Excerpt from Common Animal Forms I desire now to express my great indebtedness to Prof. Alpheus Hyatt and Messrs. D. 0. Heath Co. For the use of a large number of figures from the admirable series of Science Guides published by the latter. Their generosity has alone rendered it possible to illustrate the book so fully, especially in the lessons on insects. The remainder of the cuts have been drawn from various sources. 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.