VI 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



kinds of hard billed Sing- 

 ir^birds, . . .155 



CHAP. V. Of the Swallow and its affini- 

 ties, . . . .160 

 VI. Of the Humming-bird, and its 



varieties, . . . .165 



BOOK VI. 



OF BIRDS OF THE CRANE KIND. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 171 

 II. The Crane, . . .172 



III. The Stork, ... 175 



IV. Of the Balearic and other For- 



eign Cranes, . . .178 



V. Of the Heron and its varieties, 180 



VI. Of the Bittern, or Mire-drum, 184 



VII. Of the Spoonbill or Shoveller, 185 



VIII. The Flamingo, . .187 



IX. The Avosetta, or Scooper; and 



the Corrira, or Runner, . 189 

 X. Small birds of the Crane kind, 

 with the thighs partly bare 

 of Feathers, 



190 



XL Of the Water-hen, and the Coot, 197 

 BOOK VII. 



OF WATEE-FOWL. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 200 

 II. The Pelican, . . .201 



III. The Albatross, the first of the 



Gull kind, . . . 204 



IV. The Cormorant, . . .206 

 V. The Gannet, or Solan Goose, 208 



VI. Of the smaller Gulls and Petrels, 210 

 VII. Of the Penguin kind: and first, 

 of the great Magellanic Pen- 



guin, .... 215 

 VIII. Of the Auk, Puffin, and other 



birds of the Penguin kind, 219 

 IX. Of Birds of the Goose kind, 



properly so called, . . 222 



X. Of the Swan, tame and wild, 224 



XI. Of the Goose, and its varieties, 227 



XII. Of the Duck, and its varieties. 231 



XIII. Of the King-fisher, . . 237 



A HISTORY OF FISHES. 

 BOOK I. 



OF FISHES IN GENERAL. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . .240 

 II. Of Cetaceous fishes in general, 249 



Page 

 CH. III. Of the Whale, properly so 



called, and its varieties, . 250 



IV. Of the Narwhal, . . 260 

 V. Of the Cachalot, and its varie- 

 ties, . . . .262 



VI. Of the Dolphin, the Grampus 

 and the Porpoise with their 

 varieties, . . . 264 



BOOK II. 



OF CARTILAGINOUS FISHES. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . .268 

 II. Of Cartilaginous fishes of the 



Shark kind, . . .269 



III. Of Cartilaginous Flat-fish, or 



the Ray kind, . .273 



IV. Of the Lamprey, and its affini- 



ties, . . . .280 



V. Of the Sturgeon, and its varie- 



ties, .... 283 

 VI, Of Anomalous Cartilaginous 



fishes, . . . .286 



BOOK III. 



OF SPINOUS FISHES. 



CHAP. I. The Division of Spinous fishes, 293 



SECT. i. Prickly-finned Fishes, 294 



n. Soft-finned Fishes, 299 



II. Of Spinous Fishes in general, 308 



BOOK IV. 



OF CRUSTACEOUS AND TESTACEOUS FISHES. 



CHAP. I. The Division of shell-fish, . 326 

 II. Crustaceous Animals of the 



Lobster kind, . . .326 



III. Of the Tortoise and its kinds, 337 



IV. Of the shelf of Testaceous 



Fishes, ... 347 



V. Of Turbinated shell-fish, or the 



Snail kind, . . .359 

 VI. Of bivalved shell-fish, or shells 



of the Oyster kind, . 365 



VII. Of multivalve shell-fish, . 373 



A HISTORY OF FROGS, LIZARDS 

 AND SERPENTS. 



BOOK I. 



OF FROGS AND TOADS. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 377 



