vi. CONTENTS. 



General outline of habits, &c 124 



Instructions relative to Nests and Eggs 127 



Ditto for skinning, stuffing, and preserving Birds 130 



Table of particulars to be observed relative to any new 



species of Bird 138 



Introduction to the Amphibea 139 



Enumeration of the characters in Order 1, Reptilia. ... 141 



Introduction to Order 2, Serpentes 146 



Enumeration of the characters of ditto 1 48 



Anecdote of the Slow-Worm 150 



Instructions for the preserving of the Animals in this 



class e 152 



Anecdote of a species of Boa 154 



Table of particulars to be observed on procuring any 



new species of Amphibea 159 



Introduction to Fishes , 160 



Enumeration of the characters of the genera in Order 1, 



Apodal .164 



— = — — in Order 2, Jugulares 167 

 ~ — ™ in Order 3, Thoraci 169 



— — — in Order 4, Abdo- 

 minales 175 



Enumeration of the characters of the genera in the 



Branchiostegous Order 179 



Instructions for procuring and preserving Fishes 183 



Table of particulars to be observed in procuring any 



new species 186 



Introduction to the class Insecta 187 



Anecdote of the Common Dragon Fly 193 



Enumeration of the characters of the genera composing 



the Coleopterous Order 197 



— _„ — Hemipterous Order. 206 



