WISDOM, AND GOODNESS OF GOD,

AS MANIFESTED IN

The Creation of Animals,

AND IN

THEIR HISTORY, HABITS, AND INSTINCTS.

BY THE

REV. WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A., F.R.S., ETC.

PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLII.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

PAGE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATION

vii

CHAP. XIII. Functions and Instincts. Cirripedes and Crinoïdeans

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