LINN^US AND THE LINNEAN 

 CLASSIFICATION. 



AT the time of Ray and Willughby, of which we have just 

 been speaking, naturalists were principally occupied with 

 making collections of animals ; with accumulating observa- 

 tions of all sorts in connection with their habits and mode 

 of life; and, above all, with framing classifications. The 

 zoological works of Ray and Willughby were largely con- 

 cerned with classification ; and it may be said that they 

 contain the first systematic classification of the whole 

 animal kingdom which had been attempted up to this 

 time. Their classification of animals was, however, 



