i v CONTENTS. 



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Mammalia with separate Toes or Fingers, called Unguiculated 

 Toothless Animals The Sloth its Habits The Armadillo The 

 Ant-eater 6ito66 



Gnawing Animals (Rodents) The peculiar Construction and 

 Arrangement of their Teeth The Capybara, the Beaver Porcu- 

 pine, Hare, Guinea-pig, Squirrel Hamster its Cheek-pouches 

 The Marmot Hybernating (Sleeping in Winter) 661071 



Flesh-eating Animals (Carnivora) Divided into such as 

 walk on the soles of their feet (Plantigrade), and such as walk on 

 their toes (Digitigrade) ; such as spend part of their life in wafer 

 (Amphibious), and such as live on insects Bears, Racoons, Badgers. 

 &c. Cats, Lions, Tigers, Panthers, Leopards, &c. Their Teeth 

 and Claws The Hyaena, Civet, Dog, Wolf, Jackal, Fox, Polecat 

 Vermiform Animals (having long bodies, like Worms) The Pole- 

 cat, Weasel, Ermine, Marten, Skunk, Sable, Otter The valuable 

 Furs obtained from them 71 to 81 



Flesh-eating Mammalia living in Water (Amphibious 

 Carnivora) Seals their Construction and Habits the value 

 and number of their Skins we import The Morse, or Walrus its 

 Tusks its Habits, &c 811083 



Insect-eating Mammalia (Insectivora) Their Purpose in 

 Nature Moles their Construction and Habits The Hedgehog 

 Us Prickles its Use Shrews, c 831085 



Hand -winged Mammalia (Cheiroptera) Bats their 



Structure and Habits Vampires 851089 



Four-handed Mammalia (called Quadrumana) Their 

 Hands and Feet compared with those of Man The Gorilla, the 

 Orang, and Chimpanzee The various Divisions and Characteristics 

 of Quadrumana 891091 



Two-handed Mammalia (called Bimana) Man alone ... 91 



Birds (the Second great Division of Vertebrated Animals) Their 

 General Structure Their Divisions into Birds of Prey, Perchers, 

 Climbers, Scratchers, Runners, Stilt Birds, and Swimmers The 

 Peculiarities, Habits, and Structure of each Order, and the adapta- 

 tion of each to its mode of life 9 1 to Io8 



