431. ORDERS. 



Examples* Sloth, armadillo, duckbill. 



6. PACHYDERMA, thick-skin animals, with hoofs 

 and without clavicles. 



Examples. Elephant, mastodon (extinct) hip- 

 popotamus, hog, rhinoceros, paleotherium (ex- 

 tinct,) tapir, horse, zebra. 



7. RUMIN ANTES, animals which chew the cud? 

 have incisors below only, and feet with, cloven hoofs. 



Examples. Camel, musk, deer, giraff, ante- 

 lope, goat, sheep, ox. 



8. CETE, aquatic animals, without any hind feet ; 

 And whose fore feet are degenerated into Jin-like 

 limbs* 



Examples. Whale, dolphin, porpoise, nar- 

 whal, physeter. 



II. CXASS AVES 



IS DIVIDED INTO SIX ORDERS. 



1. ACCIPITRES, birds of prey, with strong hook- 

 ed beaks and claws. They have Jour toes ; the 

 thumb- toe, and the inner one of the other three are 

 largest. 



They are carnivorous ; feeding on other birds, 

 or small quadrupeds, reptiles, &c. 



Examples. Vulture, hawk, buzzard, eagle. 

 owl. 



2. PASSERES, sparrow-like birds ; including all 

 which are not swimmers, waders, or runners, climb- 

 ersy birds oj prey, or of the gallinaceous kind. 



Examples. Grackle, fly-catcher, thrush, crow, 

 oriole, warbler, wren, swallow, hum-bird, king- 

 trird or bee-eater, king-fisher ; lark, sparrow, 



