INDEX. 



587 



Serpents — continued. 



Transition from serpents to lizard 



Slow-worm 



Glass snake 



True lizards 



Sand lizards 



Flying lizards . 



Scinks .... 



Galliwasp .... 



Monitors .... 



Guanas .... 



Geckos .... 



Chameleons 



Crocodiles, how distinguished 

 Chelonian Reptiles . 



Arranged in four principal families 



Turtles, structure of their limhs 



Tortoise-shell 



Leather-backed turtle 



Soft tortoises 



Marsh tortoises . 



Land tortoises . 



CHAPTER XXVL 



Birds 



No department of nature unfurnished 



Internal structure of birds . 



Their hot blood imparts intense vitality 



Perfection of their resi^u-ation 



Skeleton of birds 



Peculiar mechanism in the legs of perch 



Feathers of birds 



Birds viparous .... 



Divided into seven orders . 

 First Order, Birds of Prey . 



Divided into diurnal and nocturnal 

 Family of diurnal birds of prey 



Eagles, how distinguished 



Golden eagle 



Fisher eagles 



Falcons . 



Vultures, their aspect . 



The ossifraga of the Romans 

 Nocturnal birds of prey . 



Owls. 

 Second Order, Passerine Birds 



Divided into five families 

 Family of Dentirostres 



Shrikes 



Fly-catchers 



Thrushes . 



Nightingales 



ing birds 



