CONTENTS ix 



CHAPTER XVI. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS PLANT-EATING 

 BIRDS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND FISHES 



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BIRDS (Aves) : General Characters. Pigeons Ground- Pigeons (Turtle- Dove, 

 Crowned-Pigeons), Tree-Pigeons (Wood-Pigeon, Stock-Dove, Fruit-Pigeons). 

 Toucans. Crows Nutcracker, Nuthatch. Finches and Crossbills. Oil-Birds. 

 Parrots Owl-Parrot, Slight-billed Parraquet, Great Black Cockatoo, Ka-ka 



and Kea Parrots, Lories and Loriquets 184 



REPTILES (Reptilia) : Turtles and Tortoises (Chelonia) Green Turtle, Land 



Tortoises. Lizards (Lacertilia) Iguanas, Sea-Lizard, Galapagos Land-Lizard - 191 

 AMPHIBIANS (Amphibia) Tadpoles - 192 



FISHES (Pisces) Sea-Breams, Beaked Carp - - 194 



CHAPTER XVII. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS PLANT-EATING 



MOLLUSCS 



SNAILS AND SLUGS (Gastropoda) General Characters. Limpets, Land-Snails and 



Slugs - - 196 



CHAPTER XVIII. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS PLANT-EATING 

 INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, AND MYRIAPODS 



INSECTS (Insecta) : Membrane-winged Insects (Hymenoptera) Saw-Flies, Giant 

 Wood- Wasp, Turnip Saw-Fly, Gall-Flies, Bees, Wasps, Honey-Ants, Harvesting 

 Ants, Leaf-cutting Ants. Beetles (Coleoptera) Cockchafer, Sacred Scarab, 

 Click-Beetles or Skipjacks, Pea- and Bean-Beetles, Potato-Beetle, Weevils. 

 Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera) Termites or White Ants. Straight- winged 

 Insects (Orthoptera). Primitive Wingless Insects (Aptera) Tassel-Tails and 

 Spring-Tails. Scale-winged Insects (Lepidoptera) Cabbage White Butterfly, 

 Silk Moth, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Peacock Butterfly. Two-winged Flies 

 (Diptera) Crane-Flies, Hover-Flies, Drone-Flies. Fringe-winged Insects 

 (Thysanoptera) Corn Thrips. Bugs (Hemiptera) Cicadas, Plant-Lice or 

 Aphides, Frog-Hoppers ----------- 202 



SPIDER-LIKE ANIMALS (Arachnida) : Mites Meal-Mite, Gall-Mites, Money-Spider 217 

 MANY-LEGGED ANIMALS (Myriapoda) Millipedes 218 



CHAPTER XIX. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS PLANT-EATING 

 CRUSTACEANS AND LOWER INVERTEBRATES 



CRUSTACEANS (Crustacea) Countryman-Crab, Robber- or Cocoa-nut-Crab, Chelura, 



Gribble, Wood-Lice ------------ 220 



THREAD-W T ORMS (Nemathelmia) Vinegar- or Paste-Eel, Wheat Eelworm - - 222 



CHAPTER XX. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS OMNIVOROUS MAMMALS 



General Characters. MAN AND MONKEYS (Primates). LEMURS (Lemuroidea) - 224 

 FLESH-EATING MAMMALS (Carnivora) : Palm-Civets ; Bears Malayan Bear, 



Brown Bear, Sloth-Bear; Small Bears Raccoons, Coatis or Proboscis Bears; 



Weasels Badgers, Ratels or Honev-Badgers ------- 226 



HOOFED MAMMALS (Ungulata): Swine Wild Boar, Peccaries - - - - 231 



GNAWING MAMMALS (Rodentia) Rats and Mice. MAMMALS POOR IN TEETH 



(Edentata) Hairy Armadillo. POUCHED MAMMALS (Marsupialia) Some 



Phalangers, Bandicoots, Opossums - 234 



