Analytical table of a systematical course of lectures on zoology : including comparative anatomy, illustrated by drawings and natural objects / by B. Jaeger.

  • Jaeger, B. (Benedict), 1789-1869.
Date:
1835
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    [ .ungs,- -Breasts,— 0 fishes. — Natural of the U. States. do do do do do 11 Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, duck-bill. Manis pentadartyla, short-tailed manis. tetradactyla, long-tailed manis. ' Dasypus novemcinctus, nine banded armadillo. Difficulty to ascertain the species according to the number of bands.—Azzara's opinion. 9. Order—Cetacea, animals of the whale kind.—Essential character of them.—Arguments for their being mammiferous. —Their internal construction.—Heart, Warm blood. —Viviparous. — Similarity History of the Genera. Monodon Monoceros, narwhal. Balasna Mysticetus, black whale. '•' Physalis, razor back. Musculus, broad-nosed whale. Boops, flnner. rostrata, beaked whale. Description of the Black Whale.—Mouth,—Beard,—Whale bones,—Blow-holes,— Eyes, — Fins,—Tail,— Paps,—Milk- Skin,—Color,—Blubber,—Use,—Size.—Exaggeration concern- ing it.—Flesh,—Ribs,—Brain,—Food,—Gestation,—Young. — Physeter macrocephalus, Spermaceti.—Cachalot.—Description of it.—Head,—Teeth,—Produce of spermaceti,—Size,—Bulls and Cows,—Mode of killing it.—Sperm whale fishery in the United States.—Natural history of the Delphinus Delphis, true dolphin. of the U. States. Gladiator, gladiator dolphin. do Phocaena, sea swine. do Manatus Americanus, American lamantin. do Stellerus borealis, boreal steller. do LECTURE XIII. (Ornithology.) II. Class—Aves, Definition of Birds.—Their difference from the animals of the other classes.—Their air-cavities.—Ali- mentary instruments.—Different manner of building nests.—