ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOR PLATES 



Florida Crocodile Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Reticulated Python . 80 



Remarkable Members of the Order of Solid- Jaw 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 i 77 



The Bushmaster 107 



Water Moccasin and Young *. . .111 



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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