Illustrations in the Text, Vol. II. 



PACE 



More-pork* . 4S2, 483 



Swift . .484 



Edible Swift . . 485 



Ruby-throated Humming- 

 birds . . . .486 



Kea 487 



New Zealand Kea . . 488 

 New Zealand Kaka . 480 



Black Cockatoo . . 490 

 Cockatoo .... 400 

 Leadbeater's Cockatoo . 491 

 Macaw . . . .492 

 Blue Mountain-parrots . 498 

 Young Cuckoo ejecting 



egg . . .494 



Pheasant-cuckoo . . 495 

 Cuckoo one day old in 



Hedge-sparrow's nest 406 

 Young Cuckoo . . . 497 

 Young Cuckoo in Reed- 

 warbler's nest . . 498 

 Australian Laughing- 



kingfisher . . .409 

 Kingfishers at home . 500 

 Laughing-kingfishers . 501 

 Kingfisher . . .502 

 laughing-jackass . . 503 

 Crested Hornbill . . 504 

 Concave-casqued Horn- 

 bill, India . . . 505 

 Ground-hornbiJl . . 505 

 Hoopoe .... 506 

 Bee-eater .... 507 

 Racket-tailed Motmot . f OS 

 Trogon .... 609 

 Curl-crested Toucan . 510 

 Honey-guide . . . 511 

 A family of Greater 



Spotted Woodpecker* 511 

 Lesser Spotted Wood- 

 peckers . 512 

 American Crow . . 513 

 Jackdaws . . . .514 

 Young American Blue Jay 515 

 A pair of Magpies . 516 

 Cornish Chough . . 517 

 King Bird of Paradise .517 

 Queensland Rifle-bird . 518 

 Red Bird of Paradise . 518 

 Young Starlings . . 519 

 Common Starling . . 520 

 Meadow-lark (natural size) 52 1 

 Hawfinch . . . .522 

 Young Chaffinches . . 523 

 House-sparrows . . 523 

 Bullfinch . . . .524 

 Greenfinch . . .525 

 Linnet . 526 

 Skylarks . .527 

 Young Skylark* . . 528 

 Nuthatch . . 529 

 Marsh-tit . .530 

 Great Tit . . . .531 

 Coal-tits . . . .032 

 Red-bncked Shrikes . . 533 

 Australian Magpie . 533 

 Reed-warbler . . . 534 

 Song-thrush . . 535 

 Young Thrush . . . 586 

 Blackbird. . . 536 

 Robin . . . .537 

 Nightingale . . 537 

 Stone-chat . . . 538 

 A pair of Wrens . . 539 

 Common Wrens . . 539 

 Young Swallows . . 540 

 Sand-martins . . .541 

 Victorian Lyre-bird . . 542 

 Tail of Australian Lyre- 

 bird . . . 542 

 Bell-bird . . . .543 

 Cock-of-the-walk . . 544 

 Young Nile Crocodile . 545 

 Young Broad-snouted 



Crocodile . . .546 

 A dead Crocodile . . 546 

 A Crocodile . . . 547 

 A Queensland Crocodile . 548 

 Crocodile, well illustrating 

 the character of the 

 dentition . . . 549 

 Crocodiles and Alligators, 



with young . . 550 

 A Crocodile from Southern 



United States . . 550 

 Mississippi and Chinese 



Alligators . . .551 

 Asiatic Tortoises . . 552 

 European Tortoise . . 552 

 Elephant-tortoises from 



the Galapagos Islands 553 

 Elephant-tortoise . . 554 

 jiiint or Elephant-tor- 

 toises from the Gala- 

 pg<M UUmU 555 



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Giant Tortoise . . . 556 

 A Giant Tortoise with a 

 European Tortoise on 

 its back . . . 557 

 Elephant-tortoise . . 55S 

 Snapping-turtle . . 550 

 Temminck's Snapper . 500 

 Nev.ly hatched Turtles 

 enjoying their first 

 swim . . . .561 

 Cuban Terrapins . . 56L' 

 Blind-worm . . . 563 

 Glass-snake, or Schelto- 



pusik . . . .563 

 Burmese Geckos . . 564 

 Madeiran Geckos . . 565 

 Flying-dragon of Java . 566 

 Frilled Lizard at bay with 



expanded frill . . 567 

 Frilled Lizard with frill 



folded up . . .567 

 Frilled Lizard running on 



its hind legs (2 views) 567 

 Australian Tree-lizard . 568 

 Australian Water-lizard . 569 

 Australian Jewor Bearded 



Lizards . . . 570 

 Bearded Lizard . .570 

 A young Bearded Lizard . 570 

 Australian York or Moun- 

 tain-devil . . .571 

 SpinoiiB Lizard, or Moun- 

 tain-devil . . . 571 

 A group of Mountain- 

 devils of Central 

 Australia . . . 572 

 Horned Toad . . 572, 573 

 Tuberculated Iguana . 574 

 Small Viviparous Lizard . 574 

 Wall-lizard . . 574 



Banded Iguanas . . 575 

 South African Girdled 



Lizard . . .575 

 Arizona Heloderm 



(Poisonous Lizard) . 576 

 White Monitor . . .576 

 Green Lizard . . . 577 

 Ocellated Lizards at home 577 

 Rontgen ray photograph 



of Ocellated Lizard . 578 

 Common Skink . . 579 

 Australian Stump-tailed 



Lizards . . .579 

 Blne-tongued Lizards . 580 

 Spine-tailed Lizards, 



Western Australia . 580 

 Chamseleons asleep . . 581 

 A Chamseleon in a rage . 581 

 Common Chamseleon of 

 South Europe and 

 North Africa . . 582 

 A Chamseleon shooting out 

 its tongue to capture a 

 fly . . . .583 

 A photograph of a 

 Chamseleon in the act 

 of catching a butterfly 583 

 Tuatera of New Zealand . 584 

 A tame Tuatera . . 584 

 Dark Green Snake . 535, 586 

 A small Boa-constrictor 

 seizing and devouring 

 rat . . . .587 

 Boa-constrictor ready to 



strike . . . .588 

 Carpet-snake . . . 5S9 

 jEsculapian Snake . . 589 

 A group of Garter-snakes 500 

 Leopard -snake . . .591 

 Tesselated Snake . . 591 

 Pine-snake ... 592 

 Cobra (back view) . . 593 

 Queensland Sea-snake . 593 

 English Viper . . . 594 

 African Puff-adder . . 595 

 Diamond-back Rattle- 

 snake . . . 595 

 Rattle-snake . . 596 

 Fer-de-lance Snake . . 597 

 Bull-frog . . . .598 

 American Bull-frog . . 598 

 Edible Frog . . .599 

 Tiger-like Frog . . 599 

 Rontgen ray photograph 



of Common Frog . 600 

 Ornamented Horned Toad 601 

 European Green Tree-frog 602 

 Queensland Tree-frogs . 608 

 Common Toad . . 603, 604 

 Common or Smooth Newt 605 

 Smooth Newt . . . 606 

 S pott er bnlamanders . 607 

 Yllow phase of Spotted 



Salamanders . . 608 

 Australian Lung-fish 009 



