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FIG. 90. Transformation of Strombus 202 



91. Pigeons. Drawn from life . < . . . 298 



92. Pigeons (continued}. Drawn from life .... 299 



93. Fowls. Drawn from life ...... 300 



94. Fowls (continued}. Drawn from life . . . .301 



95. Pair of Japanese Fowls, long-tailed breed . . . 302 



96. Canaries. Drawn from life ...... 303 



97. Sebastopol, or Frizzled Goose . . . . 304 



98. The Dingo, or wild dog of Australia .... 304 



99. Dogs. Drawn from life ...... 305 



100. Dogs (continued). Drawn from life .... 306 



101. The Hairless Dog of Japan ...... 307 



102. The skull of a Bull-dog compared with that of a Deer- 



hound 307 



103. Rabbits. Drawn from life 308 



104. Horses. Drawn from life 309 



105. Sheep. Drawn from life 310 



106. Cattle. Drawn from life 311 



107. Wild Boar contrasted with a modern Domesticated Pig . 312 



108. Seasonal changes of colour in Ptarmigan (Lagopus mtitus) 31 7 



109. CEdicnemus crepitans, showing the instinctive attitude of 



concealment 320 



no. Imitative forms and colours in insects . . . .322 

 in. The larva of Puss Moth (Cerura vinula] . . .325 



112. The larva of Puss Moth undisturbed attitude . .326 



113. Three cases of mimicry ....... 328 



114. Two further cases of mimicry ; flies resembling a wasp in 



the one and a bee in the other . . . . ' . 329 



115. A case of mimicry where a non-venomous species of snake 



resembles a venomous one 330 



1 1 6. A case of mimicry where a homopterous resembles a leaf- 



cutting ant 332 



117. Feather-footed pigeon 359 



1 1 8. Raia radiata 368 



119. Electric organ of the Skate . .... . . 369 



120. Electric cells of Raia radiata ..... 370 



121. The Garden Bower-bird (Amblyornis inornata) . . 382 



122. Courtship of Spiders . 3^8 



123. Courtship of Spiders (continued} . . . . .389 



124. The Bell-bird (Chasmorhynchus m'veus) . . 396 



125. C. tricarunculatus . . . . . . . 397 



