VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



of very great importance to the youthful mind, 

 was induced from the hope of benefiting the young 

 student of Nature, in the first place to publish the 

 "Natural History of Animals," and from the 

 marked approbation that work has met with since 

 it appeared, he has been encouraged to offer this 

 little volume upon other parts of Animated Na- 

 ture by the same distinguished author, hoping it 

 may be found not less attractive or useful than the 

 preceding one. 



