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• Albatross
• Auk
• Beccafico
• Bird
• Birds of Paradise
• Bittern
• Blackbird
• Blackcock
• Bullfinch
• Bunting
• Bustard
• Buzzard
• Canary
• Capercally
• Cassowary
• Chaffinch
• Cockatoo
• Cock-of-the-Rock
• Condor
• Coot
• Cormorant
• Crane
• Crossbill
• Crow
• Cuckoo
• Curassow
• Curlew
• Diver
• Dodo
• Dove
• Duck
• Eagle
• Eider
• Emeu
• Falcon
• Fieldfare
• Finch
• Flamingo
• Flycatcher
• Fowl
• Frigate-bird
• Fulmar
• Gadwall
• Gannet
• Gare-fowl
• Garganey
• Goatsucker
• Godwit
• Golden-eye
• Goldfinch
• Goose
• Gos-hawk
• Grackle
• Grebe
• Greenfinch
• Greenshank
• Grosbeak
• Grouse
• Guacharo
• Guan
• Guillemot
• Guinea Fowl
• Gull
• Harpy
• Harrier or Hen Harrier
• Hawfinch
• Hawk
• Hen
• Heron
• Hoactzin, or Hoatzin
• Honey-eater
• Honey-guide
• Hoopoe
• Hornbill
• Humming-bird
• Ibis
• Icterus
• Jabiru
• Jacamar
• Jacaná
• Jackdaw
• Jay
• Kakapo
• Kestrel
• Killdeer
• King-bird
• Kingfisher
• Kinglet
• Kite
• Kiwi, or Kiwi-Kiwi
• Knot
• Lammergeyer
• Lapwing
• Lark
• Linnet
• Loom, or Loon
• Lory
• Love-bird
• Lyre-bird
• Macaw
• Magpie
• Mallemuck
• Manakin
• Manucode
• Martin
• Megapode
• Merganser
• Mew
• Moa
• Mocking-bird
• Moor-hen
• Morillon
• Motmot
• Mouse-bird
• Nestor
• Nightingale
• Noddy
• Nonpareil
• Nutcracker
• Nuthatch
• Ocydrome
• Oriole
• Ornithology
• Orthonyx
• Ortolan
• Osprey
• Ostrich
• Ousel, or Ouzel
• Owl
• Oyster-catcher
• Parrot
• Partridge
• Peacock
• Pelican
• Penguin
• Petrel
• Pheasant
• Pica
• Pigeon
• Pipit
• Pitta
• Plover
• Pochard, Pockard, or Poker
• Pratincole
• Ptarmigan
• Puff-bird
• Puffin
• Quail
• Quezal, or Quesal
• Rail
• Raven
• Razorbill
• Redbreast, or Robin
• Redshank
• Redstart
• Redwing
• Rhea
• Rifleman-bird
• Roller
• Rook
• Ruff
• Sand-grouse
• Sandpiper
• Scaup
• Scoter
• Screamer
• Scrub-bird
• Secretary-bird
• Seriema, or Cariama
• Shearwater
• Sheathbill
• Sheld-drake
• Shoe-bill
• Shoveler
• Shrike
• Siskin
• Skimmer
• Skua
• Snake-bird
• Snipe
• Sparrow
• Spoonbill
• Starling
• Stilt, or Long-legged Plover
• Stork
• Sugar-bird
• Sun-bird
• Sun-bittern
• Swallow
• Swan
• Swift
• Tanager-bird
• Tapaculo
• Teal
• Tern
• Thrush
• Tinamou
• Titmouse
• Tody
• Toucan
• Touracou
• Tree-creeper
• Trogan
• Tropic-bird
• Trumpeter
• Turkey
• Turnstone
• Vulture
• Wagtail
• Warbler
• Waxwing
• Weaver-bird
• Wheatear
• Whitethroat
• Wigeon, or Widgeon
• Woodchuck
• Woodcock
• Woodpecker
• Wren
• Wry-neck
• Zosterops

Zoology, Natural History: Reptiles

• Adder
• Alligator
• Alytes
• Amphisbaena
• Anaconda
• Asp
• Basilisk
• Boa
• Chameleon
• Cobra
• Cockatrice
• Crocodile
• Cryptobranchus
• Dragon
• Gecko
• Iguana
• Lizard
• Proteus
• Python
• Rattlesnake
• Reptiles
• Sea-serpent
• Snakes
• Sphenodon
• Tortoise
• Viper

Zoology, Natural History: Fishes

• Anchovy
• Angler
• Barbel
• Beluga
• Bitterling
• Bleak
• Bream
• Brill
• Burbot
• Carp
• Cat-fish
• Char
• Chub
• Cichlid
• Coal-fish
• Cod
• Dace, Dare, or Dart
• Dog-fish
• Dory, or John Dory
• Eel
• Electric Eel
• File-fish and Trigger Fish
• Flat-fish
• Flounder
• Fluke
• Flying-fish
• Gar-fish
• Globe-fish
• Goby
• Goldfish
• Goramy, or Gouramy
• Grampus
• Grayling
• Gudgeon
• Gurnard
• Gwyniad
• Haddock
• Hag-fish
• Hair-tail
• Hake
• Halibut
• Hammer-Kop, or Hammerhead
• Herring
• Horse Mackerel
• Ichthyology
• Kipper
• Lamprey
• Ling
• Loach
• Lump-sucker
• Mackerel
• Mahseer, or Mahaseer
• Menhaden
• Miller’s Thumb
• Minnow
• Mormyr
• Mullet
• Muraena
• Murray Cod
• Narwhal
• Opah
• Parr
• Parrot-fishes
• Perch
• Pike
• Pike-perch
• Pilchard
• Pilot-fish
• Pipe-fishes
• Plaice
• Pollack
• Pollan
• Pout
• Ray
• Ribbon-fishes
• Roach
• Rudd, or Red-eye
• Salmon
• Sand-Eel
• Sea-horse
• Sea-wolf
• Shad
• Shark
• Sheepshead
• Silverfish
• Smelt
• Sole
• Sprat
• Stickleback
• Sturgeon
• Sun-fish
• Sword-fish
• Tench
• Trout
• Tunny
• Turbot
• Vendace
• Weever
• Whitebait
• Whitefish
• Whiting
• Wrasse

Zoology, Natural History: Batrachians

• Axolotl
• Batrachia
• Frog
• Newt
• Salamander
• Siren
• Surinam Toad
• Tadpole
• Toad
• Tree Frog

Zoology, Natural History: Insects

• Acarus
• Alder-fly
• Ant
• Ant Lion
• Aphides
• Bee
• Beetle
• Bird-louse
• Bug
• Butterfly and Moth
• Caddis-fly and Caddis-worm
• Caterpillar
• Chafer
• Cicada
• Cochineal
• Cockroach
• Cricket
• Cuckoo-spit
• Death-watch
• Dragon-fly
• Earwig
• Entomology
• Fire Brat
• Fire-fly
• Flea
• Fly
• Glow-worm
• Gnat
• Grasshopper
• Ground-pearl
• Harvest-bug
• Harvester
• Hemimerus
• Ichneumon-fly
• Insect
• Katydid
• Lacewing-fly
• Lantern-fly
• Leaf-insect
• Locust
• Louse
• Mantis
• Mantis-fly
• May-fly, or Ephemeridae
• Mosquito
• Moth
• Palmer
• Phylloxera
• Saw-fly
• Scale-insect
• Scorpion-fly
• Snake-fly
• Springtail
• Stick-insect
• Stone-fly
• Tarantula
• Termite
• Ticks
• Tsetse-fly
• Wasp
• Water-boatman
• Water-scorpion
• Weevil
• Wireworm

Zoology, Natural History: Other Invertebrata