INTRODUCTION. 

The Animal Kingdom confifts of Bodies which are _ 
organized, endowed with Life, with } Feeling, and 
the Power of voluntary Motion. 
Linneus divides this Kingdom into Six Clafles 
| PV RIST (Cob Ars 8 < 
Is viviparous (that is, produced alive; ) the mother is 
furnithed with milk for its young. The heart has 
two auricles and two ventricles. Lhe blood is warm 
and red. The lungs breathe reciprocally, The 
jaw-bones lie one over the other; they are covered 
-and have feveral teeth fixed in them, This clafs is 
called by Linnzus Mammalia : | 
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_ Ts oviparous (that is, produced from eggs) which 
have a calcareous fhell. The heart has two auricles 
and two yentricles. The blood is warm and red. 
‘The jaws, or mandibles, lie one over the other; they 
are naked, they project, and are mot furnithed with | 
teeth. The ears have no auricles, or external ears. 
Their fupports are two legs and two wings. Their 
~~ bodies are covered with feathers, and id Sey are. called 
Aves, or Birds, | 
(sowie bh Ob Ae: : a 
_ Breathe’ arbitrarily from lungs, (that is, though 
breathing be neceflary to them, it is not requifite at 
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