THE 



BRITISH CYCLOPEDIA 



NATURAL HISTORY: 



COMBINING 



A SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, 



AND MINERALS ; 



A POPULAR VIEW OF TUKIR HABITS, ECONOMY, AND STRUCTURE. 



THK VARIOUS ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK 



BY AUTHORS EMINENT IN THEIR PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. 



THK WHOLE ARRANGED AND EDITED 



BY CHARLES F. PARTINGTON, 



PHOFKSSOR OF MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY, AUTHOR OK VARIOt'S WORKS ON NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL 



/^"^HILOSOPHY, &C. <^ 



COMPLETE IN ~TTIREE VOLUMES. 



SECOND VOLUME. 



LONDON: 

 PUBLISHED BY ORK & SMITH, AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



MDCCCXXXVI. 



