TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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TREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . I 

 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND 



EDITION , . . , 10 



INTRODUCTION .... I"! 



Of Natural History, and of Systems gene- 

 rally ..... 13 



Of l:ving' Beiri^''s, and of Org'anization in 



f;enera! ..... 16 



Division of Orj;aniztd Beings into Animal 



and Ve.i^etable .... 19 



Of the Forms peculiar to the Organic Ele- 

 ments of tlie Animal Body, and uf tlie 

 principal Combinations of its Cliemical 



Elements .... 21 



Of the Forces which act in the Animal Body 22 



Summary idea of the Functions and Organs 

 of the Bodies of Animals, and of their 



various degrees of complication . 25 



Of the Intellectual Functions of Animals . 28 



Of Method, as applied to the Animal King- 

 dom ..... 31 



General Distribution of the Animal King- 

 dom into four great Divisions — Vertebrate 

 Animals, Molluscous Animals, Articulate 



Animals, Radiate Animals , . 32 



VERTEBRATE ANIMALS . . 35 



Subdivision into four Classes . . 37 



i.lAMM.VLIA . . . , 38 



Division into Orders ... 41 



BiMANA, or Man ... 44 



Peculiar Conformation of Man . 45 



Physical and Moral Developement of 



Man .... 47 



Varieties of the Human Species . 49 



QUADRUMANA . . . . 54 



Monkey-like Animals . . 54 



Monkeys of America ... 60 



Carnaria .... 66 



Cheiroptera .... 67 



Insectivora .... 77 



Carnivora .... 82 



Marsupiata .... 100 



rodentia .... 107 



Edentata .... 122 



f)rdinaiy Edentata . . . 124 



Monotremata . . . . 126 



Pachydkrmata ... 128 



Proboscidea .... 128 



Ordinary Pacliydermata . . 130 



Solidungula .... 133 



RUrtlTNANTIA 



Without horns 



With horns 

 Cetacea 



Hei bivora 



Ordinaria 

 Analogies of the 'I'eeth o 



MA LI a 



OVIPAROUS VERTEBRATES IN 

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Division into Orders 



Accipitres 

 Diurnal Birds of Prey 

 Nocturnal Birds of Prey 



PASSERINVE 



Deidirostres 

 Fis.sirostres 

 CoTdrostres 



Tenuirostres 

 Syndactyli 



SCANSORES 



AFFIXITIEH of the THREE PRE 



Ordkrs 

 Gallin,e 

 Grallje 



Brevipennes 



Pressirostres 



CuUrirostres 



Longirostres 



Macrodactyli 

 Palmipedes 



Brachypteres 



L/Ongipennes 



Totipalniati 



Lanu-llirostres 

 REPTILIA 

 Chklonia 

 Sauria 



The Crocodiles 



The Lizards 



The Iguanas 



The Geckotians 



The Chameleons 



The Scindoidiens 

 Ophidia 



The Orvets 



The True Serpents 



The Naked Serpents 

 Batrachia 



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