THE 



CABINET CYCLOPEDIA. 



CONDUCTED BY THE 



REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. F.R.S. L. & E. 

 M.R.I.A. F,R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c &c 



ASSISTED BY 

 EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN. 



iPatural i^i^torp. 



ON THE 



NATURAL HISTORY ANJD CLASSIFICATION 



OP 



.FISHES, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES. 



By 

 WILLIAM SWAINSON, A.C.G. 



VOL. XL 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 



AND JOHN TAYLOR, 



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1839. 



