THE 



LIVING ANIMALS 



OF THE WORLD 



A POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY 



AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES 

 REPTILES, INSECTS, ETC., WITH AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES 



VOL. U. 



BIRDS, REPTILES AND 



AMPHIBIANS, FISHES 



JOINTED ANIMALS 



MOLLUSCS, ETC. 



BY 



W. F. KIRBY, F.L.S. 



SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, F.R.S. 



W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S., F.Z.S. 



F. G. AFLALO, F.Z.S. 



W. SAVILLE-KENT, F.L.S. , F.Z.S. 



JOHN B1CKERDYKE, M.A. 



THEODORE WOOD, F.E.S. 



643 ILLUSTRATIONS 



(INCLUDING 12 COLOURED PLATES) 



FROM PHOTOGRAPHS 



Photo by W. P. Danda, F,Z.S., Regent's Park 



LONDON: HUTCH1NSON & CO., PATERNOSTER Row 



