HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH ANIMALS, 



EXHIBITING THE 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND SYSTEMATICAL 

 ARRANGEMENT 



OF 



THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, 



REPTILES, FISHES, MOLLUSCA, AND RADIATA 



OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; 



IXCLUDIXG 



THE INDIGENOUS, EXTIEPATED, AND EXTINCT 



KINDS, TOGETHER WITH PERIODICAL 



AND OCCASIONAL VISITANTS. 



BY 



JOHN FLEMING, D.D. F.R.S.E. M.W.S. &c. 



MINISTER OF FLISK, FIFESHIRE ; 

 AND AUTHOR OF THE " PHILOSOPHY OF ZOOLOGY." 



EDINBURGH : 



PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH ; 

 AND JAMES DUNCAN, LONDON. 



MDCCCXXVIII. 



