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THE MUSEUM 
NATURAL HISTORY 
BEING A POPULAB ACCOUNT OF THE 
STRUCTURE, HABITS, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF 
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 
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INCLUDING THE INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE TO AGRICULTURE. 
BY 
SIE JOHN EICHARDSON, C.B., F.R.S. Lond., Hon. F.R.S. Edin. 
jfitJoi’ oMhe Fauna Boreali Americana ; Arctic Search after Sir John Franhiin. 
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. 
ODBATOBS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPAKTMENT OF THE BBITISH MUSEUM. 
WITH A 
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FAUNA 
BY 
JOSEPH B. HOLDER, M.D. 
FELLOAY OF THE NEW TOBK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BTC. ; ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT 
AMERICAN MUSEUM OP NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK. 
VOL. I. 
NEW YORK 
JAMES S. VIRTUE 
12 DET STREET. 
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