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Excerpt from Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals Give in the following pages an account of one hun dred and seventeen kinds of animals, with shorter references to some others, the great majority of which are certain to be represented in most Zoological Gardens. These types of vertebrate life are placed in due relation to each other by some details concerning the structure and classification of the vertebrata, which precede in an orderly way the sections referring to those several types. The volume thus contains a Sketch of verte brate life which may serve as an introduction to more exhaustive studies. It will also, I hope, be Of some assistance to those who desire to know something of the great variety of animal life exhibited in these institu tions, and as a guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians therein collected together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.