﻿VI. 
  FAUTS^A. 
  

  

  The 
  animal 
  kingdom 
  comprehended 
  under 
  the 
  term 
  

   Zoology, 
  is 
  divided 
  by 
  naturalists 
  into 
  Vertebrate 
  and 
  

   Invertebrate 
  animals. 
  

  

  The 
  Vertebrate, 
  or 
  those 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  spinal 
  

   column, 
  or 
  backbone, 
  are 
  subdivided 
  into 
  the 
  following 
  

   classes, 
  namely: 
  I. 
  Mammalia, 
  or 
  beasts. 
  II. 
  Avis, 
  or 
  

   birds. 
  III. 
  Reptilia, 
  or 
  reptiles, 
  and 
  IV. 
  Pisces, 
  or 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  Invertebrate 
  comprises 
  the 
  following 
  classes 
  : 
  I. 
  

   MoUusca, 
  or 
  shell-fish. 
  II. 
  Articulata, 
  or 
  insects, 
  and 
  

   III. 
  Radiata, 
  which 
  include 
  star-fish, 
  &c. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  their 
  relative 
  stations, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  their 
  structure, 
  characters, 
  peculiarities, 
  and 
  

   habits; 
  and 
  the 
  different 
  species 
  are 
  grouped 
  into 
  genera, 
  

   families, 
  and 
  orders, 
  in 
  conformity 
  with 
  systems 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  by 
  naturalists, 
  but 
  in 
  which 
  perfect 
  uniformity 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  attained. 
  It 
  is 
  unnecessary, 
  however, 
  here 
  to 
  

   detail 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  classification. 
  

  

  The 
  fauna 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  will 
  perhaps 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  

   afford 
  few 
  species 
  not 
  already 
  described 
  by 
  naturalists, 
  

   and 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  adjacent 
  States, 
  and 
  

   of 
  these 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  will 
  not 
  admit 
  of 
  a 
  full 
  

   descriptive 
  list. 
  A 
  bare 
  catalogue 
  must 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   suffice, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  such 
  general 
  remarks 
  as 
  may 
  

   seem 
  pertinent 
  and 
  necessary. 
  

  

  