THK 



CABINET 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



CONDUCTED BY THE 



REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. F.R.S. L.&E. 



M.R.I.A. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c. &c. 



ASSISTED BY * 



EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN. 



A TREATISE 

 ON 



THE GEOGRAPHY AND CLASSIFICATION 



OF 



ANIMALS. 



BY 



WILLIAM SWAINSON, ESQ. A.C.G. 



HONORARY MEMBER OK THE CAMBRIDGE ^SOPHICAL SOCIETY, 

 AND OF SEVERAL FOREIGN ACADEMIES. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 



AND JOHN TAYLOR, 



UPPER GOWER STREET. 



1835. 



