tortoises; Long-necked and Side-necked Tortoises. TUR- 

 TLES Strictly marine; characteristics and habits; the 

 Green Turtle; the Hawksbill, or tortoiseshell-p reducing 

 turtle; the Loggerhead; the Luth, or Leathery Turtle; 

 capture; cultivation 551-562 



CHAPTER III 



LIZARDS 



Great number of specific forms; relation to snakes; 

 the Blind-worm or Slow-worm; the Glass-snake; the 

 Gecko Family; Flying-dragons; the Frilled Lizard; 

 Leseur's Water-lizard; the Jew or Bearded Lizard; The 

 York Devil, or Mountain-devil; the Iguanas; Horned 

 Toad, or Spiny Lizard; Tuberculated Iguana; Galapagos 

 Sea-lizard; Fiji Banded Iguana; Girdle-tailed Lizards; 

 Heloderm, or "Silatica"; the Monitors; Lace-lizard; Nile 

 Monitor; eater of crocodiles' eggs; " Greaved " Lizards; 

 Teguexin, or Diamond-lizard; Sand-lizard; Viviparous 

 Lizard; Green Lizard; Pearly or Ocellated Lizard; the 

 Common " Medicinal " Skink; Stump-tailed Lizard; 

 Great Cyclodus, or Blue-tongued Lizard; Spine-tailed 

 Lizards.. . 563-580 



CHAMELEONS A distinct sub-order; distinguishing 

 characters; tongue and eyes; feet and tail; colour-changing 

 properties; grotesque rage; eggs and young. THE 

 TUATERA A separate order; description; governmental 

 protection 581-584 



CHAPTER V 



SNAKES 



General characteristics. BLIND-SNAKES About one hun- 

 dred species. TYPICAL PYTHONS, or ROCK-SNAKES Indian 



Python; Reticulated Python; True Boas; Common Boa, 

 or Boa-constrictor; Anaconda, or Water-boa; Shield- 

 tails, or Earth-snakes; COMMON SNAKES British 

 Ringed Snake and other Water-snakes; Viperine and 

 Tessellated Snakes; Garter-snakes; ^ftocassin-snakes; 

 Smooth Snake; Indian Rat-snake; Tree-snakes; Egg- 

 eating Snake; Indian Whip-snakes; Cobras; Hamadryad; 

 Indian Craits; Egyptian Asp; Australian Black Snakes; 

 Death-adders; Cobra-de-capello; Hooded or Spectacled 

 Snake; the Haje, or Spitting-snake; Tasmanian Black 

 Snake. THE VIPERS Common Viper; Cerastes, or 

 Horned Viper; Puff-adder; Pit-vipers; Rattle-snakes; 

 Fer-de-lance, or Rat-tailed Pit-viper: Bush-master; 

 Water- viper; other species 585-598 



CHAPTER VI 



FROGS AND TOADS 



Characteristics and distinguishing features; Common 

 British Frog, Edible Frog, Guppy's Frog, Matlamitlo, 

 Flying-frog, Short-headed Frogs, Horned Frogs or 

 Horned . Toads, Tree-frogs, Bicoloured Tree-frog, Golden 

 Tree-frog, Marsupial or Pouched Tree-frog, Queensland 

 Frog, etc. TOADS Distinguished from Frogs; Com- 

 mon Toad, Natterjack, Water-toad, etc 598-605 



NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS 



NEWTS Crested Newts; peculiarities and habits; 

 Common or Smooth Newt, Marbled Newt, etc. SALA- 

 MANDERS True Salamanders, Spotted Salamanders, 

 Giant Salamanders, The Olm, or Blind Proteus, Furrowed 

 Salamanders Siren Salamanders . 605-608 



BOOK IV -FISHES 



CHAPTER I 



LUNG-FISHES AND CHIMERAS 



General type. LUNG-FISHES Connecting link be- 

 tween Fishes and land-dwelling Amphibians; the Lung- 

 fish of Queensland; the Burnett or Dawson Salmon; 

 eel-like Lung-fishes; their life in dry weather; known 

 as Mud-fish; Mud-fish of South America. CHIMERAS 

 A group of great antiquity; five modern species; the 

 Sea-cat; Bottle-nosed Chimsera 609-610 



CHAPTER II 



THE PERCH FAMILY 



Striking characteristics; numerous relations; the Com- 

 mon Perch; Ruffe, or Pope; Comber, or Gaper; Dusky 

 Perch; Stone-bass, or Wreck-fish; Dentex; Pike-perch; 

 Sea-perches, including the Anthias, Boar-fish, or Bastard 

 Dory, and others 612-613 



CHAPTER III 



SCALY-FINS, RED MULLETS, SEA-BREAMS, 

 SCORPION-FISHES, SLIME-HEADS, TAS- 

 SEL-FISH, MEAGRES, AND SWORD- 

 FISHES 



SCALY-FINS Quaint shapes; beautiful coloration; the 

 Zebra-fish; Emperor-fish; Archer-fishes and their " liquid 

 bullets." RED MULLETS Mainly in tropical seas; about 

 forty species; known to the Romans; two forms in Euro- 



pean waters. SEA-BREAMS Found in tropical and tem- 

 perate regions; known as Snappers in Australia; the 

 Gilt-head of the Romans; Thick-rayed Fishes, allied to 

 Sea-breams; the Groper; the Long-fin; Trumpeters. 

 SCORPION-FISHES A small group, very ugly; the Stone- 

 fish; its poisonous fin-spines; a carnivorous family; the 

 young produced alive; the Teuthis and other vegetable- 

 feeders. SLIME-HEADS Named from mucus-bearing cav- 

 ities on the head; their deep-sea habitat. THE TASSEL- 

 FISH Its feelers; lives in muddy water; good as food; 

 some species yield isinglass. MEAGRES Economic im- 



Eortance; the Drum; its " drumming " often heard. 

 WORD-FISHES One small family, but extremely in- 

 teresting; their name; use of the sword; whale-killers; 

 ships attacked 613-620 



CHAPTER IV 



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

 DORIES, MACKERELS, SUCKING-FISHES, 

 WEAVERS, FROG-FISHES, ANGLER- 

 FISHES, BULL-HEADS, AND GUR- 

 NARDS 



HAIR-TAILS The Scabbard- or Frost-fish, where 

 found; interesting account of its capture; the Barracuda, 

 or Snoek. THE HORSE-MACKERELS, or SCADS Numerous 

 species, very peculiar; Common Horse-mackerel; the 

 Pilot-fish; its companionship with the shark; story by 

 Dr. Meyer. SEA-BATS Interesting for their shape. 

 DORIES Distinctive features; the John Dory; how the 

 dory captures its prey; Cunningham's account. MACK- 



