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Show 494 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. WALB.-WALBAUM (J. J.), a physician of Lubeck, born 1724, Besides his edition of "Arteoi," has given us (in German) a" Chelonographia," or Description of certain To1toises, 1 vol. 4to. Lubeck and Leipzic, 1782. Also some Memoirs inserted amongst those of the Naturalists of Berlin. WALOH (J. E. E.), Professor at Jena, born in 1725 and died in 1778. Author of the text of Knorr's " Monuments," &c. See Knorr. WALOK.-W ALOKENAER (C. A.), member of the Academic des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. "Faune Parisienne," 2 vols 8vo. Paris, 1802. "Tableau des Araneides," in numbers, like those of Panzer on the Insects of Ger-many. But five have appeared. " Araneides de France," a work which forms part of that entitled " La Faune Fran11aise," published by MM. de Blainville, Desmarest, Vieillot, &c. "Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles Solitaires," 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1817. WEB.-WEBER (Frederick), a German naturalist, Professor at Kiel. " Observationes Entomologicre," 1 vol. 8vo. Kiel, 1801. WHITE, BoT. B., or WHITE VoY.-,iVHITE (John), a surgeon in the English service at Botany-Bay. "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales," with sixty-five plates, 1 vol. 4to. London, 1790. The Zoological part of this work, which is enriched with splendid drawings, appears to have been from the pen of John Hunter, the celebrated anato· mist. There is a French edition, 1 voJ. 8vo, Paris, 1795, in which useless notes are added to the original work, and the natural history and plates are suppressed. WIEDEM.-WIEDEMA~N.-WILLUGHBY DE ERESBY (Francis), born in 1635, and died in 1672, an English nobleman and a zealous natu-ralist. " Ornitho1ogire, Jib. III," 1 vol. folio, London, 1676 ; published by Ray from his posthumous papers. It was tl'anslated by Salerno with additions, in 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1767. "Historia Piscium, Jib. IV," 2 vols folio. Oxford, 1685. The plates of these two works are mostly copied from other authors. WILs.-WlLSON (Alexander), an American naturalist, born in 1776, and died in 1813. "American Ornithology," with coloured plates, 9 vols 4to. Philadelphia, 1808- 1814. A new edition, 8 vols 4to, appeared in 1828. WoLFF (J. F.), a German naturalist. "leones Cimicum Descriptionibus Illustratre," 4 Nos 4to. El'langre, 1804. WoLn, joint author with MEYER of the'' Almanack of German Birds." CAT ALOGUB OF AUTHOR s. 495 WoRM. or Mus W C • ORM.-Won at o"pMen hagen , b orn m. 1588, diedM iInU s1, 6o5r4 WORM• OLA us, p rocle ssor useum Wormianum' " 1 vol . fto I 'to . Leyden,• 1650. YARR.-YARRELL E . in the Zoological J' an lnghsh naturalist, author of various papers ourna of London, &c. ZED.-ZEDER (J G H) "Author of "Fi~st ~ ; ' a German naturalist. Go" eze' " 1 vo 1· 4to. Leuippzpi ce,m 1e8n0t0 t.o the Natural H'ts to ry of Intestinal Worms by An Introduction to the Nat . Bamberg, 1803. ural Htstory of the Intestinal Worms," 1 vol. Svo. ZE~ERST.-ZETTERSTED (J. G) . Ortboptera Suecire , 1 1 8 , vo. vo. L' ' da Swed1sh naturalist• "Fauna Laponica," part first , 1 vol. 8uvno . re, H1a8mUm. one, 1828. ZooL. JouRN. Published in London by M V NET, J. E. BxcHENO ' J • G . CH. ILDIGROERNs , Gai ded Tby Messrs Ta. BELL ' E • T . Bt.o..o..-.. FIELD, W. KIRBY, the Messrs SowE ' EN. . H. HARDWICXE, DR. HoRsE-have sixteen numbers, from 18 to 1~;;: father and son, and W. YARRELL. We ZoRAG DR.-ZonGDRAGE R, a D utchman uthor of a treatise on the whale fish e.ry. • |
