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quent to Linnaeus and Buffon, would be impos- 

 sible within the limits of a moderate volume ; 

 much less can we pretend to attempt the exe- 

 cution of such a task in a brief sketch like the 

 present. We must content ourselves with 

 scarcely more than naming some of the prin- 

 cipal, and giving a general view of the progress 

 of the science, during the period to which we 

 have alluded. 



The Animal Kingdom by Brisson, was pub- 

 lished in Paris, in 1756, divided into nine 

 classes ; it came out in one volume quarto, con- 

 taining only the quadrupeds and cetacea : the 

 Ornithology, however, of this writer, is his 

 most valuable work, for the minute exactness 

 of his descriptions. Among those who contri- 

 buted most largely to the stock of zoological 

 science, was the celebrated Pallas. His work on 

 some new species of Glires, is very valuable ; 

 his Spicilegia Zoologica and Miscellanea Zoo- 

 logica, are replete with interesting matter. 

 His travels through the Russian Empire, are 

 full of the most valuable zoological informa- 

 tion, as likewise are many of his memoirs, pub- 

 lished in those of the Academy of St. Peters- 

 burg; in short, he was a most accomplished na- 

 turalist. We may also cite, as belonging nearly 

 to the same period, Erxleben's work on the 



