250 ANIMAL FORMS 



Class I. Cyclostbm'ata (cyclos, circle ; stoma, mouth). 

 Hagfishes, lamprey. 



Class II. Pis'ces (piscis, fish). 



Shark, skate or ray, lung-fish, sturgeon, garpike, catfish, horned 

 pout, bullhead, carp, dace, chub, minnow, eel, herring, shad, 

 salmon, trout, pike, stickleback, blindfish, sea-horse, mullet, 

 flying-fish, perch, darter, sunfish, sea-bass, mackerel, snapper, 

 grunt, weakfish, bluefish, rose-fish, gurnard, sculpin, codfish, 

 flounder, angler. 



Class III. Amphibia (amphi, double; bios, life). 



Siren, mud-puppy, water-dog, tiger salamander, axolotl, toad, 

 frog, tree-frog. 



Class IV. Reptil'ia (reptans, creeping). 



Skink, " glass-snake," swift, chameleon, horned toad, Gila mon- 

 ster, blacksnake, grass-snake, milk-snake, rattlesnake, copper- 

 head, water-moccasin, soft-shell turtle, snapper, painted turtle, 

 box-turtle, leather-turtle, loggerhead, hawkbill, crocodile, alli- 

 gator. 



Class V. A'ves (avis, bird). 



Ostrich, loon, grebe, auk, murre, puffin, gull, tern, petrel, alba- 

 tross, cormorant, pelican, duck, goose, swan, heron, bittern, 

 crane, rail, mud-hen or coot, snipe, woodcock, sandpiper, kill- 

 dee plover, quail, grouse, wild turkey, prairie-chicken, pigeon, 

 dove, eagle, hawk, owl, turkey-buzzard, cuckoo, kingfisher, 

 woodpecker, sapsucker, swift, humming-bird, night-hawk, 

 whippoorwill, crow, jay, swallow, warbler, thrush, robin, 

 bluebird. 



Class VI. Mammalia (mamma, breast). 



Duck-mole, ant-eater, sloth, armadillo, sea-cow, opossum, kanga- 

 roo, porcupine, mouse, rat, muskrat, woodchuck, beaver, rabbit, 

 squirrel, chipmunk, prairie-dog, shrew, mole, bat, whale, gram- 

 pus, dolphin, porpoise, zebra, elephant, giraffe, deer, antelope,, 

 goat, sheep, horse, cow, pig, buffalo, bear, raccoon, otter, skunk, 

 badger, wolverene, sable, mink, weasel, dog, fox, wolf, cat, 

 lynx, panther, monkey, ape, baboon, gibbon, orang-utan, 

 gorilla, chimpanzee, man. 



