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A SKETCH OF THE CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, DISTRIBUTION,
AND HABITS, OF ANIMALS.

BY

WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, M.D., F.R.S.,

LECTURER ON NATURAL HISTORY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AT
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL

VOL. I.

COMPRISING MAMMALS, BIRDS, AND REPTILES.

LONDON:

WM. S. ORR AND Co., PATERNOSTER ROW.

W. AND R. CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH; AND W. CURRY AND CO., DUBLIN.

MDCCCXLIV.