Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ...
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Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ...
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Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.
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London :: Printed by Joseph Streater and are to be sold by T. Basset, J. Robinson, B. Aylmer, Joh. Southby, and W. Canning,
1688.
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50576.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.
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AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE Of the NAMES of the Several ANIMALS Mentioned in this VOLUME.
A
Accipenser. 69.
Alce. 107.
Algazel. 53.
Alopecias. 69.
Anim•…•…l Magnum. 107.
Ano. 191.
Antilope. 53.
Ape. 157.
Asio. 206.
Avis Tarda. 109.
B
Bear. 43.
Beaver. 83.
Bistarda. 198.
Bu•…•…alus. 128.
Bustard. 197.
C
Sea-Calfe. 120.
Camel. 37.
Camelion. 17.
Caprea. 142.
Carbo 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 133.
Castor. 83.
Cassowar. 241.
Casuel. 241.
Catamountain. 61.
Cepus. 158.
Cercopythecus. 157.
Chamois. 141.
Chatpard. 61.
Chrysaetos. 184.
Civet-Cat. 99.
Coati. 115.
Indian Cock. 191.
Corax. 133.
Cormorant. 133.
Cow of Barbary. 127.
Cynocephalus. 157.
D
Demoiselle of Numidia. 205.
Dorcas. 54.
Dromedary. 37.
E
Eagle. 183.
Echinus. 147.
Elk. 107.
Eme. 241.
F
Sea-Fox. 69.
G
Gallus Persicus, Gallus Indicus. 191.
Gazella. 53.
Gazuel. 241.
Gemp. 141.
Goat of Africk. 53.
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Goat of Aegypt. 53.
H.
H•…•…liaetos. 184.
Hedge-hog. 147. 152.
Herisson. 152.
Hen of Africa, Barbary, Numidia, Guinea, Mauritania, Tunis, and Pha∣ros. 175.
Hinde of Sardinia. 167. 170.
Hyaena. 101.
Hystrix. 147.
K.
Kemas. 55. 142,
L.
Lamantin. 125.
Lion. 3. 9.
Lionness. 13.
Lupus Cervarius. 75.
Lynx. 77.
M▪
Manati. 121.
Meleagris. 175.
Mituporanga. 191.
Mondi. 115.
Monkey. 157.
O.
Ostrich. 217.
Otis. 198.
Otter. 93.
Otus. 206.
P.
Pintado. 175.
Phoca. 120.
Porcupine. 147.
Q.
Quesele. 175.
R.
Rupicapra. 142.
S.
Sapajou. 157.
Scharbo, 133.
Scops. 206.
Stag of Canada. 167.
Strepsiceros. 53. 142.
T.
Tortoise. 252.
W.
Sea-Wolfe. 122.
Y.
Y Sere Vercken. 152.
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