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Aberdeenshire Breed of Cattle, Polled, 

 315 general characters of the Cattle 

 of Aberdeenshire, 316 recent for- 

 mation of the Polled breed, and the 

 improvement of which it is suscep- 

 tible, r ib. 317 introduction of the 

 Short-horned breed into the county, 

 317 character of the Cattle occupy- 

 ing the district extending northward 

 from Aberdeenshire to the Pentland 

 Frith, ib. 



JEgagrus, description of the, 9 its affi- 

 nity with the domestic Goats, ib. 

 Aguara, Maned, 661. 

 Alderney Breed of Cattle, 333-its na- 

 turalization in the Norman Islands 

 of the British Channel, ib. impor- 

 tation of the Cows into England for 

 the purposes of the Dairy, ib. exter- 

 nal characters of the breed, and its 

 excellent milking properties, 334 

 account of the Islands of the Chan- 

 nel ; the minute division of property 

 in land, and the effects on the prac- 

 tices of rural industry; the value 

 attached to the Cow by the inhabi- 

 tants; and the law of the insular 

 legislature for preserving the purity 

 of the race, 334-9. 



Alpine Ibex, natural history of the, 5 

 its susceptibility of domestication, 

 7. 



American Family of Mankind, xliv. 

 Anglesea Breed of Cattle, 306 its affi- 

 nity with the Pembroke breed; its 

 larger size and coarser form, ib. 

 ' Breed of Sheep, 69 its affi- 

 nity with the Soft-woolled Sheep of 

 Wales, ib. 



Angus Breed of Cattle, Polled, 312 

 its cultivation in the plains and less 

 elevated parts of the counties of For- 



far and Kincardine, ib. the large 

 exportation of the cattle to the graz- 

 ing counties of England, ib. compa- 

 rison of their characters with those 

 of the Galloway breed, ib. the im- 

 provement of the breed, and its 

 recent extension to other districts, 

 313 notice of a prevalent error re- 

 garding the comparative value of 

 different breeds of Cattle, ib. the in- 

 troduction of the Short-horned breed 

 into the district, and the propriety 

 of keeping it distinct from the native 

 breed, 315. 



Animal Kingdom, divisions of the : 

 the Radiata, xxiv the Articulata, 

 xxv. the Mollusca, xxvi the Ver- 

 tebrata, comprehending Fishes, Rep- 

 tiles, Birds, and Mammalia, xxvii 

 division of the Mammalia into the fol- 

 lowing tribes : Cetacea, xxxii Ru- 

 minantia, ib. Pachydermata, xxxiii 

 Solidungula, ib. Edentata, ib. 

 Rodentla, xxxiv Marsupialia, ib. 

 Carnivora or Ferae, ib. Insectivora, 

 ib. Cheiroptera, ib. Quadrumana, 

 xxxv Bimana, ib. the different 

 races of Mankind : the Caucasian Fa- 

 mily, xxxviii theMongolian Family, 

 xl the Malay or Polynesian Family, 

 xli the Negro Family, ib. the Ame- 

 rican Family, xliv inquiry into the 

 origin of these different races, xlv 

 examples of the effect of climate in 

 modifying the animal form, and 

 adapting it to new conditions of life, 

 li the effect of increased supplies of 

 food in changing the form, and with 

 that the instincts and habits, of ani- 

 mals; and examples of this in the case 

 of the Dog, Hi of the Wild Hog. ib.~ 

 of the Ox and Sheep, li ii- of the Wild 



