xii Illustrations 



FACING 

 PACE 



ASCEXKIXT. i'THS ........ 119 



SEA-HOK- S . . . . . . .120 



I.AKi.K MM:I\K I \MIMUYS . P,-tramuzon Marinus) .... 120 



THE DEEP SI:A I'IHJ Chiasmodon Niger 120 



DEKI Si s ! I-H! - 120 



FLI KTON OK VKMV FLOWER BASKET (Euplectella), A JAPANESE 



DEEP-SEA SPONGE . . . . . . . . . .121 



Eoo DEPOSITORY OF Semotilus Atromaculatus . . . . .121 

 BITTERLINO (Rhodeus Amarus') ... ... 124 



WOOLLY OPOSSUM CARRYING HER FAMILY . . . . . .124 



Photo: W. S. Ber ridge. 



St KINAM TOAD (Pipa Americana} WITH YOUNG ONES HATCHING OUT 

 OF LITTLE POCKETS ON HER BACK . . . . . . .12,") 



STORM PETREL OR MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN (Procellaria Pelagica) . 125 



ALBATROSS: A CHARACTERISTIC PELAGIC BIRD OF THE SOUTHERN SEA . 128 



THE PRAYING MANTIS (Mantis Religiosa) . . . . . .138 



PROTECTIVE COLORATION: A WINTER SCENE IN NORTH SCANDINAVIA . 138 



THK VARIABLE MONITOR (J'aranus) ....... 139 



Photo: A. A. White. 



BANDED KRAIT: A VERY POISONOUS SNAKE WITH ALTERNATING YELLOW 



AND DARK BANDS . . . . . . . . . .140 



Photo: W. S. Berridge, F.Z.S. 



THK WARTY CHAMELEON 140 



Photos: W. S. Berridge, F//..S. 



SEASONAL COLOUR-CHANGE: A SUMMER SCENE IN NORTH SCANDINAVIA . 141 

 PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE . . . . . . . . .142 



Photo: .1. .1. Ward. F ! 



WHEN ONLY A FK\V DAYS OLD, YOUNG BITTERN BEGIN TO STRIKE THE 

 SAME ATTITUDE AS THEIR PARENTS, THRUSTING THEIR BILLS UPWARDS 

 AND DRAWING THEIR BODIES UP so THAT THEY RESEMBLE A BUNCH 

 OF REEDS 143 



PROTECTIVE COLORATION OR CAMOUFLAGING, GIVING ANIMALS A GAR- 

 MENT OF IN\ IMIMI.ITY (Coloured Illuitration} ..... 14t 







ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PHOU -MVK. COLORATION (Coloured Illustration) 144 



