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phers, certainly contributed more than any- 

 thing preceding to inspire a general interest 

 for zoological studies, and their effects soon be- 

 came sufficiently obvious. The period which 

 has elapsed from their times, to the present 

 day, has abounded more in labours on the 

 Animal Kingdom, than any which ever went 

 before. 



The class of quadrupeds, has certainly not 

 received any great accessions, if we except 

 Shaw's Zoology of New Holland, and the spe- 

 cies given from time to time, by Schreber. 

 Audebert's work we have noticed, for its mag- 

 nificence and expense. In the description of 

 the menagerie of the Museum of Paris, are 

 some fine figures of quadrupeds. The labours 

 of M. Geofiroy on the pouched animals, are of 

 great value. Peron has brought many new 

 quadrupeds from New Holland to France, and 

 Leschenault from the Island of Java. Buffon 

 proposed to terminate his labours with the his- 

 tory of the Cetacea, but was prevented by 

 death. It is the least to say, that he found a 

 most worthy successor in the late Count de 

 Lacepede. 



To our countryman Latham, ornithology is 

 indebted for the largest augmentation of its 

 catalogue. Several expensive works have 



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