Excerpt from An Elementary Course of Practical Zoology IN the early part of 1897, my brother and I had arranged to collaborate in writing a practical text-book of Elementary Zoology, adapted more particularly to the requirements of Students pursuing courses in the subject as laid down by various examining bodies. We had, however, only reached the stage of deciding on a general plan at the time of my brother's death in November of the same year. 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.