SYSTEM 



NATURAL HISTORY; 



CONTAINING 



SCIENTIFCI AND POPULAR DESCRIPTIONS 



MAN, QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES AND INSECTS; 



CHIEPLY COMPILED FROM THE VARIOUS WORKS OF 



CUVIER, GRIFFITH, RICHARDSON, GEOFFREY, LACEPEDE, 



BUFFON, GOLDSMITH, SHAW, MONTAGUE, WILSON, LEWIS AND CLARKE, 



AUDUBON, AND OTHER WRITERS ON NATURAL HISTORY ; 



AKRANGED 



ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF STARK. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 



BOSTON: 



CARTER, HENDEE, & CO. 



BRATTLEBORO': 



PUBLISHED BY PECK & WOOD. 



1834. 



