THE HOESE 



A STUDY IN NATURAL HISTORY 



BY 



WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER, C. B. 



LL. D., D. C. L., Sc. D., F. R. S., Pres. Z. S., Etc. 



DIRECTOR OF THE BRITI8H NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 



FORMERLY HUNTEIUAN PROFtSSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY ANI> PHY8IOLOGY 



AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND 



AND SOMETIME EXAMINER IN ANATOMY 

 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS 



NEW YORK 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1892 



