I L L U 8 T 11 A T E D 



NATURAL HISTORY 



THREE KINGDOMS, 



CONTAINING 



SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR DESCRIPTIONS OF MAN. QUAD- 

 RUPEDS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS, &c. 



EDITED AND COMPILED 



BY A. B. STRONG, M. D., 



Author of " The American Flora." 



V O L U M E I I. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



FIFTY BEAUTIFUL, ENQRAVINGS. 



NEW-YORK : 

 GREEN & SPENCER, PUBLISHERS, 



140 NASSAU-ST. 

 1849. 



