For a more detailed History of the Subjects comprised in this Volume the 

 Reader is referred to the following Works : 



MK. YARRELL'S History of British Birds, and his History of British. 

 Fishes. PROFESSOR BELL'S History of British Crustacea. PROFESSOR 

 EDWARD FORBES" History of British Starfishes, ^r. PROFESSOR E. FORBES 

 AND MR. HANLEY'S British MolluscaD*. JOHNSTON'S History of British 

 Zoophytes, and his History of British Sponges, fro. MESSRS. ALDER AND 

 HANCOCK'S Nudibranchiate Mollusca. PROFESSOR HARVEY'S Phycologia, 

 Britannica, or his Manual of British Marine dlga. PROFESSOR ANSTED'S 

 Geology. PROFESSOR RYMER JONES' General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, 

 and his Natural History of Animals. SIR JOHN G. DALYELL'S Rare and 

 Remarkable Animals of Scotland, and his Powers of the Creator displayed in the 

 Creation. 



