CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PAOB 



Definition of Biology and Zoology — Characters of dead and un- 

 organised bodies — Characters of living and organised bodies 

 — Differences between animals and plants— Conditions of 

 Life — Principles of Zoological classification — The great 

 Physiological Functions — Homology and Analogy — General 

 divisions of the Animal Kingdom — Invertebrata and Verte- 

 brata — Distribution in Space — Distribution in Time, . 1-17 



CHAPTER I. 



General characters of the Protozoa — Classification of the Protozoa 



— Gregarinida, .... . . 18-23 



CHAPTER II. 



General characters and orders of the Rhizopoda — Monera — Anat- 

 omy of the Amoebea — Foraminifera — Distribution of the 

 Foraminifera in space and in time — Radiolaria — Acantho- 

 metra: — Polycystina — ThalassicoUida — Heliozoa, , . 24-36 



CHAPTER III. 



General characters of the Infusoria — Ciliated Infusoria — Anat- 

 omy of Paramcecium — Vorticella — Flagellated Infusorians, . 37-42 



CHAPTER IV. 



General characters of the Porifera — Structure of a typical Sponge 

 ■ — Reproduction of Spongilla — Distribution of Sponges in 



43-49 



