172 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, 



QUESTIONS 



Selected from those which have been given in the Examination 

 Papers of the Government Department of Science and Art; 

 the Oxford Middle Class Examinations ; the Preliminary 

 Examinations of the College of Surgeons ; the College of 

 Preceptors t &c. 



1. To what sub-kingdom, class, and order does the 

 Snail belong? State anything you know about its 

 structure and habits. 



2. How many orders of birds are there, and how are 

 they distinguished from one another ? 



3. What is the tortoiseshell ? What are the most 

 remarkable peculiarities of the animals which produce 

 it? 



4. What are the chief divisions of the Animal King- 

 dom? 



5. What animals are called Annulose, and why? 



6. What is the most striking peculiarity of the order 

 of Mammals to which the Kangaroo belongs ? 



7. What common Mammals are devoid of teeth in the 

 fore part of the upper jaw ? 



8. In popular language both the Whale and Salmon 

 are called fishes. Why do naturalists place them in 

 distinct classes, and what are those classes ? 



9. What sort of animals fabricate univalve and 

 bivalve shells ? State anything you know respecting their 

 structure. 



10. Name six examples of Mblluscous animals. 



1 1. What are the orders bf Reptilia, and how are they 

 distinguished <fr<6m one another ? 



