THE 



TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY : 



OR, 



a popular Btctfonarg 



IN WHICH 



THE ZOOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENT 

 CLASSES, GENERA, AND SPECIES, ARE COMBINED WITH A VARIETY 

 OF INTERESTING INFORMATION ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HABITS, 

 INSTINCTS, AND GENERAL ECONOMY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 



A SYLLABUS OF PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY, 



AND 



< Glat&xvial 



EMBELLISHED WITH 

 K1NE HUNDRED WOODCUTS, EXPRESSLY ENGRAVED FOR THIS WORK. 



BY SAMUEL MAUNDER, 



AUTHOR Or 



U nm THKASCRY OF KNOWLEDGE," " TH SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TMRASUBY," 

 ETC. ETC. 



To Thee, whose temple is all pace ; 



Whose altar, earth, sea, skies I 

 One chorus let all Being raise I 



All Nature's incense rise I " POPE. 



THIRD EDITION. 



LONDON : 

 LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTE R-ROW. 

 1852. 



