THE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY IN THE ESCURIAL. 27 



animal structure, organography, and physiology ; classifi- 

 cation proposed by Cuvier and modified by Milne Edwards; 

 characteristics of mammiferse, with description of the 

 principal families of rodents, of pachydermata, and of 

 ruminants ; characteristics of birds, and description of the 

 principal families of gallinaceous, of wading and of web- 

 footed birds; characteristics of fishes, and description of 

 the principal families of soft-finned fishes ; characteristics 

 of the principal families and the more remarkable genera 

 of the coleoptera, of the orthoptera, hyinenoptera, and 

 lepidoptera ; and the geographical distribution of animals, 

 with causes influencing this. 



On such subjects the candidate for admission is ex- 

 amined before he can enter the school. He is free to pass 

 through these preliminary studies when and where he 

 pleases; and there are specified works on the several 

 subjects from which information preparatory to examination 

 may be obtained, 



It is stated that in the examination in drawing there 

 will be required manifest facility in copying correctly an 

 order of architecture, or a machine ; some model drawing 

 of a landscape in Les Etuds d'aprvs Nature, by Calame, 

 and a pen-and-ink representation of mountains, sands, 

 rocks, and arable land, according to the method of Rinda- 

 vets; and in French and German, correct translations 

 from thevse languages into Spanish. 



Application for admission must be made previously to 

 the 1st of September in any year. 



It is not requisite that the applicant should be examined 

 in any one year on all of the subjects embraced in the 

 entrance examination, and he is required to specify those 

 on which he desires to be examined. If he pass any ex- 

 amination with approval, this will be certified, ana when 

 he has been examined in all with approval he will be 

 admitted, and enter on the special studies of the 

 school. 



After admission the first year's course of study, as has 



