VOL. II. 



CONTENTS. 



BOOK II. BIRDS. 



CHAP. 



I. TFIE OSTRICH AND ITS KINDRED . 



II. THE GAME-BIRDS AND RAILS . 



III. PIGEONS AND SAND-GROUSE . . 



IV. AUKS, GULLS, AND PLOVERS . 



V. BUSTARDS AND CRANES 



VI. GREBES AND DIVERS, PENGUINS, AND TUBE- 

 NOSED P>IRDS 



VII. STORKS, HERONS, AND PELICAN TRIBE . 

 VIII. SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 

 IX. BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS . 

 X. NIGHT-JARS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMING-BIRDS . 

 XI. PARROTS, CUCKOOS, AND PLANTAIN-EATERS . 

 XII. ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORXBTLLS, AND 

 HOOPOES 



XIII. BEE-EATERS, MOTMOTS, TODIES, COLIES, ANI> 

 TROGONS 



XIV. TOUCANS, HONEY-GUIDES, JACAMARS AND 

 PUFF-BIRDS, BARBETS AND WOODPECKERS 



XV. PERCHING-BIRDS 



XVI. LARKS, TITMICE, HONEY-EATERS, AND THEIR 



KINDRED 



XVII. SHRIKES, THRUSHES AND THEIR ALLIES, 

 SWALLOWS, LYRE-BIRDS, CHATTERERS, BROAD- 

 BILLS, ETC. ... . 



BOOK III. REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



I. CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS .... 



II. TORTOISES AND TUKTLES 



III. LIZARDS 



IV. CHAMELEONS AND TUATERA . 



V. SNAKES . ... . 



VI. FROGS AND TOADS 



VII. NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS 



PACE 



385 

 397 

 414 

 417 

 421 



I. 

 II. 



BOOK IV. FISHES. 



LUNG-FISHES AND CHIMERAS . 

 THE PERCH FAMILY . 



428 

 435 

 4o6 

 464 

 481 

 487 



498 

 506 



508 

 514 



526 



533 



545 

 551 



563 

 581 



585 

 598 

 605 



609 

 612 



CHAP. ?AOt 



III. SCALY-FINS, RED MULLETS, SEA-BREAMS, 

 SCORPION-FISHES, SLIME-HKADS, TASSEL-FISH, 

 MEAGRES, AND SWORD-FISHES. . . . 613 



IV. HAIR-TAILS, HORSE-MACKERELS, SEA-BATS, 

 DoRir.s, MACKERELS, SUCKING - FISHES, 

 WEAVERS, FROG-FISHES, ANGLER-FISHES, 

 BULL-HEADS, AND GURNARDS . . 620 



V. LUMP-SUCKERS, GOBIES, BLENNIES, BARRA- 

 CUDAS, GREY MULLETS, STICKLEBACKS AND 

 THEIR ALLIES, GARPIKK, AND FLYING-FISHES 628 

 VI. THE WRASSE-LIKE FISHES .... 633 

 VII. PIPE-FISHES, SEA-HORSES, GLOBE-FISHES, SUN- 

 FISHES, AND THEIR ALLIES .... 636 



VIII. THE COD FAMILY 541 



IX. CAVE-FISHES, SAND-EELS AND THEIR ALLIES, 



AND FLAT-FISHES 643 



X. EELS AND CAT-FISHES . . . 646 



XI. THE CARP FAMILY 650 



XII. PIKES, A'RAPAIMAS, BEAKED SALMON, AND 



SCOPELIDS 652 



XTII. THE SALMON FAMILY 655 



XIV. THE HERRING AND ITS KINDRED . , . 658 

 XV. BONY PIKE, BOW-FIN, STURGEON, REED-FISH, 



AND BICHIR .... . 662 

 XVI. SHARKS AND RAYS .... .664 



BOOK V. JOINTED ANIMALS. 



I. THE CRAB AND SCORPION GROUPS . 

 II. INSECTS 



. 670 

 . 681 



BOOK VI. SHELL-FISH, LAMP-SHELLS, SEA-URCHINS, 



STAR-FISHES, MOSS-ANIMALS, WORMS, CORALS, 



JELLY-FISHES, AND SPONGES. 



I. SHELL-FISH, OB MOLLUSCS . . . .737 



II. LAMP-SHELLS .... . 744 



III. STAR-FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, ETC. . . . 746 



IV. MOSS-ANIMALS 753 



V. WORMS 754 



VI. CORALS, SEA-ANEMONES, AND JELLY-FISHES . 758 

 VII. SPONGES AND ANIMALCULES 764 



Cassowary .... 



Crowned Crane . 



Australian Cockatoo Macaw Male 



Ruff in full breeding-plumage 



Laughing-jackass . 



Hoopoe flying 



Waxbills Indigo Finches . 



COLOURED PLATES. 



Facinffafe Facing page 



385 Green and Ocellated Lizards . . 545 

 417 The West African Python . . .577 

 Western Australian Scarlet Rock-cod 

 Freemantle Devil-fish, or Armed 



Gurnard 609 



A Salmon leaping .... 641 



449 

 481 

 513 



' Facing fage 



Goliath Beetle Brazilian Bee 

 Grasshopper Candle-fly Austra- 

 lian Robber-fly Japanese Analo- 

 phus 



Croesus Butterfly of Batchian . 



Portion of Inshore Coral Reef at 

 Thursday Island, Torres Straits 



673 



705 



737 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



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