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Descriptive Zoology — ( Continued). 



Order I. Accipitres, Rapacious Birds, 

 " II. Passeres, Perching Birds, 

 Sub-Order 1. Fissirostres, Split-billed Birds, 

 " 2. Tenuirostres, Slender-billed Birds, 



" 3. Dentirostres, Tooth-billed Birds, 



" 4. Conirostres, Cone-billed Birds, 



Order III. Scansores, Climbing Birds, 

 " IV. Columbae, Pigeons and Doves, 



V. Gallinae, Fowls, 

 " VI. Struthiones, Ostriches, 

 " VII. Grallse, Waders, 

 " VIII. Anseres, Swimming Birds, 

 Class IV. Mammalia, Mammals, . 

 Classification of Mammals, 

 Order 1. Edentata, Mammals without Front Teeth, 

 Group 1. Monotremata, 

 " 2. Edentata proper, . 

 " 3. Tardigrada, 

 Order 2. Marsupialia, Mammals with a pouch, 

 Group 1. Herbivora, 

 " 2. Insectivora, 

 " 3. Carnivora, 

 Order 3. Cetacea, Cetaceans, . 

 " 4. Herbivora, Vegetable Eaters, . 

 Group 1. Sirenidia, Sirens, . 

 " 2. Trichechidae, Walruses, 

 " 3. Pachydermata, Pachyderms, 

 " 4. Ruminantia, Ruminants, 

 " 5. Rodentia, Gnawers, 

 Order 5. Insectivora, Insect Eaters, 

 " 6. Cheiroptera, Bats, 

 Group 1, Carnivora or Insectivora, . 

 " 2. Frugivora, 

 Order 7. Carnivora, Rapacious Mammals, 

 Group 1. Pinnipedia, Seals, . 



" 2. Unguiculata, With Claws, 

 Order 8. Quadrumana, Monkeys, 

 Geographical Distribution of Mammals, 



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