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SYSTEM OF NATURE, 
the exact representatives of the seals. The duck tribe 
are the analogues of the Manati, and come on shore to 
graze precisely in the same manner. 
These parallels are brought more strikingly into view 
when collected, as in the table below. Far from laying 
claim to any novelty or originality in the idea, I again re¬ 
peat that I obtained it from the writings of Linneus. Two 
subsequent writers have tried to improve the fourth parallel 
in the list; one placing the poultry, the other the waders, 
as the analogues of the Linnean Glires. I think that such 
alterations cannot be considered improvements. 
PLACENTALIA. AYES. 
SCANDENTIA 
Simia 
= Psittacus 
Rapacia 
Felis 
— F alco 
VOLITANTIA 
Vespertilio 
= Caprimulgus 
Saltantia 
Mus 
= Passer 
Repentia 
Manis 
= Yunx 
Ambulantia 
Camelus 
= Strutliio 
Natantia 
Manatus 
= Anser. 
