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ated, molluscous, a i ated, or vertebrated, and that the distinctive 
characters of the ese 
hat, 
progress of development, the characters of the 
selves, then those of the orders, then those of 
ar species consecutively, and lastly those of the 
We are quite sure,’ continues the writer, ‘ that pees ol 
e typ e of the vertebrata ean- 1 
ral type, of which they are, but ‘partial n iia 
more special forms are thus reached in su ere until the one most 
special is at length attained.’ © In hi $s second er, he expresses this 
view still more clearly, in the following table of the history of — 
ment of any ovate organism :— = 
: at 4 No mrerciste difference’i in the germs of all animals (fundamen- 
2. The aoe  matifest, but the order not distinguishable. 2 
wanifest, but not the ‘fam ily. é 
é he species manifest, but the hori unpronoune 
The variety obvious, but the secual difference. 
9, The individual character in its most special for 
“In both papers, Dr. Barry rp a puts forth this “nan 
e sure basis 
the groundwork of disci fication. Thu yao * y sure | 
for classification is—not structure, as bon with<4e in the | rfect state, j 
when function tends to embarrass, but—the history of the development, 
at that period when structure presents itself alone.’ the 
fact is, that naturalists have begun just where they have 
