ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOR PLATES 



Florida Crocodile Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Reticulated Python 80 



Remarkable Members of the Order of Solid- J aw Fishes . . . .164 

 Trigger Fish. Porcupine Fish, inflated. Box Fish. Puffer, 

 with air-sac inflated. 



The Blue-and- Yellow Angel-Fish 192 



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The Harp Turtle, or Lyre Turtle 49 



Marine Iguanas on Narborough Island, Galapagos Archipelago . . 55 



Rhinoceros Iguana 59 



Yellow Anaconda 77 



The Bushmaster 107 



Water Moccasin and Young ...Ill 



From Tadpole to Frog 131 



The Two Lives of the Axolotl 145 



The Names of the Fins of a Typical Fish . . . 161 



Small-Mouthed Black Bass 181 



Calico Bass 181 



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