Zoological Illustrations, Volume 1 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

PART I.

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_GASTEROPODES_ (Univalves).

Pl. HELIX auriculata 9

BULIMUS melastomus 4 zonatus 17 citrinus 46 do. _var._ 47 aureus ib.

ACHATINA marginata 30 perversa 36 pallida 41 crenata 58

OLIVA Braziliana 42

CONUS Augur 65

CONOELIX marmoratus 24 lineatus ib. punctatus ib.

MITRA zonata 3 contracta 18 Australis ib. vittata 23 cancellata 29 rigida ib. bifasciata 35 casta 48 olivaeformis ib. lyraeformis 54 lugubris 66 ferruginea ib.

STROMBUS minimus 10 variabilis ib. cylindricus 53 Persicus ib.

_ACEPHALES_ (Bivalves).

UNIO nasutus 57

SOLEN ambiguus 55

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ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Pl. 2. line 6, _for_ Setaceisi numbentibus _read_ setaceis incumbentibus. 4, between _postico_ and _interior_ insert _digitus_. _for_ minor _read_ minimus. 6, _for_ "postico maximo" _read_ "posticus maximus." 17, _for_ aures lilacinae _read_ auribus lilacinis. erase Orthorynchus frontalis, Horsfield in Linn. Trans. second side line 10, cancel.

-- 5. -- 4, _for_ nudam et truncatam _read_ nudum et truncatum.

-- 7. -- 6, _for_ utrinsecus _read_ utrinque. 6 from the bottom, _for_ dulleron _read_ duller on. 3 from the bottom, _for_ oi _read_ on. 14, _between_ tectrices _and_ remigibus _insert_ a comma.

-- 8. -- 6, _for_ Horsfeild _read_ Horsfield, and wherever this occurs.

-- 11. -- 5, _for_ articulis _read_ articulos. second side, 10 lines from the bottom, _for_ Hipparchiae _read_ Hipparchidae.

-- 13. -- 16, _for_ claws _read_ toes.

-- 17. -- 6, _for_ basilari _read_ basali.

-- 20. Add to the synonyms. _P. Braziliensis, Swains. in Wern. Trans._ 3. _p._ 291.

-- 21. OBS. MM. Temminck and Lagier had just before us, and without our knowledge, published this bird under the name of Procnias Ventralis, (Pl. 5.) by which name in right of priority it should stand in the system.

-- 25. _for_ Fruit-eater _read_ Berry-eater.

-- 27. -- 6, _for_ inferiorum _read_ inferiorem.

-- 31. -- 18, _for_ variegato _read_ variegata. _after_ furcata _dele_ the comma. 19, _after_ chalybeis _insert_ a comma.

-- 32. -- 6, _for_ adunca _read_ adunco.

-- 33. -- 1, Add to the synonyms _Hesp. Zeleucus_. OBS. _Donovan's Indian Insects_, where that author has figured it by mistake as a native of India.

-- 35. Add to the synonyms, Seba Pl. 49. fig. 21, 22, 41.

-- 36. for ACHATINIA read ACHATINA. -- 6 and 7, _for_ columella margine _read_ columella margineque.

-- 41. OBS. another specimen of A. pallida quite agreeing with this, is in Mr. Dubois' cabinet.

-- 42. -- 6, _for_ base _read_ basi. next page, line 12, _dele_ "and Cimbium (Melons)".

-- 45. -- 4, _after_ maxillae _insert_ angulo.

-- 46. in the Latin specific character _for_ "basi rotundato" _read_ "basi subcontracto," and in the English _for_ "rounded" _read_ "slightly contracted at the base."

-- 46. -- 3, on the back page _for_ Broederip _read_ Broderip.

-- 47. OBS. BULIMUS _aureus_, in Mr. Spurrett's valuable cabinet is another specimen of this shell minutely agreeing with that here described.

-- 49. -- 6, _for_ supr arotundata _read_ supra rotundata.

-- 50. OBS. This bird Dr. Horsfield tells me is his _Alcedo meninting_ described in the Linn. Transactions.

-- 53. 2d line from the bottom, _for_ where _read_ were.

-- 63. OBS. The _Ammodytes cicerelus_ of my friend Professor Rafinesque must be different from _A. siculus_, as he makes no mention in his figure or description of the peculiarity of the dorsal fin.

-- 64. _for_ M. assimilis _read_ M. assimile.

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NOTES

[1] _Horae Entomologicae_, by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. London, 1819. A work which for acuteness of reasoning and profound research, has never been equalled either in this, or perhaps in any other country.

[2] It is truly grievous in those which are privileged to possess themselves of the works of their countrymen, however expensive, at free cost, and thus to inflict a ruinous fine on authors. Thus--National Institutions, founded for the encouragement of learning, are made to oppress and impoverish its followers.

[3] Were it necessary at this time of day to point out the unnatural separation of shells intimately connected with each other, which the Linnaean arrangement presents, it would be sufficient to observe, that the genus _Bulimus_ is formed of shells scattered in the old genera of _Turbo_, _Helix_, and _Bulla_: thus we see in Mr. Dillwyn's Catalogue, the large pink-mouthed African land-snail put in the same genus with our English _Bulla lignaria_, and _aperta_; the one inhabiting the depths of forests, and the others the depths of ocean!