generous friend-

fhip favoured me with.

Nothing is left to me, but the fimple mention ofthanks ; and my fincere wifhes for Your health,

happinefs, and the enjoyment of every intellectual

and moral bleffing. I am, with the trueft regard,

j

Dear SIR,

your moft obliged,

obedient,

humble Servant,London, April

z4> 1 7

7

1- JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER

To the READER.

¥ Had hinted in the Preface to the third volume of Kalnf$

j[ Travels, that I could publifh but an imperfeCt andfiuall catalogue of North American animals ; and there-

fore declined to give it. Since that time, I have been

prefted by fome worthy friends to publifh that catalogue,

fuch as it is ; and what is ftill more, I have been favoured

with ample materials by a Gentleman, who is forming a

.collection for a Natural Hiftory of North America, and

hopes by this to incite the inquifitive and learned refident

in that country, to fearch, and to tranfmit to their friends

in England,

the productions of their feveral provinces.

The Zoology of the frit four dalles of animals in Great

Britain,

has been very accurately and compleatly pub-

lished ; that of the country of the defcendants of Great-

Britain ought with moil propriety to follow, as it interefcs

the Mother Country molt. Thefe reafons had a great

weight with me ; and I offer this fmall catalogue merely as

an eiTay towards forming a more compleat Natural Hiftory

of that extenfive continent. To inftruCt the Collectors,

I Have added to this lilt fome'fhort directions for the beft

method of preferving and trahfporting the various fubjeCts

of Natural Hiftory.

The Quadrupeds of this lift are referred to the Synopfis

of Quadrupeds of Mr. Pennant *, the Birds, Filh, Reptiles,

Infects,- and Cruftacea, to Linnaus, Brijfcn,Mr. Edwards,

and

To the READER.and Catefby *, fome few excepted, which are referred to

the Planches enluminees,publifhed at Paris, and marked

here PL enl. fo as Catejby with a fingle C. and thofe which

are common to Great Britain and America, to the Britijh

Zoology.

The Animals which have recently been difcovered in

North America , or overlooked by Mr. Catejby, are diftin-

guifhed by N. S. marking a New Species *

5and by B. and

Muf BL The firft authority is from a Collection formedby a Gentleman in his voyage to Newfoundland \ the feconcl,

from a moil feledfc and numerous Collection of American

Animals, belonging to a Lady in Lancajhire.

The New Species, in the Catalogue of Birds, I hadleave to infert here from Mr. Pennant's manufcript ; andthofe oflnfedis are taken from my own manufcript de-

scriptions of fuch Infedts as were not clefcribed by Dr.

Linnaus.

The print prefixed here reprefents an elegant little

Falcon, drawn and engraved from a fine Ipecimen lately

brought over from North America .

N. B. The Animals marked E are of Europeah Origin \

having been introduced there by the Spaniards or Eng-YiSh, after the difcovery of the Blew World : and thofe

'marked Eur. afe originally natives of both Continents ,

'*'445 **'"*^f VV*

jgr

A 3 CLASS-

(6 )

CLASS!. QUADRUPEDS-D I Vw I, Hoofed.

SECT. I. Whole Hoofed.

Genus. fyn. quadk

I. Horse Generous E. N® 3

Afs E . 3

S E C T. IL Cloven Hoofed.

11 . Sheep Common E. i

III. Goat Domeftic E. P. 14

IV. Deek’. Elk, or Moofe, Eur. N° 35

Rein Eur . 36Stag Ear. 38Virginian N. S. 39Roe? 43

V. Hog Common E. 54

D IV . IL Digitated Quadrupeds.

VL Dog Faithful E. N° noWolf Eur. 111

Fox Eur. 1 1

2

Arflic Eurv 113Grey 1 14Silvery * l s

VII. Cat Brown•

129Common E . M 3Lynx Eur . 135.

Bay Lynx N. s. : 136VUL

|Jl^y

( 7 )

VIII. Bear BlackPolar

Wolverene

Raccoon

EuK

Ear.

XVIil. Rat

GreyBlack

0 CatGroundFlying

0 hooded

Black

Brown ?

WaterMoufe

E.

Ear,

E.

3-3 §

M914014!

IX. Badger American N. S t M 3

X. Opossum Virginian >44

XI. Weesel Stoat

Pine Martin

FiAier

Pekan and Vifoil

Striated

Skunk

Ear .

Ear.

N. S.

N° 151

>53

>57

166

167

XII. OfTER Greater

Leffer

Sea

Eur *

Eur<>

>73

>74>75

XIII. Hare' CommonAlpine

Rabbet

Eure

Eur .

E.

183

184iZB

XIV. Beaver Cafior

Mufk

Eur, 1901 9 1

XV. Porcupine Canada1 c 6

XVI. Marmot MarylandQuebec N. S„

198

>99

XVII. Squirrel Common. UT ,1 A fr\r\

'

c

Eur* 2c6

A 4

209210

216221

227228

Z2Q-

field

XIX. Mole yellow

Radiated

Long-tailed

Brown

XX. Walrus Ar&ic

XXI. Seal CommonGreat

RoughHoodedHarpLittle

Urfine

LeOnine

XXII. Manati Manat';

XXIII. Eat New YorkLong hairedO

N. S.

p. 312N° .243

244245

N° 263

Ear .

Eur.

N. S.

N. S.

N. S.

N. S.

265266

267268

269270271

272

2 73

N. S.

N. S.

283

P* 3 67

CLASS II. BIRDS.D I V. I. Land Birds.

SECT. I. Rapacious.

Carrion. V. aura, a 22. C. I. 6.I. Vulture,

If. Falconoea

Ringtail

Black-bellied

WhiteOlprey

F. leucocep’nalus. C. I. i.

F. oilifragus. in exhibitions

F. Fuivus. Edw^Ij.N. S.

Du Prats: , II. 73 .

F. Haliaetus. C. I, 2.

Bald Eagle

Gen til

( 9

Gentil Falcon

GoihawkAfhcoloured

Sacre

WinterDufkyRough-footed

Chocolate

MarfhBuzzardWhite-rump’dFork-tail

PigeonLittle

&III. ©wl Great

Short- eared

RedMottled

# #SnowyBarred

CanadaBrownWhiteHawkLittle.

' '

Vi'.'

- )

IV. Shrike Cinereous.

Crefted.

Louifiane.

SECT.V. Parrot Caroline,

Illinois.

VI. Crow Raven.Carrion.

MagpieCinereous

Blue.

)

F. gen tilis Mr. MF. palumbarius. Lanvfon

Ednv. 53.Mr. B. de Buffon

N. S. Mu/. BLEdnv. 3. 4.

N. S. Mr. B°

N. S. do.

Ednv. 291.

F. Buteo. Mr. B.

F. Hudfonius. Ednv. 107,

F. furcatus. C. I. 4.

F. columbarius. C. I. yF. fparverius. C. I. 5.

Strix bubo. Ednv. 6aBr. Zool. Muf. Bl.

St. Afio C. I. 7 .

N. S. Muf. Bl.

St. ny&ea. Ednv. 61N. S. Muf. Bl.

Br. I. 518.

Br. Zool. Mr. B.ib ,

Ednv. 62

,

Muf Bl. Br. Zool.

Lanius excubitor. C* app.

L. Canadenfis

Pi. enl. y)-j.

II. Pies.

Pfittacus Carolinenfis. C. I. 1 i.

Pf. pertinax. Ednv. 234. Br.

Br. Zool. Mr. B.B. Zool. Muf. Bl.

Br. Zool. Ednv. p. 126.

C„ Canadenfis

C. criflatus. C. L 15.

VII.

( 10 )

Vlf. Oriole Redwing Oriolus Phosniceus. C. I.

Baltimore O. Baltimorus 48Spurious

Brown-headedO. Spurius

N. S. Mr K.uckahn49

VIII. Gracule Shining Gracula quifcala C. I. 12

IX. Cuckoo Caroline Cuculus Americanus. C. I. 9*

X. Woodpecker White-billed. Picus principalis C. I. 16

Buff-cheeked P. pileatus C. I. 17Gold-wing P. auratus 18

Scarlet P. erythrocephalus 20Red-bellied

Spotted

P. Carolinus

Br. Zool. I. 178. Mu/. Bl.19

Hairy P. villofus 19Yellow-bellied P. varius 21

Little

Black

Three- toed-

P. pubefcens

Albin

P. tridadlylus. Edw.

ibi

XI. Nuthatch. Greater

Leffer

Br. Zool. 21

ib.

Canada Br , HI. 593

XIL Kingfisher Great

Louifiane

.

Alcedo alcyori

Pratz. II. 8269

XIII. Creeper BahamaCommon

Certhia fiaveola

Br. Zool. Mu/. Bl.59

XIV. Hummer Red -throated Trochilus cdlubris C. I. 65

SECT. III. Gallinaceous.

XV. Turky WildJL

Meleagris GallopaVo.

XVI. Groust

Ruffed Tetrao umbellas Edw. 248

Pinnated T. cupidd C. III. 1.

Long- tailed T. Phafianellus Edw. 1 1

7

Spotted T. Canadenfis Edw. 71, Hi-

White T. LagdpUs haw. 72:

t tC. III. 12Partridge T. Virginian us

Qjjail ? T< Mexican as

SEC T«

0(

0if

SECT. IV. Columbine,

XVII. Pigeon

XVIII. Thrush

Paffenger Colnmba migratoria

C. Carolinenlis

c. i. 23Caroline 24White-crowned C. leucocephala

Canada ' C. eanadenlis

2 s

Ground C. Pafferina H

SECT. V. Passerine.

h Mimic Turdus polyglottos 27Ferruginous T. rufus 28Fieldfare T. migratorius 29Red-leg’d T. plumbeus 3°Black Br. II. 243Little Ednv. 296 c. I. 3 i

XIX. Stare

Golden-crowned Motacilla auro-capilki^zv. 252

C. I. 33Crefcent

New YorkAlauda magnaN. S. Muf Bi

XX. Chatterer prib.

XXI. Grosbeak,

Ampelis garrulus. C. 1. 46.

XXII. Bunting

Crofsbill Br. Zool. Ed<w. 303Pine Br. Zool. IV. Ed<w. 123, 124Crefted Loxia cardinalis c. I. 38Mexican L. Mexicana Muf BLRofeate L Ludoviciana

Spotted

Miffilipi

N. S. Muf Bl .

Dominican L. DominicansCanada L. Canadenlis

Black L. nigra C. L 68Blue L. caerules

/ 39Violet L. violacea 4°Fantaii PL ehl. 386Grey PI. enl. 393Red-headed N. S. Mr. Kuckahn

Snow Emberiza nivalis Ed^w, 126Winter E. hyemalis C. I. 36Rice E. oryzivora C. I, 14. Ed<w. 29

1

Painted

0

( 12 )

XXIII. Tanagre

XXIV. Finch

Painted E. Ciris C. 44 Erf<w. 130. 273Louifiane E. Ludoviciana.

Blue ? Br. III. 298»

Blue Tanagra cyanea C. I. 4^Green *Motacilia guira 351. Muf Bl.

Bilhop T. Epifcopus. Du Pratz. II. 94Red T. rubra C. I. 56

TowheGoldenOrangeMountainLittle

.Cow penBahamaCaroline

White- throated

Ferruginous

Crimfon head

Fafciated

Greater red-poll

Fringilla ErythrophthalmaFr. trill is'

Fr. zeha

Fr. montana

C. I. 3;

34Fr. bi color, 37BL en. 1 8 1 . 223

Fdnv. 304Ed=w. 354 .

N. S. Muf.: Bh

N* S. Do.

Br, Zoo!. Muf. Bl.

344342

Ednv. 269

Br. III. 296

XXV. Fly-catcher Tyrant Lanius tyfannus C. L 5^Fork tail Mufcicapa tyr.annus

Chattering C. I. 50Crelied Mufc. crinita C. I. 52Black-cap c. r. 53Cinereous Mufc. virens

Red-eyed M. olivacea C. I. 54.Cat M. Carolinenfis 66Canada M. Canadenlis

Blue Motacilla kalis C. I. 47Brown C. I. 54

XXVI. Lark Shore . Alauda alpekris C. L 32Red Br'i Zoo! Ed<w, zyy

Calandre Edw. 268

CXVIL Wagtail Redkart Mufcicapa ruticilla. C. I. 67Yellow break Turdus trichas. Ed<w. 2.37

Black throat Motacilla Cacnadeoits. Edw.i^zYellow throat. C. I. 62.

Yellow rump. Ednv; 25CRed

( >3 )

Red poll

Black poll

Pine

CrownedGolden wingGreenPied

Bloodyiide

Ccsrulean

Worm^eater.YellowLouifiane

GreatQuebecYellow-tailed ?

Spotted

Cinereous

Olive

Ruby-crownedGolden^crefted.

YellowWren

;KXyUl. Titmouse Crefted

HoodedVirginian

AmericanCanadaColemoufe

XXIX. Swallow HoufeMartin

J

SandSwift

Purple

CanadaAculeated

XXX. Goatsucker. CommonLeffer

M. petechia. Edw. 256

Certhia pinus. C. I. 61;

M. coronata. Edw. 298M. chryfoptera. Edw. 29

9

Edw. 3C0Edw. ib

.

M. varia

M. Penfylvanica. Edw. 301M. ccerulea, Edw. 302Edw. 305Br. III. 492

500508

M. I&erocephala

Edw. 257Edw. 257Br. III. 524PI. enl. 58M. calendula. Edw . 234Br. Zool. C* App.

Br. Zool. II. 266. Edw.Uuf. BL

Parus bicolor. C. I.

C. I. 60P. Virginianus. C. I.

P. Americanus 64Br. III. 533.Br. Zool. Mr. Ba

57

Br. Zool. Mr. Ba

ib. Muf.Bl.ib. C. App.ib. LawfonHirund j purpurea. C. L 51H. fubiSo Edw. 1 20H. pelafgia. C. III. 8

Br. Zool. C. I. 8

Capr, minor. C . III. 16.

D I V.

( H )

D I V. II. Water Fowl.

SECT. VI. Cloven-footed.

I.HXXX ehon.

XXXII. Ibis

*

HoopingCanadaBrown

# i

CommonViolet

BlueCinereous

Great white

Little white

GreenBittern

MinuteCaroline

Green head

WoodScarlet

WhiteBrown

XXXIII. Curlew Efkimaux

pqCIV.WooDCOCK, AmericanSnipe

JackGodwitRedGreatNoddingSpotted

XXXV. Sand-piper Turnftone

CommonSpotted

Cinereous

Ardea Americanus. C. I. 75A. Canadenfis. Ed™. 133A, Herodias, Ed™, 136

Br. Zoo!. C. App*‘

A. violacea. C. I. 79A. ccerulea 76Ed™. 135A. alba. Muf. Bl.

A. aequino&ialis. C. I. 77A. virens. 80

A. Hudfonias. Ed™. 135

Br. Zoo!. Muf. Bl

.

C. I. 78Mr. Kuckahn

Tantalus loculator.

T. ruber

T. albus

T. fufcus

N. S. Mr. B.

C. I. 81

8482

8J-

Muf Bl.

Br. Zool. Muf. Bl.

ib. Muf Bl.

ib . C. App.

ib. .Ed™. 138

Scolopax fedoa. 137

N. S. Mr. 5 .

Ikfz// Bl.

Tringa interpres Ed™. 141

Br. Zool. Mr. Kuckahn

ib. Ed™. 270

ib. Mr. B.Kno$

( i5

KnotRedlhankGrey PI.

Purre

Little

Glofley

Green

XXXVI. Plover GreenPie

NoifyGoldenLarkSanderling

XXXVII. Rail Clapper

Red-breafted

XXXVIII. Water- Caroline

HENCommon

SECT. VII. With

XXXIX. Coot Common

XL, Phalarope GreyRed.

Brown

XLI. Grebe, Eared

Pied bill

SECT. VIII.

XLII. Flammant Red

XLIII. Auk GreatRazorPuffin

NewLittle

GuillemotBlack

)

ib. Ed<w. 276ib

.

C. -App*

ib . C. dlpp.

ib . Muf.DlN. S.

Mr. B. N. S.

Br. Zool. Mr. Kuckahn

Br. Zool. Muf. Bl.

ib. C. I. 85Charadrius vociferus. C. 1. 71Ch. apricarius Ed<w. 140Br. Zool. Muf. Bl.

ib. Muf. Bl.

Muf. Bl.

Ednu. 279

Rallus Carolines, Ed<w, 144,C. I. 70.

Br. Zool. Muf BL

Pinnated Feet.

Br. Zool. Muf. BL

ib. Ednv. 308Ednv. 142Ednv. 46

Ednjo. 96C.I. 91.

Webbed-footed,

Phgsnicopterus ruber. C. I. 73

Br. Zool. Ed-w. 147ib. Ed<vu. 358ib. Ednjo. ib.

N. S. Br. Muf.Br. Zool. Ed<w. 91ib. Edw. 359ib.

XLIW

( i6

XL 1V. Diver NorthernImmerSpeckled

lurame

XLV. Cut-water Black

XLVI. Tern NoddyBlack

Greater

LefTer

XLVII. Gull GreatWagelHerring

Kittiwake

LaughingBlack toed

Ardtic

XLVIII. Petrel FulmarShear water

Storm

XLIX.Saw-bill. Goofander

Redbreafted

HoodedSmew

X. Duck Swan.Canada

Wild-goofe

White-fronted

Blue

Bernacle

Brant

SnowEider

KingVelvet

BlackShoveler

Golden eye

Harlequin

)

Br. Zool. Muf. Bi.

Colymbus Immer. Muf BI.

Br. ZooL Muf. BI.

ib. Edw. 97. 14.6

Rhynchops nigra. C. I. * 9®

Sterna ftolida. C. I. 88

Br . ZooL Kalmib. Muf.Bl.ib. Muf. Bl.

ib. Mr. B.ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib. Edw. 148, 149.

ib.

ib. Edw. 359ib. Edw. 9

1

Br. Zool. Muf. Bl.

ib. Edw. 95.Mergus cucullatus. Edw. 3 6<3

Br. ZqoI. Muf BL

ib. Ed'w. 150Anas Canadenlis. Edw* 151

Br. Zool.

ib. Edw. i 3

A. caerulefcens. Edw. 152

Br . Zool.

ib.

Anfer niveus. Br. VI. LawfanBr. Zool Edw. 98A. fpedlabilis. Edw. 154Br. Zool. Muf. BLA. perfpicillata. Edw. 155

Br. Zool

\

C. I. 96. fcem.

ib. Muf Bl.

A. hiltrionica. C. I. 98. fcem

.

[EJ‘W. 99. 157.Pied

LI. Pelecan

( 1 7 )

Pied A. albeola. Ednx). 100Pochard Br. Zool. C. App

.

Pin-tail ib. Mu/. Bl.

Swallow-tail ib. Ednu. 280Buffel A. Bucephala. C. I. 9^White-faced A. difcors. C. I. icoIlathera A. Bahamenfis. C. I. 93Brown Mr. B.Summer A. fponfa. Edw. 101. C. I. 97*

Widgeon Br. Zool. Mu/ BLTeal ib. Mr. B.Blue-wing C. I. 99.Mallard Br. Zool. C. App.Scaup ib . Mu/ BL

Pelecan Edw. 93.Corvofant Br. Zool. Mu/ BL l

Shag ib. C. App.Gannet Mr. B. Br. Zool,

CLASS III. REPTILES.

SECT. I. With Four Feet*

I. Tortoise GreenHawkfbill

Logger-headTrunkChequeredMudRough ?

Indented ?

River

II. Frog Bull

LandWater

Teftudo Mydas C. II. 38T. caretta 39

40

T. Carolina. Ed<vu. 203jEWov. 287

T. fcabra

T. denticulata

N. S. Dr. Garden

Rana ocellata. C. IT. 72C. 69C. 70

B Green

( 18 )

Green C. 7 l

Horned R. cornuta

Striped N. S. Mr. Ellis

III. Lizard Allegator Lacerta Crocodylus. C. II. 63Lion L. fex lineata 68Guano L. Iguana 64Green 65Blue-tail L. fafciata 67Spotted

CanadaL. punttata III. 10N. S. Mr. Ellis

Annulated Muf. BE

SECT. II. With Two Feet.

IV. Siren Caroline Siren Lacertina. Ph, Tr. LVI.

SECT. III. Without Feet.

189

fV. Snake Rattle Crotalus horridus C. II. 41

Leffer Cr. miliarius C. 4Chequered Cr. Duriffus

ffHog-nofe Boa contortrix C. 56

t f fStriped Coluber leberis

Wampum Coluber fafciatus C.58Green C. ordinatus 53Chain C. getulus 5 Z

Ribbon C. faurita 50Black C. conflridor 48Bead C. guttatus 60Familiar C. seftivus 57Porraceous C. my&erizans 47Croffed Coluber fimus

Smooth-headed ftriatulus

Dotted pundtatus

Ringed doliatus

Brown lipedon

Yellow fuivius

Vittated firtails

Water

(i9 )

Water viper

Black viper

Brown viper

Copper-bellied

Brown-beadSpeckledPenfacola

Coach-whipCornlittle

C. 43

444*46

495 1

N. S. Mr. Ellis

C. 54C.Ed<w. 349

+t t +

Glafs Angtiis ventralis C. II. 59t t

t t tLittle Sloeworm Cceciiia N. S. Mr. Ellis .

CLASS IV. FISH.

SECT. L Cetaceous.

I. Narwhal Narwhal

II. Whale Common Br» Zool

Pike-headed ? ib .

Fin ib.

Beaked ib a

III. Cachalot Blunt-headed ib .

High-finned ib .

IVi Dolphin Porpe fTe

Grampusib«

SECT. II. Cartilagin

Y, Lamprey Common Br. Z00L

B VI. Rat

( 20 )

VI. Ray Thorn-back C. App.

Sting C. App.

Devil-filh C. App.

VII. Shark White ? C. App .

Saw Squalus Priftis. C. App .

VIII. Fishing Frog Common 1Sr. Zool. C. App .

IX. Sturgeon European ib.

Blunt- nofed MuJ. Bl.

X. Balistes Unicorn B. monoceros. C. II. 19Hifpid B. hifpid us

Old B. vetula. C. II. 22

XI. Tetrodon Smooth T. laevigatus

Globe T. lagocephalus C. II. 28

Sun Br. Zool. C. App .

XII. Lump Lump-fifti Br. Zcol

.

XIII. Pipe-fish Shorter ib.

SECT. III. Bony.

# Apodal.XIV. Eel Murav Muraena Helena. C. II. 2©. 21

Eel Br. Zool.

Conger ib.

XV. Sword Sword-nfh ib.

XVI. Cod # # fUGULARCommon ib.

Frolt Gad us callarias. Muf. BLTau Gadus Tau.

XVIL Blenny pullulated N. S. Mr. B.

# # m Thoracic.XVIIL Remora Remora Ech. neucrates. C. II. 2

6

XIX. Coryph^ene Parrot C. Pfittacus C. II. 29Blue C. II. 18

Lineated C. lineata

XX. Bull

XX. Bull-head

XXI. Flounder

XXII. Ch^todoj#

XXIII. Gilthead

XXIV. Wrasse -

XXV. Perch

( 21)

Father- laflier Br . ZooL

Holibut Br. Zool.

Flounder ib.

Plaife ib .

Rough Pleurone£les plagiufa

Sole Bt\ Zool.

Lineated PI. lineatus

Lunated PI. lunata C.II. 27

Scalelefs Ch. alepidctus

Angel Ch. trioltegus C. II. 3!

Lane fnapper Sparus fynagri3 C. 11. 17

Pork-filh Sp. rhomboides C. 11. 4Porgy Sp. chiyfops C. II. 16

Silver Sp. argyrops.

Radiated Sp. radiatus. C.II, 12

Virginian Sp. virginicus

Mutton Labrus anthias C. II. ’5

Mangrove L. grifeus C. II. 9Hog L. flavus C. II. 1

t

Gaper L. hiatula

Drum L, chromis C. Apt. XXXIII.Yellow L. fulvus C. 11. 1©Cinereous C. It. 11 .fig. 2

Bone C.II. 13Great ? C. II. 15

River ? Br. Zool. C Jpp.Yellow-bellied Labrus auritus. C, II. 8

Dotted Perea pundlata

Whiting ? P. alburnus. C. II. 1

2

Croker P. undulata C , II. 3«

Eyed P. ocellata

Noble P. nobilis

Philadelphian P. Philadelphica

Black P. atraria

Margate P. chryfoptera C. IT. 2

Negro P. pun&ata C» II. 7Hind P. guttata C. II. HVenemous P. venenofa C. II. 5Black- tail P. melanura C. II. 7

JB 3 Rudder

(2 2 )

\

RudderStriated

GruntTrifurcated

Bafs ?

Apodal

P. fedlatrix C. II. 8

P. ftriata

P. formofa C. II. 6P. trifurca

Br. Zool. C. Apkp. XXXIIL

C. II. 4.

XXVI. Stipkle-back Crevalle

CanadaSkip-Jack

Two-fpined

Gafterofteus Carolinus

G. Canadus

G. Saltatrix. C. II. 14Mu/. Bl.

XXVII. Magkrel Yellow-tail Scomber Hippos

XXVIII. Gurnard Flying

Rough

# # #

Trigla evolans

N. S. Mu/ Bl.

m

abdominal,

XXIX. Loch Beardlefs Cobitis heteroclita

XXX. Am i a Mud-filh Amia calva

XXXI. Silure Cat\

Armed

Silurus fells. S. catus. C. II,

23S. cataphradlus. C. III. 19

XXXII. Trout SalmonTroutWhite hfh

Long

Br. Zool.

Br . Zool. Mr. B.Salmo lavarettus ?

S. fcetens. C. II. 2

XXXIII. Pike FoxGreenSea- needle

Under-jawBarracuda

Common

Efox vulpes. C. II. l

E. OiTeus. C. II. 30Br. Zool

E. Brafilienlis. Mr. B.C. II. 1

Br. Zool. C. App .

XXXIV. Elops Forked. j:

El. Saurus

XXXV. Argentinei

' Caroline Arg. Carolina. C II. 24*

* Perhaps z herring.

XXXVI,

XXXVI. Atherine Silver- fi Hi Ath. menidia

XXXVH. Mullet WhiteCommon

Mugil albula. C. II. 6Br. ZooL C. App .

XXXVIII. Polynime Virginian P. Virginicus

XXXIX. Herring CommonShad

Br. ZooLib . C. App . XXXII

XL. Carp. CommonRoachDaceMummy-Chog.

Br. ZooL C. App .

ib. ib»

ib . ib.

N. S. Muf BL

CLASS V. INSECTS.SECT. I. Beetles.

*I. Chafer Scarabaeus lunaris. Muf BL

aloeus

lancifer

naficornis

Carolinus

mimascarnifex

nuchicornis

Marian us

ftercorarius

AmazonusSurinamusnitidus

fepicola

horticola, a variety

occidentalis

lanigerus

fafciatus

Indus

brunnus

pun&atusB 4 nobilis

(

II. Stag-beetle Lucanus

III* Leather-eatei. Dermefles

IV. Mimick-beetle Hiller

V. Whirl-beetle Gyrinus

VI, Carrion-beetle Silpha

VI{. Weevil Curculio

‘r"

, ,,

,

', r

;

,: .

Vl{I. Nut-beetle Attelabus

24 )

nobilis

quadrimaculatus

Hudfonias. Drury t. 33. f. 7 N.S. Mu/. 31.

rufus. N. S. Mu/ Bhlasvipes. N. S. Mu/ Bl.

piceus. N. S. Mu/. BLbiunguiculatus. N. S. Mu/ Bl.

pilofus. N. S. Mu/. Bl.

teftaceus. N„ S. Mu/. BL

cervus

capreolus

Interruptsb-» — IV, B. a brown variety

lardarius

capucinus

typographus

fafciatus. N« S. Mu/ BL

unicolor

Americanui

vefpillo. N.B . a great variety, and

the fmall one too

noveboracenlis. N. S. Mu/ BLbipuftulata

quadripuilulata

Americanaobfcura

aquatica

noveboracenfis* N. S. Mu/. BLpalmarumBacchusdifpar

anchoraco

iiucumincan usfcutellatus. N. S. Mu/ BL

curculionoides

Penfylvanicus,

IX. Lacy*

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IX. Lady- fly Coccinella

# #

impun&atay-pun&ata13-pundata

2-puftulata

X. Glow-worm Lampyris Fyralis

marginatapilofa. N. S. Muf. BL

XI. Seed-beetle Bruchus Pifi Kalin I. 173—177

XII* Golden-honey-beetle

Chryfomela 5*pun&ataoccidentalis

Boleti

Philadelphia3-maculata

Americanalineola

bicolor, variety with red thighsMu/. Bl.

fcopolina

obfcura

10-macuIata

I2~punftata

Phellandrii

tomentofa

Rhoi. R S. Mu/ BLfpinicornis. N. S. Muf. BLlepturoides. N. S. Mu/ BLlineato-pun&ata. N. S. Mu/ BLtrifurcata. N. S. Mu/ BLJaticlavia. N. S. Mu/ BLfimbriata. N. S. Mu/. BLfrontalis. N. S. Mu/. BLHudfonias. N. S. Mu/ BL

XIII. Blister-beetle Meloe veficatorius

majalis

cinerea. N. S. Muf. BL

XIV. Stinking-beetle Tencbrio chalybeus

Mauritanicusealinark

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XV. Tortoise-beetle Caffida

# # #

XVI. Glossy-beetle Cicindela

XVII. Ground-beetle Carabus

XVIII. Burn-cow BuprelHs

XIX. Spring-beetle Elater

XX.Water-beetle Dytifcus

culinarls

foiTor

viridis

bipuftula ? Muf. BL

hybrids

Germanicsriparia

granulatus, y 9

hortenfis

leucophthalmus

inquifitor

livid us, {mall variety

marginatus

crepitans

Americanuscyanocephalus

vulgaris

piceus

fericeus. N. S. Mu/. Bio

fafciatus. N. S. Mu/ Bh

gigantea

mariana

chryfoftigma

Auitriaca

oculatus

phofporeus

ligneus ?

obfcurus

fufcipes

marginatus

XXL Sqftwinged-Beetle

Malacopteryx Americauus. N. S. Mu/ BLCantharis tropica

XXII. Wood-beetle Leptura myftica

detrita

Robiniae

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Robiniae, Drury, t. 41. f. 2.

N. S. Muf. Bl.

Americana. N. S. Muf. BLnitens

XXIII. Capricorn* Cerambyx imbricornis

beetle. coriarius, variety

melanopuslineatus

Ipinibarbis

araneiformis

4-maculatus

fuccinftus

fuaveolens

Coquushifpicornis. Drury

.

t. 41. f. 4,

milieus

bajulus

tetrophthalmus. N. S. Muf. BLbrurmuso N. S. Muf. BLpalliatus. N. S. Muf BLclavipes. N. S. Muf. Bi*

XXIV. Rove-beetle Staphylinus hirtus

erythropterus

XXV. Clipt-winged Necydalis collaris. N. S. Muf BLBeetle

XXVI. Earwig Forficula auricularia

SECT. II. Halfwinged Insects*

XXVII. Cockroach Blatta AmericanaOrientalis

Germanicalivida. N. S. Muf. BL

XXVIII. Camelcricket Mantis irrorata

Carolina

XXIX. Locust Gryllus brevicornis

gryllotalpa

campeftris

citrifolius

( *8 )

citrifolius

laurifolius

snyrtifolius?

fuccin&us

+criftatus

Carolinus

XXX. Flea-loci? s-t Cicada fquamigera

tibicen

feptendeeim

violacea

fpumaria

phalasnoides

Laniocarinata. N. S. Muf. BLguttata. N. S. Muf. Bhcoccinea. N, S. Muf Bl*

XXXI. Boat-fly Notonefta

XXXIX. Waterscorpion Nepa

glauca

lineata. N. S a Muf. BL

grandis

XXXIIL Bus Cimex le&icularis. Kahn*

bidens

iftericus

floridanus

haemorrhous

baccarumpraftnus

biguttatas, variety with red dots

and margescriftatus

trifafciatus

fuccinftus

lacuftris

XXXIV. pLANTstrcKER Cbermes Alni. Kalm

XXXV. Cochineai Coccus Cafti. Bertram's Florida

SECT. III.

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SECT. III. Papilionaceous. Insects.

XXXVI. Butterfly Papilio

XXXVII. Hawk- moth

TfoBus, Drary. t. II. f. 1—J ?

Ajax. Ed*w, 3^Xufchus. Drury . t. 22. £ S. 2,

Antiloch us

Podallrius

Proteiilaus, Drury. t, 22. £ 34,Apollo, i£4BralEcas

HyaleEufeule

Ecclipfk

MidamusPlexippns

MilippusChryfippus

CanthusAlmanaOrithyaCarduiAntiopa.

urticae

C. album.,

Atalanta

EuphrofynCo Kaime

Cupidoquercus

EchionVirgaurese

Bixas

Sphinx ocellata

Populi

Carolina

Celerio

PInaftri

fuciformis,ft,

Tityus

Phalaena Atlas

Cecropia

Paphia

XXXVII. Moth

Lima

( 3° .)

LunaVirgoPlantaginis

Chryforrhoea

lubricipeda

paranymphaGammaPfi

bilineata

viridana

bella

pulchclla

SECT. IV. Insects with nervous Wings,

XXXIX. Dragon.FLY

Libellula flaveola

deprefla

senea

umbrataAmericanaCarolina

XL. Camel-fly Raphidia cornuta

XLI. Spring-fly Phryganea bicaudata

XLII. Pearl-fly Hemerobius pe&Inicornis

XLIII. Scorpion-fly

Panorpa communis

SECT. V. Insects with Stingy

XLIV. Bee Apis cordata

mellifica

roftrata

violacea

Carolina

prator urn

aeftuans

noveboracenfis N. S. Mu/ Bl„

vefpiformis. N. S. Mu/ Bhfericea. N, S. Mu/ Bl.

XLV,

( 3 < )

XLV. Ant Formica herculeana

rufa

XLVI. Wasp Vefpa Carolina

maculata. Muf. Blannularis

quadridens

Canadenlis

XLVII. GoldenWall-fly

Chryfis cyanea

XLVIII. TailedWasp

Sirex Columba, Muf. BL

XLIX. Saw-fly Tenthredo fcrophularias

lutea

viridis

L. IchneumonWasp

Sphex fabulofa

ccerulea

Penfylvanica

arenaria

LI. 'Ichneumon-F LY

Ichneumon luteus

LII. Naked Bee Mutilla occidentalis

SECT. VI. Two-winged Insects,

LIII. Gnat Culex pipiens.

pulicaris

Mufquito

LIV. Wasp-fly Afilus seftuans

gibbofus

LV. Flower-breeze

Bombylius minor. Muf Bl.

LVX. Horse-fly Hippobofca hirundinis. Muf. BLLVIL

( 3 Z )

LVIL Ft r Mufca illucens. Drury, t. 44, f. i.M. BLleucopa

vomitoria

carnaria

domellica

LVIII. Whame Tabanus Americanus. N. S. Mu/ BL

XilX. Gadfly Oeftrus Tarandl

SECT. VII. Insects without Wings

LX. SUGARMITE Lepifma faccharina

LXL Ground-flea

Podura aquatics

LXIL Death-watch

Termcs pulfatorium

LXIIL Louse Pedic talus human us

ricinoidef

fuis

cervi

meleagridis

LXIV. Flea Pulex Irritans

penetrans. Chigger

LXV. Tick Acarus AmericanusSiro

liolofericeus

LXVI. Long-legged Spider

Phalangium groilipes

opilio

acaroides

baljenaruna

reniforme

LXVII. Spider

i|f ,

't

’

Aranea diademaclavipes

venatoria

LXVIIL Scor-pion

Scorpio Americanusauftralis. Mu/ BL

LXIX.

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LXIX. Crabfish. fentry

minute

land

florid

SandCommonroughflielled

fpider

dotted

rock

redclavved

Cancer pinnophylaxC. minutus. Kalrn.

C. ruricola. Cat. II.

C. florid us

C. vocans. Cat. II. 3^.C. msenas. Mr. B .

C.granulatus.C^/. II. 36 . N° 2 ,

C. araneus. Mr. B.C. pun&atus

C. Grapfus. Cat. II. 36. N° I.

Cat . II. 37. f 1.

LXX. Lobster commoncynic

Soldier

Cray

Cancer GammarusC 9 Diogenes. Cat. 11 . 33. f. 1. 2»

Cat II. 34C. csrcinus

LXXI. Monocule King’s Crab Monoculus Polyphemus. Mu/Blm

LXXII. Millepee Onifcus Oeftrum. Mu/. Bl.

Phyfodes. Mu/. Bl.

Ceti

Afellus

LXXIII. Centipee Scolopendra forficata

morfitans. Cat. If. 2*

occidental^

marina

LXXIV. GallywormJuIus eraflus

€ . T ES T A-

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TE STACEOUS.References to American Shells, engraved in Lifter’s

Hift. Conch.

Land H® 19

y 698z91929594

RiverTvr^inate®

7I

35444|46

3 River Bivalve %

4 ‘6

5 96 10

j c

Sea Bivalves. N® 34. 279196 358200. 434277. 436

Sea turbinated. 855.2.121058.— 10

1059—

2

4

SHORT

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SHORT DIRECTIONSFor Lovers and Promoters of

NATURAL HISTORY,*In what manner Specimens of all Kinds may be

collected, preferved, and tranfported to diftant

Countries.

I. \ L L Quadrupeds of a great bulk muft be fkinned

as foon as poflible after death *, the tail, claws,

teeth, horns, ears, briftles on the nofe and chin,

are carefully to be preferved *, the hair of the fur as little

flained with blood as poflible ; the opening is to be as

fmall as it can conveniently be without hindering the ope-

ration •, the inflde of the fkin may then be wafhed or

brufhed over with a liquor, made of an ounce of SalAmmo-niac, diflolved in a quart of water, in which afterwards twoounces of corrofive fublimate Mercury muft be put : or

four ounces of Arfenic may be boiled in two qua ts, or

two quarts and a half of water, till all or the greater part

of it be diflolved, and the liquor may ferve for the famepurpofe to wafh the infide of the fkin : then the whole

cavity muft be fluffed with oakum or tow, likewife fa-

turated with the above liquor, afterwards dried and mixed

C 2 with

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with a powder of four parts of Tobacco-fand, four parts

of pounded black Pepper, one part of burnt. Alum, andone part of corrofive Sublimate or Arfenic : laftly, the

whole is to be fewed with a thread dipt in the above liquor,

and the fkin thus fluffed muff be gently dried, and a dayafter put into an oven, whofe heat hiuft be fo gentle, that

a hair, or a feather put for trial’s fake into it, will not

crifp, or curl, or bend •, and thus it will be perfedlly

dried ; the eyes may be filled up with putty, which, whendry, will look like the white part of an eye, and will bear

painting, to exprefs with oil-colours the iris and pupil of

the natural eye of the animal in queftion. The whole,

animal muft be put into a box, filled with tow or mofs, or

oakum fteeped in the above liquor, and perfectly dried.

The box mu ft be brufhed over on both fides with the above

liquor, and dried ; and the crevices fliut up with pieces of

paper pafted. over •, the pafle muft be made either with the

arfenical liquor, or that made with corrofive fublimate

inftead of common water •, and I can a(fare thefe precau*

tions, though cheap and fimple, will keep the animal in

the beft preiervation on the longeft voyages, and for manyyears in a colleblion. This way of preparing and fecuring.

the boxes, for fending fpecimens abroad, the prepared

oakum or tow, the powder and liquor mentioned above,

are always to be unckrilood when I afterwards fpeak of

prepared boxes, prepared tow, mofs, or oakum, and pre-

paring powder or liquor,

II. Small Quadrupeds may be plunged into a keg cf

brandy, rack or rum, and thus fent ever : obferve how-ever to put them firft into the coarfer kind of fpirjts ;

and af.qr they have been therein fi r a while, and parted

with home impurities, you mil ft pat them into another

vefiel with new clean rum or brandy, into which fome

alum may be put ; and they will keep thus ' better, and

be Ids fubj,e£fc to change or decay.

III. Birds mu.fi be opened at the vent, their entrails,

lungs,

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Juno$, and craws taken . out, vyapied with the above pre-

paring liquor, lireWed with* the preparing powder, ftujfed

with the prepared oakum br tow ; their plumage kept

clean during the operation, iewed up with thread deeped

in the preparing liquor ; the eyes taken out, with the

tongue, and both places walked with the fame liquor •, the

mouth mud be filled with prepared tow in great birds ;

the eyes filled up witif putty, and, when dry, painted

» nth oil-colour after the natural colour of live birds of the

fame fpecies?and then dried in an oven: however, as

there is all the meat on the bird left, care mud be

taken not to take too plump or too fat birds, and dry them

fiowly under the fame precaution as mentioned N° I.

The operation mud be repeated till the bird be per-

fe£Hy dry. The attitude may be given to the bird

before he be put into the oven, by wires that are fnarp on

one end, and thruded through the bird’s legs, body, bread,

and neck, and others going through the wings and

body. Small birds are likewife well prefcrved in brandy,

rack, or rum •, and when arrived at the place of their

dedination, they mud be walked and Iweetened in freffi

water for feveral times, and ladly dipped in the preparing

liquor, the plumage laid in order, the attitude given to

the bird by wires, and then dried. Care mud be taken

to kill the birds with (hot proportioned to their fize, andat a reafonable didaqce, that the fpecimen may not be

mangled and torn. Young birds which have not yet moulted,

mud not be taken, but old birds in full feather, and, if

poffible, a fpecimen of each fex ; for the fexes often vary

very much in fize, feather, and colour. The neds of birds

and their eggs would likewife contribute towards perfect-

ing the hidory of this branch of zoology.

IV. All kinds of Reptiles, as fnakes, lizards, and frogs,

and fmall tortoifes, mud be put into brandy , or rum with

alum in it : obferve not to take fuch fnakes or lizards as

have accidentally lod their tails : the fcales of thefe animals

mud be carefully preferved.

V. Fidi

C 38 )

V. Fifh of all denominations will likewife bear fendingin bottles or kegs with brandy or rum. The fins, and tails

of the fifh, their fcales, and in fome kinds, the beards, orother fmall charaderiftic appendages, muftnot be rubbed,torn, or deftroyed.

VI. Infeds may be caught in a pair of forceps coveredwith fine green or white gauze, which for better fecurity

may be fewed over either with filk or thread. The collec-

tor tnuft have a pincufhion, with three or four different

fizes of pins, calculated for the different fizes of the in-

fers; one or two chip-boxes lined on top and bottom

with cork, all flceped in the preparing liquor *, one or morelarger ftore-boxes at home to put therein the infeds caughtin the various excurfions ; a large Mufcheto gauze-net

made in the fhape of a bat fowling-net, which is-to be gotready made in London ; and a thread net with fmall mefheson a round wire hoop fixed to a long pole, in order thus

to catch infers that live in water. With thefe inftruments

all;

infeds may eafxly be caught.. The beetles muff havethe pin run through one of their wing-fhells •, the half-

winged infeds through the thorax, and fo likewife muff be

done to butterflies, hawk-moths, and moths, to the in-

fers with four and two membranaceous wings, and fomeof the infects without wings. As the papilionaceous infeds

very frequently beat their wings, and thus rub off the fine

fcales covering them, it is neceffary to give thefe creatures,

when in the forceps or net, a gentle fqueeze at the infertion

of the wings in the body, and to put them, when returned

home from an excurflon, on a large pincufhion, by which

means they will be enabled to reft their feet on, and this

will prevent their fluttering. Beetles, and many of the

halffwinged infeds, may be dipped in the preparing liquor,

which will kill and put them loon out* of pain and pre-

vent, final! infeds from deftroying them. The greater part

sf Beetles may with as great propriety be plunged into a

bottle.

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bottle, with rum or rack, and thus fent over. This can

likewife be done with all marine infeds, fmali crabs,

millepees, centipees, fpiders, gaily worms, fcorpions, £s&v

and many curious grubs or caterpillars, which are the fifft

ftate which beetles and butterflies, moths, &c. live in.

To each infect, notin fpirits, pot a fmali paper, on which"

is marked the time of the year it is caught in, the plant

or food it lives upon, its changes, and v/hat animals feaft

again upon the infed, and other fuch particularities.

VII. The {hells, both thofe found in frefh water-

lakes, ponds, and rivers, and thofe that live only in the

ocean, muft not be chofen among thofe that lie on the

fhores of the fea and frelh waters, and have been brokeft

and injured, or rolled by the waves and expofed to the

air and fun and thus calcined ; but rather as frefh as

poflible, and with the animal in it : one or two fpeci-

mens of which may be preferved in Spirits : from the

reft extrad the animal, and keep the fhell, when per-

fedly dry and fweet, packed up in cotton, tow, or mofs.

The fame is to be done with the echini or fea-eggs, andother cruftaceous animals ; efpecially be careful to pre-

ferve their curious fpines.

VIII. The harder and ftone-like animal produdions ofthe fea, comprehended under the names of Madrepores,Millepores, Cellepores, Corals, and Gorgonias, are either

without its inhabitants, and then they want no other

care but a good packing in cotton or tow ; or the ani-

mal is ftill alive, and then it would be necefTary to putthe fpecimen in a flat veflel filled with Sea-water, andto watch the moment when the animal puts out its

arms or branches, and then to pour inftantly a goodquantity of ftrong fpirit into the water, fo that the acidof the liquor may prevent the animal from drawing inits branches or arms : after this, the animal may be

put

( 4° )

put Into another glafs, with new rum poured on it ; the

glafs muft be well corked, and covered with putty anda bladder. All the alcyoniums, fpuriges, hornwracks,

pipe-corals, coralines, fea-feathers, and other curious

zoophytes,,’ mull be treated in the fame manner ; as

this would be a means to acquaint us with the various

inhabitants of this curious tribe of marine productions,

IX, The various worm-like animals comprehendedunder the name of Mollufca, may be belt preferved in

rum or brandy : only obferve to pour the rum on them,

when they are putting out their arms, eyes, horns, tenta-

cula, and other parts of their frame.

X. To the quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, filh, and in

general to all the fpecimens, muft be fixed lead tickets

by means of a wire, and a number on the lead fcratched

inf which mud be referred to, in a paper, where under

the fame number the collector would be pleafed to write

the name by which the animal goes in his country, or

among the various tribes of Indian nations, with the food,

age, growth, nature, manners, haunts, how. many youngof eggs it brings forth, in what manner it is caught, what

it is ufed tor, &c. &c.

XL The vegetable world affords fuch an immerife

variety of productions of fo great and varied ufes for

the various purpofes and wants of human fociety ; that

it would be rather blameable in men to be indolent in

refpe'Ct to them. Old England can juftly glory in be-

ing poffiffed of the greatest variety . of plants of all

kinds ; but even thefe glorious and fpirked efforts in

this branch of knowledge, are not yet fuffident to makeus acquainted with all the productions of the vegetable

kingdom, and their various ufes. gefides this, their

cultivation at large is often impofiible in .our cold cli-

mate, and referred for a more mild and happy one,

beyond

( 41 5

beyond the Atlantic : nothing is therefore more ne«

ceflary than to facilitate the tranfportation of feeds and

plants into diftant countries in a ftate of vegetation.

The ingenious and great promoter of natural hiftory,

John Ellis, Efq-, has favoured the world with a curious

pamphlet, containing the belt directions for that purpofe

;

it would be therefore fuperfiuous to repeat what he has

already faid, were it not neceffary to make my perform-

ance more eompleat, by inferting a few hints abftraCted

from his ufeful publication * and adding to it fome re-

marks of my own.

Seeds of all kinds, intended to be fent abroad, muftbe collected perfectly ripe in dry weather, and kept dry

without expofmg them to funfhine. Hard nuts, andleguminous feeds, may be plunged for a moment in the

preparing liquor and then dried again, as this wouldprevent infeCts from attacking them. In general muftthe feeds be previoufly examined, and care taken that

no infeCts may be fent with them *, this can fometimes

be difcovered by the naked eye, fometimes by a magnify-

ing glafs, and by a little brown or blank fpot on theout-

fide of the feed $ fuch ripe and chofen feeds, if of a goodfize, each of them may be wrapped in a fiat piece of

' becs-wax ; if find! or quite minute, many may be puttogether in fuch a piece of bees-wax, or, what is (till

better, in a piece of cerate paper, i. e. paper fteeped in

melted bees-wax, and all thefe parcels muft be put in apot or box, proportionate to the quantity of feeds youhave, filled with melted wax, to the height of about the

fize of the feeds you are to fend, or the parcels you havemade *, and when the wax is pretty cool, but (till foft,

lay your feeds or parcels in rows in the foft wax, and thenfill again fome melted wax in, and .proceed to lay feeds

in the fame manner till your pot or box be full. Pulpyfeeds, as thofe of ftrawberries., mulberries, arbutus's,

D may

( 4* •)

may be fqueezed together, prefiing out the watery par-

ticles, drying thefe fmall cakes, and then putting then)

in the abovementioned cerate paper. Or fmall feeds mixedwith dry fand, and put in cerate paper, packed in pro-

portionate glades, and covered with a bladder or leather,

and all fuch glades again packed in a veffel, filled with a

mixture, confiding of half culinary fait, the other half

of two parts of faltpetre, and one part of fal ammoniac,will keep the feeds cool, and preferve their vegetative

power.

Plants or fhrubs that are to be tranfported, mudbe taken out with a lump of foil covering the roots,

which mud be wrapped in wet mofs, furroupded with

paper or a Rufiian bad-mat and packthread;

plants

thus packed may be put in a cfied or box upon alayer of three inches deep wet mofs in clofe rows, fill-

ing up all vacancies with mofs. Some holes or dips in

the lid of the box, covered with bad-mats or fail-cloth,

will give them air, and a direction mud be fixed ontop, to keep the lid uppermod, and the box in an open

but ihady airy place, put of the fpray of the fea : the

fame caution, in regard to air and fea?mud be taken

with the boxes containing feeds.

XII. Minerals, foffils, and petrefadions of ajl kinds,

ought to be wrapt feparately in papers, and the whole

colled;ion packed in hay, tow, hemp, or cotton, in a box,

fo fhat nope of the fpecimens may touch or rub oneanother when the box is tranfported by land-carriage,

or fhaken by tfie rolling of the fea. Clays, earths,

fands, and falts, are bed preferred in glafies, or little

glazed gally-pots covered with a bladder. Mineral wa-ters may be fafely filled ip glafs bottles, immediately af-

ter corked up and pitched, or covered with putty roundthe cork/ J

v

XIJI.

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XIII. Though antiquities ate no ways in .gopnedioa

with Natural Hiftory, it will however, be very accept-

able, if the curious of North America will colled and

communicate to their friends in Great Britain, all the in-

jcriptions, arms, vafes, utenfils, idols, and other things,

found in that continent, capable of throwing a light on

£he hiftory and antiquities of its fird inhabitants.

u

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To the READER. vii

In the Catalogue of North American animals are fome

omitted, and fome difcovered fince the publication

that pamphlet, and I therefore found it moft convenient

to put them here by way of fupplement.

Page 6. Se&. 1 i. before II. Sheep put

Ox. American.

8. Genus II. Falcon before Bald

Eagle,

Golden Eagle. F. chryfaetos.

10. Genus XIII. Creeper, add

after common.

Pine Certhia pinus.

Ibid. Before Genus XV. Turkey

Bustard, common, otis tarda

1 8. Among the Snakes,

Eggeater. Coluber ovivorus

22. Before Genus XXXIL

Trout, Xnfert

Leatherfish Tang Teuthis hepatus.

Ibid. Before Genus XXXIII. Pike.

Add

Penn. Syn.

Eur. Quad. No. 6,

BolTu I. p. 288.

C.I. 61 o

Bo/Tu I. p. 94.

C. II. 10.

Whiptail forked Fihularia tabaccaria

23. Before Genus XXXVIII.

Polyneme,

Flying Fish. Common Exocoetus

volitans.

Round evolans.

Ibid. At the bottom of the page

Scarabceus Lanius

C.. IL ry.

Kahn .

C. II. 8p

Drury t/33. f. 8.

Page

viii To THE READER.Page 27. Among the Cerambyces.

Cerambyx irroratus Drury t. 41. f. 3.

Ibid. Genus XXVIII. Camel-

cricket Mantis, add.

Mantis Gongylodes. Drury t. 50. f. 2.

28. Before Genus XXX.

Gryllus tataricus Drury. t. 49. f. 2 »

30. Under Genus XXXIX. Dra-

gon-fly.

Libellula Virgo y Drury t. 48. f. 2,

Ibid. After Genus XLIIL put

Aw t 1 0 n , Myrmeleon Formicalyn

.

Drury t. 46. f. 4*

A CATA