ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES, 



AND ILLUSTRATIONS; 



OR, 



NATURAL HISTORY 



NONDESCRIPT OR IMPERFECTLY KNOWN ANIMALS, 



I\ A SERIES OF MEMOIRii. 



3:Uu0ttateli fit) numerous ^igure^* 



BY JOHN V.THOMPSON, ESQ. F.L.S. 



DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF HOSPITALS. 



for Thy glory all these beauties rise, 



Yet may improve the good, instruct the wise." 



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