OF

ZOOLOGY.

BY

EDWARD S. MORSE, PH. D.,

LATE PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND ZOOLOGY IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE:
DIRECTOR OF THE PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

"As for your pretty little seed-cups, or vases, they are a sweet confirmation of the pleasure
Nature seems to take in superadding an elegance of form to most of her works, wherever you
find them. How poor and bungling are all the imitations of art! When I have the pleasure
of seeing you next we will sit down-nay, kneel down if you will-and admire these things."
-[HOGARTH in a Letter to ELLIS.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.

1890.

KD 324 8 9

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY'
LIBRARY
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ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PREFACE.

THE "First Book of Zoology" is expressly prepared for the use of pupils who wish to gain a general knowledge of the structure, habits, modes of growth, and other leading features concerning the common animals of the country.

Particular attention has been given to the lower animals, as these are more often neglected in text-books. Directions for collecting, the preparation of specimens for the cabinet, and the haunts of the animals to be studied are given, and the pupil is expected to study, with the book in one hand, and the specimens in the other. The figures illustrating this work, with a few exceptions, have been drawn from Nature by the author, and have been prepared with especial reference to their being copied by the pupil. To facilitate this the figures are made in outline, with the shaded side of the figure indicated by darker lines.