2S« 



The Nimerical RelcUiofis of Animcds. 



Lesson*, 



Minding t, 



Fischer:):, 



Bonaparte ||, 



If we take into account the discoveries of these few last years, 

 we may reckon in round numbers the living species at 1100. 

 Lesson enumerates many species which are doubtful ; and Tem- 

 minck mentions those only which have been well determined. 



2. BIRDS. 



4o*'g, 



LinnseuSj 

 Buffon, 

 Lesson, 

 Bonaparte, 



3. AMPHIBIA. 



Linnseus, 

 Lacepede, 

 Merrem §, 

 Humboldt, 

 Bonaparte, 



Linnseus, 

 Bonaterre IT, 

 Lacepede, 

 Cnvier **, 

 Bonaparte, 



4. FISHES 



Year. 



1767 



1830 

 1831 



1767 

 1802 

 1820 



1831 



1767 

 1788 

 1802 

 1827 

 1831 



No. of Species. 



904 



1700 



6500 



4099 



204 

 500 

 679 

 700 

 1500 



376 



746 

 1300 

 5000 



7000 



S^5i 



5. MOLLUSC A (including THE CEPHALOPODA). 



,- iv.Linneeus, 1767 832 



Lamarck ft, .... 1822 3028 



Schmidt H, .... 1830 4548 



• Manuel de Mammalogie ; Paris, 1827. 



f Ueber die Geographische Verbreitung der Saugethiere ; Berlin, 1820. 



X Synopsis Mamraalium ; Stuttgardt, 1 830. 



II Isis, 1832, Heft 3. Linnaeus, Humboldt, Temminck, and Minding, 

 enumerate only the living Mammalia, the others also the fossil, of which we 

 know 120 species. Fischer enumerates, besides the 11 2C well determined spe- 

 cies, also 200 dubious. ,;>5 m'imh^i R^l> f^iimmouoiii * 



')% Systema Amphibioruxa, ■ < - ^.>^.ia ad riolrfw 'to bna ^imaqsa sd rioirfw 

 , T ^ Encyclopedic, 4ta ik jjbhirfoBfA »fi90iJi8in9 "io ladmun sriT f 

 ^ *• Histoke Naturelle des Poissons. ' iaa ^euionu 



++ Animaux sans Vertebres. 



$$ The number in Schmidt's cpll^f,ti,<M5i^V(^o*^»?fr; 



