CONTENTS. VOLUME I. xxvii 



Order of Cetacea Zoological Characters Peculiarities of Organiza- 

 tion Habits Division into two Families Herbivorous Cetacea 

 -M anati Common Cetacea Apparatus of the Blowers Genus 

 of Dolphins, (Dolphin, Porpoise) Genus of Narwhals Genus o 

 Cachalots Organization Habits Spermaceti Genus of Whales 

 Organization and Habits Whalebone Fat Uses Whale- 

 fishing. ...-.. P. 117 135 



BOOK III. 



(Vertebrate Animals: Class II) 



ORNITHOLOGY; NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



LESSON I. 



Class of Birds Zoological Characters of Birds Peculiarities of Or- 

 ganization P 11 23 



LESSON II. 

 Egg Incubation Nests Migration Classification P. 23 29 



LESSON III. 



Order of Accipitres Zoological Characters Habits Division into 

 two Families. 



Family of Diurnne Zoological Characters, and Habits of Vultures 

 (Yellow Vulture, King of the Vultures, Condor, Percnopterus of 

 Egypt) Griffins Genus of Falcons Division into two Groups, 

 Noble and Ignoble Falconry, (Common Falcon) Eagles Fisher 

 Eagles Sparrow-hawks Kites Buzzards Harriers Charac- 

 ters and Habits. 



Family of Nocturnse Characters and Habits (Owls Strix 

 Due) 3046 



LESSON IV. 



Order of Passerinae Zoological Characters Habits Division into 



five Families. 

 Family of Dentirostres Shrikes, Flycatchers, Cotingas, Blackbirds, 



Thrushes, Water-thrushes, Orioles, Lyres, Warblers, (such as the 



Nightingale, Linnets, and Wrens). 

 Family of Fissirostres, (Swallows) Habits (Swallow, properly 



so called, Martin) Goatsuckers Habits 

 Family of Conirostres Larks Titmouse Buntings Sparrows 



Crows, (Crow, properly so called, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay) Birds 



of Paradise P. 46 66 



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