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CHAPTER II. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS MAMMALS WHICH 

 CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL CREA- 

 TURES 



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INSECT-EATERS PROPER (Insectivora) General Characters; Hedgehog, Tenrecs, 

 Golden Moles, Shrews, Desmans, African River-Shrew, Mole-Shrews, Common 

 Mole, Star-nosed Mole, Tree-Shrews, Elephant-Shrews - 31 



BATS (Cheiroptera) General Characters; Long-tongued Vampires, Long-tongued 



Shrew-Bat, True Vampires, Javelin Bats 38 



CHAPTER III. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS LOWER MAMMALS 

 WHICH CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS \ND OTHER SMALL 

 CREATURES 



MAMMALS POOR IN TEETH (Edentata) Great Ant -Eater, Cape Ant -Eater or 



Aard-Vark, Scaly Ant-Eaters or Pangolins ... - 41 



POUCHED MAMMALS (Marsupialia) Banded Ant-Eater, Bandicoots, Marsupial 



Mole 42 



EGG-LAYING MAMMALS (Monotremata) Spiny Ant-Eaters - - - - 44 



CHAPTER IV. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS CARNIVOROUS 



BIRDS 



Ancient Toothed Birds; Birds of Prey Falcons, Owls, Secretary Bird, Osprey 

 or Fishing-Eagle; Fish-eating Birds Cormorants, Darters or Snake- Birds, 

 Gannet, Pelicans, Gulls and Terns, Skuas, Scissor-Bills or Skimmers, Frigate- 

 Birds, Albatrosses, Storm Petrels, Divers, Penguins, Kingfishers, Herons, 

 Storks - - 45 



CHAPTER V. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS BIRDS WHICH 

 CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL CREA- 

 TURESSCAVENGERS 



Birds that feed on Insects, &c. Swallows and Swifts, Night-Jar or Goat-Sucker, 

 Woodpeckers, Cuckoo, Creepers, Blue-Roller, Fly-Catchers, Tyrant Fly- 

 Catchers, Ox-Peckers, Honey-Guide, Huia, Shrikes or Butcher Birds, Ducks 

 and Swans, Wagtails, Turnstone and Oyster- Catcher, Godwits and Curlews, 

 Woodcock, Kiwi ... - 56 



Scavenging Birds Vultures and Adjutants --------69 



CHAPTER VI. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS CARNIVOROUS AND 

 INSECTIVOROUS REPTILES 



CROCODILES (Crocodilia) Nile Crocodile, Garials 70 



TORTOISES AND TURTLES (Chelonia) Snapper Tortoises, Hawk-bill Turtle, Snake- 

 necked Tortoises ----.__. . _ . _ 71 



LIZARDS (Lacertilia) Monitors, Geckoes, Chameleons, Skinks, Amphisbaenas, 



Snake-like Lizards - - - - - - - - - - - -73 



SNAKES (Ophidia) General Characters; Grass Snake, Pythons and Boas, Shield- 

 tailed Snakes and Blind Snakes; Poisonous Snakes Whip-Snakes, Coral- 

 Snakes, Cobras, Asps, Death-Adders, Sea-Snakes, Adder, Puff-Adder, Rattle- 

 snake - - 76 



