zvi Illustrations 



FACING 

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THE Kiwi, ANOTHER FLIGHTLESS BIRD, OF REMARKABLE APPEARANCE, 



HAIMT*. AND STRUCTURE ......... 201 



Photo: Gambler Bolton. 



THE AUSTRALIAN FRILLED LIZARD, WHICH is AT PRESENT TRYING TO 

 BECOME A BIPED 202 



A CARPET or GOSSAMER 202 



THE WATER SPIDER 203 



JACKDAW BALANCING ON A GATEPOST ....... 208 



Photo: O. J. Wilkinson. 



Two OPOSSUMS FEIGNING DEATH ........ 208 



From Ingersoll's The Wit of the Wild. 



MALE OF THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK, MAKING A NEST OF WATER-WEED, 

 GLUED TOGETHER BY VISCID THREADS SECRETED FROM THE KIDNEYS AT 

 THE BREEDING SEASON ......... 209 



A FEMALE STICKLEBACK ENTERS THE NEST WHICH THE MALE HAS MADE, 



LAYS THE EGOS INSIDE, AND THEN DEPARTS 209 



HOMING PIGEON ........... 212 



Photo: Imperial War Museum. 



CARRIER PIGEON .......... 212 



Photo: Imperial War Museum. 



YELLOW-CROWNED PENGUIN ......... 218 



Photo: James's Press Agency. 



PENGUINS ARE "A PECULIAR PEOPLE" 213 



Photo: Cagcombe & Co. 



HARPY-EAGLE 216 



Photo: W. S. Berridge. 



THE DINGO OR WILD Doo OF AUSTRALIA, PERHAPS AN INDIGENOUS WILD 

 SPECIES, PERHAPS A DOMESTICATED DOG THAT HAS GONE WILD OR 



F AI- 216 



Photo: W. S. Berridge, I 



WOODPECKER HAMMERING AT A COTTON-REEL, ATTACHED TO A TREE . 217 

 THE BEATER 220 



THE THRUSH AT ITS ANVIL 221 



Photoj F. R. HInkins & Son. 



ALSATIAN Wotr-Doo 99R 



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Photo: Lafayette. 



