THE 



BRITISH CYCLOPAEDIA 



NATURAL HISTORY: 



COMBINING 



A SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, 



AND MINERALS; 



A POPULAR VIEW OF THEIR HABITS, ECONOMY, AM 

 STRUCTURE. 



BY AUTHORS EMINENT IN THEIR PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. 



AHHANGF.U AND EDITED 



BY CHARLES F. PARTINGTON, 



WlOlEbbOH OF MKCIlANICAL PHILOSOPHY, AUTHOR Of VARIOUS WORKS ON NATURAL AND EXI'EHOM-.N I U 



, &C. &C. 



i 



COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES. 



FIRST VOLUME. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED BY ORR & SMITH, AMEN CORNER, 

 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



MDCCCXXXV. 



