THE MUSEUM 
TURAL HISTORY 
BEING A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE 
STRUCTURE, HABITS, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF 
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 
• iiabrupcbs, ^irbs, glcptihs, aitb JlnsEtts 
INCLUDING THE INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE TO AGRICULTURE. 
BY 
SIR JOHN MCl^RDSON, C.B., F.E.S. Lond., Hon. F.R.S. Edin. 
Fauna Boreali Americana ; Arctic Search after Sir John Franklin. 
WILLIAM S. DALLAS, F.L.S., and T. SPENCER ^OBBOLD, M.D., E.L.S. 
ASSISTED BY 
WILLIAM 5AIRD, M.D., E.L.S., and ADAM WHITE, Esq. 
CURATORS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
WITH A 
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FAUNA 
BY 
JOSEPH B. HOLDER, M.D. 
FELr.OW OI’ THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OP SCIENCES, ETC. ; ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT 
AMERICAN MUSEUM OP NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK. 
VOL. II. 
NEW YORK 
JAMES S . VIRTUE 
12 DEY STREET. 
