CONTENTS. 



Chajp I. — A General View of the Organtzation of the Veetebeata — 



THE VeETEBEATE SKELETON, 7 



II. — The Muscles and the Viscera — A General Vikw of the 



Oeganization of the Veriebrata, . . . . 44 



ni. — The Provinces of the Veetebeata — The Class Pisces, . 100 



IV. — The Class Amphibia 149 



V. — The Classification akd the Osteology of the Reptilia, . 16Y 



VI. — The Classification and the Osteology of Birds, . . 233 



VII. — The Muscles and the Visceea of the Saueopsida, . . 2ro 



Vm. — The Classification and Organization of the Mammalia, . 273 



