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Show 448 CATALOGUE. LONGIPENNES. Procellaria Wilsonii, Bon. Leachii, Bonap. glacialis Larus minutus capistratus atricilla tridactylus can us eburneus fuscus argentatus argentatoides leucopterus glaucus Larus marinus Lestris cataractes pomarina Buffonii paradise a Sterna cayana anglica hirundo arctica min uta nigra fuliginosa stolid a Rhynchops nigra PALMA'f1E. Pelecanus onocrotalus fuscus Phalacrocorax carbo graculus cistatus Tachypetes aquilus PELECANI. Sula bassana fusca Plotus melanogaster Heliornis surinamensis Phaeton rethereus LAMELLIROS'fRES. Cygnus musicus Anser hyperboreus albifrons segetum canadensis leu co psis bernicla Anas nigra glacialis fusca perspicilla ta histrionica Stelleri clangula albeola mollissima spectabilis ferina Anas valisnerire marila fuligula labradora rubida clypeata acuta bosch as sponsa strepera americana obscura crecca discors Mergus merganser serrator cucullatus albellus EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Plate I. The Quadrupeds of this plate are sufficiently described in the text, for which refer to the genera ,by the Index. Plate II. This plate exhibits the osteology of the head of two anomalous Mammalia. l'"'ig. I, 2, 3. The Aye-Aye ( Cheiromys, C.), which, with the teeth of the Rodentia, possesses a head very similar to that of the Quadrumana, and principally as relates to the zygomatic arch, the orbit, &c. Fig. 4, s, 6. The Phascolomys, which also has the teeth of the Rodentia united to a head very analogous to that of the Carnaria, and evidently closely allied to that of the Phalangers. Plates III and IV. . The Birds of this plate are sufficiently described in the text under their respective genera. VoL. I.-3 G |