THE ROYAL 

 NATURAL HISTORY 



EDITED BY 



RICHARD LYDEKKER, B.A., F.R.S., ETC. 



WITH PREFACE BY 



P. L. SCLATER, M.A., PH.D., F.R.S., ETC. 



SECRETARY OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON- 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



Seventy-two Coloured Plates and Sixteen Hundred Engravings 



BY 



W. KUHNERT, F. SPECHT, P. J. SMIT, G. MUTZEL, A. T. ELWES, J. WOLF, 

 GAMBLER BOLTON, F.Z.S.; AND MANY OTHERS 



VOL. VI. 



LONDON 

 FREDERICK WARNE & CO. 



AND NEW YORK 



1890 



