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irom the moft careful comparil^m of the whofe 

 gems, the introdudlion of a new one miift, in 

 many inftances, fo clalli with the old, as to re- 

 quire, perhaps, a total alteration in every fpecifc 

 mmt of the g€nus. 



After his own fpecific name, he gives the 

 jynonyms, and page of the moft reputed and au- 

 thentic writers in each clafs and particularly re- 

 fers to :thofe who have beft figured his fubjeft ; 

 then the locus natalis^ and in many inftances, 

 more efpecially among the Mammali-a and Aves^ 

 a fliort but comprchenfive hiftory reipe6ling the 

 nature, economy, and ufes of the animal. To 

 every animal the author has afHxed his trivial 

 name, expreflive, moft commonly, of place where 

 it is found, of its colour, form,, or fome quality or 

 attribute, defcriptive, as far as may be, of the ani- 

 mal or, in a great variety of cafes, where the 

 fubjefl has been well known by a fingle term, 

 he retains that as his trivial name. To inftance 

 in the Partridge and Quail, which both belong to 

 his genus eftabliflied under the name Tetrao : he 

 therefore calls the former Tetrao Perdix^ ^nd the 

 Jatter 'Tetrao Coturnix. 



It has been objedled to LiNNi^:us's claffification 

 in various parts of his fyftem, that he has thrown 

 together fubjedls too different in their general 

 appearance and economy, by keeping too clofely 

 to one charadler to inftance particularly in the 

 Mammalia, by confining himfelf to the teeth. 

 To this it may be anfwered, in general, that if 

 mly quadrupeds were to be cjafled, no fyftem 



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