LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Acalephse or jelly-fishes : 



Agalma Okenii . . .129 

 Cydippe . . . .128 

 Diphyes Campanulifera . 129 

 Medusa . .128 



Physalus utriculus . .130 

 Khizostoma . . .126 

 Velella septentrionalis . .131 

 Birds : 



Baya sparrow, nest of the . 308 

 BoatbiU, beak of the . . 296 

 Crow, beak of a . " . 294 



Falcon, head of a . . 293 

 Flamingo, bill of the . . 297 

 Fowl, digestive apparatus of 



common . . . 299 



Guinea fowl, beak of a . 294 

 Humming bird, beak of the . 294 

 Ibis, head and leg of . . 291 

 Lammergeier attacking a 

 Steinbock . frontispiece 



This engraving represents 

 an attack made in the year 

 1 685, on the Cirx Berg in the 

 Tyrol, near the Martins 

 Wand, by a Lammergeier of 

 great size on a full-grown 

 Steinbock. Whilst the lat- 

 ter was standing near the 

 edge of a precipitous rock, 

 the Lammergeier pushed him 

 down a depth of 180 feet, 

 breaking his neck by the 

 fall. The bird was shot 

 whilst in the act of devour- 

 ing his prey. 



Loxia curvirostra . 297 



Pelican, foot of the . 292 



beak of the . 293 



Percher, foot of a . 293 



Eecurvirostra Avocetta 296 



Sand-martin's nest . 303 



Skimmer, bill of the . 295 



Spoonbill, beak of the 296 



Swan, gizzard of a . 299 



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Birds continued. 



Tailor bird and its nest . 309 

 Talons of a bird of prey . 292 

 Toucan, tongue of the . 298 



Woodpecker, foot of the . 292 

 cranium and 



tongue of the 298 

 nest of the . 304 



Crustaceans : 



Acorn-shell . .175 



Barnacles . . 175 



Cirrhi . .176 



Crab, larva of . .182 



Sandhopper . .177 



Sponge crab . .185 



Whale-louse . .179 



Echinodermata : 



Asterias rubens . .134 



,, section of a ray of 135 



Echinus, or sea-urchin * . 137 



Pedicellarise . . .138 



Sand-star . . .133 



Warted Euryale . . 133 



Fishes : 



Cod, eye of ... 265 

 Dental apparatus of shark . 252 

 ,, of lamprey 253 



of Scarus 



muricatus 253 



of sawfish. 254 



Electric eel, capture of the 



to face 256 



Frogfish . . . .262 

 Lophius piscatorius . .263 

 Ostracion .... 250 

 Perch, skeleton of the . . 257 

 Respiratory apparatus of the 



lamprey . . . .260 



Sawfish, rostrum of . . 254 



Spine of the Siluridse . .251 



Torpedo, muscles and electric 



batteries of . , 253 



