xx LIST OF THE ENGRAVINGS. 



No. of Fig. Page 



129. Nest of the Barn-Owl : StrixJJammea 258 



130. Nest of the Goshawk : Astur palumbarius 259 



131. Cuckoo killing Golden-Crested Wrens 264 



132. Nuptial Arbor of the Spotted Bower-Birds : Chlamydera maculata . . 267 



133. Nest of the Reed- Warbler : Motacilla arundinacea 271 



134. Floating Nests of the Little Grebe : Colymbus minor . . . . .275 



135. Nests of the Red Flamingo : Phoenicopterus ruber 279 



136. Edible Nests of the Salangane : Hirundo esculenta 282 



137. Nests of the Party-Colored Wren : Regulus omnicolor 283 



138. Burrowing-Owl (Strix cunicularia) , and section of its Burrow . . . 287 



139. Nest of the Fondia erythrops 290 



140. Nest of a Troopial 291 



141. Nest of the Baltimore Bird : Icterus Baltimore 293 



142. Catching Wild Geese, from a painting in Temples of Beni-Hassan . . 298 



143. Nycteris of Upper Egypt : Nycteris Geoffroyi 302 



144. Lemming: Myodts lemmue . 303 



145. Crane's Nest on an Egyptian Monument 306 



146. Condor or Great Vulture of the Andes : Vultur gryphus 307 



147. Ariel Swallow : Hirundo Ariel 311 



148. The Passenger Pigeon : Columba Migratoria 316 



149. Family of Sparkling-Tailed Humming-Birds: Typhcena Duponti . . 317 



150. Stickleback in its Nest : Gasterosteits trachurus 323 



151. Migrating Locust : Acridium peregrinum 326 



152. Dried Locusts prepared for Market 328 



153. Common May-Bug : Melolontha vulgaris, male, female, Larva, and Nymph 331 



154. Corn and Rice Weevils 333 



155. Water-Reservoir of the Anabas 334 



156. Anabas or Climbing Perch : Perca scandens 334 



157. Cellular Tissue filled with Fecula, seen with the Microscope . . . 344 



158. Fruit of the Bread-Fruit Tree : Artocarpus incisa 345 



159. Adventitious Roots upon a Trunk. Duhamel's experiment . . . 348 



160. Spongiole of the Floating Pontederia : Pontederia crassipes .... 349 



161. Section of Cork-Tree. Layers of Cork, Inner Bark, Concentric Rings of 



Wood, and Medullary Rays 350 



162. Egyptian Papyrus : Cyperus Papyrus 353 



163. Palm, Horizontal Section of Stem 355 



164. Palm, Longitudinal Section of Stem 355 



165. Aerial or Pulmonary, and Aquatic or Branchial, Leaves .... 356 



166. A River Reach filled with the Floating Leaves of the Victoria regia . . 357 



167. Petaloid Perianth of the White Lily : Lilium candidum 360 



168. Stamen of the Potato . 361 



169. Four-Celled Anther of the Persian Laurel 361 



170. Stamen of the Amaryllis 361 



171. Pollen of Different Plants, seen with the Microscope 362 



172. Pistil of the Poppy 363 



173. Pistil of the Madder Plant 363 



174. Flowers protected by a Spathe. Florentine Iris 365 



175. Pagoda Fig-Tree (Ficus religiosa), with its Aerial or Adventitious Roots . 369 



176. Ice-Plant : Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 373 



