13 ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



How many divisions does it include ? Of what does Mammalogy treat ? 

 To what does Ornithology relate? What does Erpetology include? 

 What does Ichthyology give? What science treats of Insects? What 

 of Crabs, Lobsters, and Barnacles? Of what does Helminthology 

 treat? What does Malacology include and describe? Of what does 

 Actinology treat ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE CHAET. 



How is the Animal Kingdom divided on the Chart ? To which of these 

 four great Classes, or Sub-kingdoms, do the first four of the above nine 

 divisions belong? Point out each division of this right hand branch. 

 Give the name of the science pertaining to or describing each. In what 

 particular do they all agree? Ans. In having a backbone, or spinal 

 column. Define vertebra and give its derivation. Which are warm blooded ? 

 Which are cold blooded? How cold or warm are they ? How many orders 

 of Reptiles? How many of Fishes? How many of Mammals? Which 

 order ranks first, and is far above all others ? What is said of man, near 

 the bottom on the right hand of the chart ? What is said of his brain ? 

 What of his birth? What of his wants? How does he compare with 

 others in regard to strength, speed, &c. ? Is his reason an improvable gift ? 

 Does it supply the place of strength ? What order comes next to man ? 

 How do the Quadrupeds differ from QUADRUMANA? What marine animals 

 belong to the class MAMMALIA? In what element do they live ? With what 

 organs do they move ? Is the largest living animal found in this class ? 

 What is its name and what are its uses? Which of the VERTEBRATES live 

 in the water? Which on land? Which in the trees? Which fly? 

 Which swim ? Which crawl ? Which are covered with feathers ? Which 

 with hair? Which with scales? Which are born alive, (viviparous?) 

 Which hatched from eggs, (oviparous ?) Which are entirely without limbs ? 

 Which have but two ? 



In which Sub-kingdom, or on what branch do you find Insects, Crusta- 

 ceans, and Worms or Annelidans ? From what is the name Crustaceans 

 derived ? In what do they resemble one another ? Have they any internal 

 skeleton? Where are the hardest parts? Which is the largest of all 

 articulated animals? Ans. Lobsters. Name some of the worms on the 

 chart. Of what use is the leech ? Of what use is the earth or angle worm, 

 (Lumbricus terrestris?) Ans. This despised creature is of great use in 

 loosening the earth, so that air and water can pass through it freely, and in 

 covering barren tracts of land with their worm casts, thus rendering them 

 productive. Mention some of the Insects and Crustaceans. Name the 

 sciences describing them. Are Insects a numerous class ? Ans. They out- 

 number all other classes together. There are 80,000 species of the beetles 

 alone, (order Coleoptera.) Here you find the Curculio, or weevil, death- 

 watch, lightning-bug, horn-bugs, &c., &c. 



From what is the name of the third branch, (Mollusks,) derived? How 

 are these soft bodies protected ? How are Mollusks divided ? Which have 

 heads ? Which none ? To which division do snails and slugs belong ? On 

 which branch do you find Oysters and Clams? Which move about, (are 

 free ?) Which are fixed, (stationary ?) Is the Oyster always attached to 

 other substances ? Ans. No. Which branch of the Mollusks are entirely 

 aquatic, or never leave the water? Are the TUNICATA, or ASCIDIANS pro-* 



