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BEING A POPULAR ACCOUNT OP THE 
BTRUCTURE, HABITS, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OP 
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 
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INCLUDING THE INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE TO AGRICULTURE. 
BY 
SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, C.B., F.R.S. Lond., Hon. F.R.S. Edin. 
Author of the Fauna Boreali Americana ; Arctic Search after Sir John Franklin. 
WILLIAM S. DALLAS, F.L.S., and T. SPENCER COBBOLD, M.D., F.L.S. 
* ASSISTED BY 
WILLIAM BAIRD, M.D., F.L.S., and ADAM WHITE, Esq. 
CURATORS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FAUNA 
JOSEPH B. HOLDER, M.D. 
FBLCiOW OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ETC. ; ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT 
AMERICAN MUSEUM OP NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK. 
VOL. HI. 
NEW YORK 
JAMES S. VIRTUE 
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