ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES,

AND ILLUSTRATIONS;

OR,

NATURAL HISTORY

OF

NONDESCRIPT OR IMPERFECTLY KNOWN ANIMALS,

IN A SERIES OF MEMOIRS.

Ellustrated by numerous Figures.

BY JOHN V. THOMPSON, ESQ. F. L. S.

DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF HOSPITALS.

W. F. WAKEMAN, DUBLIN M. JELLETT, BELFAST: DAVEY & MUSKETT,
BRISTOL: W. WOOD, STRAND; G. B. SOWERBY, REGENT STREET;
TREUTTEL AND WURTZ, TREUTTEL, JUN. & RICHTER, SOHO SQUARE,
LONDON TREUTTEL & WURTZ, PARIS, AND STRASBURGH.