TITK 



BRITISH CYCLOPAEDIA 



NATURAL HISTORY: 



COMBINING 



A SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS, PLANTS^ 



AND MINERALS ; 



A I'OI'ULAU VIEW OF TITRTR HABITS, ECONOMY, AND STRUC'ITRE. 



THE VARIOUS ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK 



BY AUTHORS EMINENT IN THEIR PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. 



THK WHOLE ARRANGED AND EDITED 



BY CHARLES F. PARTINGTON, 



PROFESSOR OF MFCHANI.-AL PHILOSOPHY, AUTHOR OF \$tltfyj\nt< KS ON NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL 



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COMPLETE IN H REE VOLUMES. 



THIRD VOLUME. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED BY W. S. ORR & CO., AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



MDCCCXXXVIJ. 



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