Catalogue of the natural productions and curiosities, which compose the collections of the Cabinet of Natural History, opened for public exhibition, at No. 38, William-Street, New-York.

  • Delacoste, J. B.
Date:
1804
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the natural productions and curiosities, which compose the collections of the Cabinet of Natural History, opened for public exhibition, at No. 38, William-Street, New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    THE part of this catalogue which comprehends the vivipa-< rous quadrupeds, is arranged according to the systemat- ic index of Thomas Pennant, and the references given for the descriptive history of the subjects, are to Smellie's English edition of Buffon's Natural History, provided at the cabinet, for the accommodation of the subscribers, and other visitors. QUADRUPEDS. HOOFED QUADRUPEDS. DEER KIND. 1. A South American fawn of a common savanna- hind. Buffon, vol. 4, page 135. Cervo capreolus Guianensis. Biche de savanne^de la Guiane. 2. A S. A. Fawn of a red savanna hind. Buffon, vol. 4, page 135- Cervus Guianensis, minimus. Biche rouge de la Guiane. HOG KIND. Si. A S. A. Wild Hog. Buffon, vol. 5, page 278. Sus Guianensis. Patira de la Guiane.