A 
HISTORY 
OF 
BRITISH ANIMALS, 
EXHIBITING THE 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND SYSTEMATICAL 
ARRANGEMENT 
OF 
THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, 
REPTILES, FISHES, MOLLUSCA, AND RADIATA 
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ; 
INCLUDING 
THE INDIGENOUS, EXTIRPATED, AND EXTINCT 
KINDS, TOGETHER WITH PERIODICAL 
AND OCCASIONAL VISITANTS. 
/ 
/ JOHN FLEMING, D.D. F.R.S.E. M.W.S. &c. 
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\ MINISTER OF FLISK, FIFESHIRE ; 
^ AND AUTHOR OF THE “ PHILOSOPHY OF ZOOLOGY.” 
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AND JAMES DUNCAN, LONDON. 
MDCCCXXVIII. 
