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AN ARTISTIC EDITION OF THE 



Rev. J. G. WOOD'S 



Natural History 



OF 



ANIMATE CREATION 



REVISED AND ADAPTED TO 



jQ.MJERICA.2sT ZOOLOGY, 



BY 



JOSEPH B. HOLDER, M.D., 



Fellow of the fTew York ficademy of Sciences ; Jdernber of the Society of JJaturalists, E. U, S. ; JHember 



of the fimerican, Ornithologists' Union ; Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Jlmerican 



Jjfuseum of JJatural History, Central (Park, Jiew York. 



Fully Illustrated with Scientific Accuracy. 



VOL. I. 



NEW YORK: 

 SELMAR HESS. 



