EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES

INTRODUCTION.

CLASS I. MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS. ORDER I. PRIMATES.

CLASS II. BIRDS. ORDER I. ACCIPITRES, OR RAPACIOUS BIRDS.

CLASS III. AMPHIBIA. ORDER I. REPTILES.

CLASS IV. FISHES. ORDER I. APODAL FISH.

CLASS V. INSECTS.

CLASS VI. WORMS.

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.

BY THE

Rev. WILLIAM BINGLEY, AM. FLS.

LATE OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, AND AUTHOR OF
ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY.