Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature — John Shaqi
Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of natureBingley, William
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Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature
Bingley, William
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_Front. Vol. III._
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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE:
OR
_A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT_
OF THE
VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS
OF
Nature,
MINERAL, VEGETABLE, AND ANIMAL,
WHICH ARE CHIEFLY EMPLOYED FOR THE USE OF MAN.
_Illustrated with numerous Figures, and intended as a Work
both of Instruction and Reference._
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BY THE
REV. WILLIAM BINGLEY, AM. FLS.
LATE OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, AND AUTHOR OF
ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY.
[Illustration]
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III. ANIMALS.
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_FOURTH EDITION._
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LONDON: PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY;
HARVEY AND DARTON;
AND C. AND J. RIVINGTON.
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1825.
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
OF THE
_THIRD VOLUME_.
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FRONTISPIECE: PLATE I.
HEADS, &C. OF QUADRUPEDS, UPON AN OUTLINE OF THE
HEAD OF THE GREAT WHALE.
Fig.
1. Rhinoceros.
2. Seal.
3. Cat.
4. Sable.
5. Bear.
6. Badger.
7. Camel.
8. Elk.
9. Stag, or red deer.
10. Fallow deer.
11. Chamois.
12. Antelope.
13. Goat.
14. Sheep.
15. Bison.
16. Hog.
17. Outline of the head of the Great Whale.
PLATE II.
PARTS OF MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS.
18. Manis.
19. Armadillo.
20. Elephant.
21. Spaniel.
22. Greyhound.
23. Mastiff.
24. Fox.
25. Beaver.
26. Hare.
27. Musk.
28. Rein-deer.
29. Ox.
30. Horse.
PLATE III.
PARTS OF BIRDS.
31. Falcon.
32. Bird of paradise.
33. Crowned pigeon.
34. Pheasant.
35. Cock.
36. Red Grous.
37. Black Grous.
38. Ptarmigan.
39. Bustard.
40. Ostrich.
41. Heron.
42. Bittern.
43. Snipe.
44. Curlew.
45. Woodcock.
46. Ruff.
47. Swan.
48. Eider duck.
49. Puffin.
50. Penguin.
51. Gannet.
PLATE IV.
REPTILES AND FISHES.
52. Turtle.
53. Imbricated Turtle.
54. Guana.
55. Eel.
56. Muræna.
57. Sword-fish.
58. Cod.
59. Torsk.
60. Burbot.
61. Thunny.
62. Gurnard.
63. Tench.
64. Dog-fish.
PLATE V.
FISHES, &c.
65. Dorée.
66. Turbot.
67. Surmullet.
68. Salmon.
69. Gar-fish.
70. Carp.
71. Sturgeon.
72. Skate.
73. Lamprey.
74. Lobster.
75. Prawn.
76. Crab.
77. Oysters.
78. Scallop.
79. Muscle.
80. Cockle.
_Plate 2. Vol. 3._
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_Plate 3. Vol. 3._
[Illustration]
_Plate 4. Vol. 3._
[Illustration]
_Plate 5. Vol. 3._
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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
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ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS.
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_INTRODUCTION._
1. Animals are natural bodies which possess organization, life, sensation,
and voluntary motion; and ZOOLOGY is that branch of natural science which
treats of their systematic arrangement; their structure and functions;
their habits of life, instincts, and uses to mankind.
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