CONTENTS. 



Page. 



CHAP. IV The Canary 



Bird, &c. . . 151 

 CHAP. V. The Swallow . . 153 

 CHAP VI. TheHumming- 



Bird .... 155 



BOOK VI 



BIRDS OP THE CRANK KIND. 



CHAP I. Birds of the Crane 



Kind in general. 160 

 CHAP. IT. The Crane ... 162 

 CHAP. III. The Stork ... 166 

 CHAP. IV. The Balearic and 



other Foreign 



Cranes .... 168 

 CHAP. V. The Heron, &c. 170 

 CHAP. VI. The Bittern. . . 174 

 CHAP. VII. The Spoonbill . 175 

 CHAP. VIII. The Flamingo 177 

 CHAP. IX. The Avosetta 



and the Corrira 181 

 CHAP. X. Small Birds of the 



Crane Kind . . 182 

 CHAP. XI. The Water-Hen 



and the Coot 187 



BOOK VII. 



WATER-FOWL. 



CHAP. I. Water-Fowl in ge- 

 neral 190 



CHAP. II. The Pelican . . 192 

 CHAP. III. The Albatross . 195 

 CHAP. IV. The Cormorant 197 

 CHAP. V. The Gannet ... 199 

 CHAP. VI. Smaller Gulls 



and Petrels . 201 

 CHAP. VII. The Penguin 



Kind ... 207 

 CHAP. VIII. The Auk, Puf- 

 fin, &c. . . . 210 

 CHAP. IX. Birds of the 



Goose Kind. 213 

 CHAP. X. The Swan .... 215 

 CHAP. XI. The Goose, &c. 218 

 CHAP. XII. The Duck, &c. 220 



CHAP. XIII. The King-Fish- '"*" 

 er 225 



PART IV. 

 BOOK I. 



FISHES IN GENERAL. 



CHAP. I. Introduction ... 229 

 CHAP. II. Cetaceous Fishes 



in general ... 241 

 CHAP. III. The Whale . . . 243 

 CHAP. IV. The Narwhale . 251 

 CHAP. V. The Cachalot, &c. 253 

 CHAP. VI. The Dolphin, the 

 Grampus, and 

 the Porpoise . 256 



BOOK II. 



CARTILAGINOUS FISHES. 



CHAP. I. Cartilaginous Fish- 

 es in general . . 258 

 CHAP. II. Cartilaginous 

 Fishes of 

 the Shark 

 Kind ... 260 

 CHAP. III. Cartilaginous 



Flatfish, &c. 264 

 CHAP. IV. The Lamprey, 



&c 272 



CHAP. V. The Sturgeon, 



&c 274 



CHAP. VI. Anomalous Carti- 

 laginous Fishes 278 



BOOK HI. 



SPINOUS FISHES. 



CHAP. I. The Division of 



Spinous Fishes 282 

 SECT. I. Prickly-finned 



Fishes . . . 284 

 SECT. II. Soft-finned Fishes 

 CHAP. II. Spinous Fishes . 289 



