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CONTENTS

BOOK I.

CH.
1. Of parts, simple and composite; of species and genera; and of differences in form, character, and habits.
2. Of the organs of alimentation and of excretion.
3. Of the organs of the male and female; of the sense of touch.
4. Of the moisture in animals; of blood and vein.
5. Of animals viviparous, oviparous, and vermiparous; of organs of locomotion, feet, fins, and wings.
6. Of the genera of animals, such as birds, fishes, serpents, cetaceans, testaceans, crustaceans, molluscs; and of isolated species, such as man.
7. Of the parts of the body; of the skull and its sutures.
8. Of the face and forehead.
9, 10. Of eyes and eyebrows.
11. Of ears, nose, and tongue.
12. Of the neck and thorax.
13, 14. Of the belly and navel; and of the private parts.
15. Of the trunk and limbs.
16. Of the brain; of the lungs and windpipe; of the gullet and stomach.
17. Of the heart and other viscera.

BOOK II.

1. Of the limbs and their movements: of the huckle-bone; of wild cattle, elephants, camels, and of the martichore; and of other matters.
2, 3, 4, 5. Of the teeth of dogs, of horses, of man, and of the elephant.
6. Of the elephant’s tongue.
7. Of the mouth; and of the Egyptian hippopotamus.
8, 9. Of apes and monkeys.
10. Of the crocodile.
11. Of the chameleon.
12. Of the characters of birds; and of the Yunx or wryneck.
13. Of fishes; and of the dolphin.
14. Of serpents and of sea-serpents; and of the fish Echeneis.
15. Of the chief genera of viviparous animals, and of their viscera; of maggots in the stag’s head; of the gall-bladder.
16. Of the kidneys and bladder.
17. Of the heart and liver; of the stomach in ruminants, in the elephant, in birds, and in fishes; of the anatomy of serpents; of the eyes of serpents and of swallow-chicks.