RESPIRATION, 



629 



Cabiais, 102*. Pulse, 140. 

 Guinea pig, 101.4. 

 Adult guinea pig, 96.368. * 

 Squirrel, 102. 

 Rat, 102. 

 Mouse, 99. 



Marmot, when lively, 101. When 

 torpid, 67, or even as low as 



Pachydermata. 

 Elephant, 99.5. 

 Sow, 104 to 107.f 

 Boar, 104. 



Ruminantia. 

 Elk, 103. 



Chamois, 105. In vagina, 104. 75. 

 Ox, 101 to 103. 

 Calf 103 to 105. In vagina, 



101.75, 104. 

 Goat, 104. 



Sheep, 104 to 1054 In vagina, 



105, 104.33. 

 Lambs, 106. 

 Cow with calf, in vagina, 102.75. 



Solipedes. 



Horse, 100.4 to 103. 

 Ass, 97 to 99.5. 



Cetacea. 

 Porpois, 100. 

 Meanofcetacea, 101.5. 



Mean heat of Quadrupeds 

 Monkeys, . 99.7 



Carnivore us quadrupeds, 103.264 

 Gnawers, . 101.939 



Pachydermata, . 105.23l 



Ruminantia, . 104.029 



Solipedes, . 99.644 



Amphibia and cetacea, 10l.5 



If we reckon the number of respirations in these animals 1, 

 the beats of the pulse will be 3 J, or there are 3^ beats of the 

 pulse for every respiration. 



frequenting 



Birds of Prey. 

 Mean heat, 104.528. 

 Pica?, 106.689. 

 Water fowl, 108.361. 



Herons and birds 

 marshes, 107.194. 

 Domestic fowls, 107.24. 

 Passeres, I09.7l. 



The following temperature of birds was determined by M. 

 Despretz : || 



Two adult ravens, 109.238 

 Four young owls (flying 



well), . . 105.638 



An adult owl, . 106.646 



An adult falcon, . 106.646 



Three pigeons, . 109.346 



Three young sparrows, 102.344 



An old sparrow, . 107. 



Ditto, older, . 107. 528 



An old yellow hammer, 109. 184 



Two young crows, . 106. 166 



Frogs and Sea Tortoises. 

 They have a temperature of about 

 5 above that of the air in which 



they live. Sir A. Carlisle found 

 a frog 8 higher than the air.lT 



Reptiles. 

 Testudo midas, 84 to 85. 



geometrica, 62.5. 



Testudo lateria, 54 to 65. 

 Rana ventricosa, 77. 

 Frogs, 3.7 above the air. 

 Toad, 44, the air being 33. 

 Crocodile, 60. Air, 37. T V- 

 Lacerta agilis, 71. Air, 63.5. 

 Green lizzard, 68. Air, 68. 5. 

 Proteus anguinus, same a that of 

 the air. 



* Despretz, Ann. de Chim. et de Phys. xxvi. 338. 



t Carlisle, Phil. Trans. 1805, p. 22. \ Ibid 



|| Ann. de Chim. et de Phys. xxvi. 3 3 8 



f Phil. Trans. 1805, p. 22. 



Ibid. 



