All obvious typographical errors were corrected. Where several variant spellings were used, the most prevalent version was use to standardize them. All illustration headers were standardized to display "_Engraved for Barr's Buffon._" above each group and the captions were also standardized. The illustration captions were arranged in ascending numbers. Illustrations which split paragraphs were moved to rejoin them and in some cases, moved to the end of the section. To match the other volumes in this series, the list for the placement of images was positioned after the Table of Contents. "M. Allemand" probably should have been "M. Allamand" a Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher (1713-1787) that is reported to have contributed to Buffon's _Histoire Naturelle_. This was left unchanged. p. 113, missing end quote added (... for digestion." Dr. Klockner ...). p. 297, missing end quote added at end of paragraph. P. 302, missing end quote added at end of paragraph. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10), by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon