NATURAL HISTORY. 



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Stomach of Sloth '. .167 



Hoffmann's Sloth 168 



The Cape Ant-eater ... . 170 



Skull of the Cape Ant-eater . . , . .171 

 Temminck's Pangolin . . , , . .172 



The Four-fingered Pangolin 173 



The Five-fingered Pangolin . . . .175 

 The Great Ant-Bear . . . . .177 



The Two-toed Ant-eater . . ... 180 

 Bones of Claw of Great Armadillo . . . .181 

 Skeleton of the Armadillo Skull of the Armadillo 182 

 The Great Armadillo Brain of tbo Armadillo . 183 



The Poyou ' . . .185 



The Ball Armadillo 188 



The Pichiciago 189 



The Great Kangaroo . . . To face page 191 

 Skeleton of the Great Kangaroo . . . .192 

 Teeth of the Great Kangaroo .... 193 



Stomach of the Great Kangaroo . . . .195 

 Brain of the Great Kangaroo . . . . .196 

 The Brush- tailed Rock Kangaroo . . . .197 

 The Common Tree Kangaroo ..... 198 

 The Kangaroo Eat Teeth of the Kangaroo 



Eat 199 



Fore and Hind Foot of Hypsiprymnus . . . 200 



Skeleton of the Wombat 201 



The Wombat Lower Jaw of the Wombat . 202 



Teeth of the Wombat 203 



The Koala . . . . . . .204 



The Cuscus 205 



The Vulpine Phalanger 206 



The Squirrel Flying Phalanger . . . .208 



The Banded Perameles 210 



The Dasyure 213 



Teeth of the Dasyure Brain of the Dasyure . .214 

 Upper and Under View of Skull of Dasyure . .215 



The Dog-headed Thylacinus 216 



Skeleton of the Dog-headed Thylacinus . . .217 

 The Brush-tailed Phascogale The Antechinus .218 

 Opossum and Young . . . To face page 219 



Teeth of the Opossum 219 



Skeleton of the Crab-eating Opossum . . . 220 



The Crab-eating Opossum 221 



Merian's Opossum 222 



The Yapock 223 



Pelvic Arch of the Echidna . . . . .227 

 The Porcupine Echidna . , . . . .228 

 Mouth and Nose-snout of Echidna .... 229 

 Jaws of the Duck-billed Platypus . . , .231 

 Fore and Hind Foot of the Duck-billed Platypus 



Shoulder-girdle and Sternum of the Echidna . 232 



The Duck-billed Platypus 233 



The Imperial Eagle 235 



Bones of Wing of Bird Feathers of Wing of Bird 237 



Parts of a Feather . 238 



Skeleton of Eagle .... .241 



Skull of Young Ostrich from above and from below 242 

 Sternum of Fregilupus varius Pelvis of an Adult 



Fowl, side view 243 



Section of the Eye of the Common Buzzard . . 246 

 Digestive Organs of the Kingfisher . . .248 



Front View and Section of Inferior Larynx of 



Peregrine Falcon 251 



Diagrammatic Section of a Fowl's Egg . 252 



Head and Bill of Sea Eagle 255 



Bill of Egyptian Vulture, to show form of Nostril- 

 Bill of Turkey Vulture, to show the perforated 



Nostril 256 



The Griffon Vulture 259 



The Egyptian Vultuie 261 



The Condor 262 



The Brazilian Caracara 264 



The Secretary Bird ...... 266 



The Marsh Harrier .,,,,.. 269 



The Goshawk .272 



The Sparrow-Hawk , . , ,273 



Hind View of Tarsus of Buzzard, showing the 

 plated arrangement of Scales Hind View of 

 Tarsus of Serpent Eagle, showing the reticu- 

 lated arrangement of Scales . . . .274 



The Common Buzzard 275 



The Harpy 276 



The Bearded Eagle, or Lammcrgeier . . . 279 

 Eye of Eagle, showing Crystalline Lens . . 280 



The Golden Eagle 282 



The Bateleur Eagle 285 



The White-tailed Eagle . . . . .287 



The Common Kite 289 



The Peregrine Falcon 292 



A Hooded.Falcon Falcon's Hood .... 293 



The Common Kestrel 295 



The Osprey 296 



Skull of Tengmalm's Owl ..... 297 



The Little Owl 298 



The Eagle Owl .... To face page 301 



The Snowy Owl 303 



The Short-eared Owl 304, 



Face of the Barn Owl ...... 305 



Breast-bone of the Barn Owl 307 



Cockatoos To face page 309 



The Amazon Parrot 311 



Great Macaws .... To face page 313 



The Grey Parrot . . . . . . .313 



The Eose-ringed Parrakeet ..... 314 



The Eosella 316 



The Owl Parrot 317 



The Lorikeet 319 



Tongue of Nestor 320 



The Kaka Parrot 321 



Skull of the Grey Parrot 323 



The Common Cuckoo . . . . . . 326 



The Great Spotted Cuckoo 328 



The Honey Guide .329 



The White-crested Plantain-eater . . . .331 



Colies 333 



"Hyoid" Bone of Adult Fowl Side View of Dis- 

 section of Head of Common Green Wood- 

 pecker 334 



Upper View of Skull of Green Woodpecker 

 Dissection of Head of Green Woodpecker, 

 viewed from below ... . 335 



The Wryneck 336 



The Great Black Woodpecker and Great Spotted 



Woodpecker .... To face page 337 



The Green Woodpecker 337 



The Toucan 340 



Bill of Toucan 341 



The Pearl-spotted Barbet 342 



The Common Kingfisher 345 



The Pied Kingfisher . . . . , .348 



The Laughing Jackass , 350 



The Great Hornbill . . . ' . . .352 

 The Ground Hornbills of Abyssinia . . . 355 

 The Common Hoopoe ...... 358 



The Australian Bee-eater Bill of Motmot . 361 



The Motmot 362 



Tail-feathers of Motmot 363 



The Blue Eoller 365 



The Long-tailed Trogon, or Quesal To face page 367 

 Mouth of Goatsucker The Oil-bird . . .368 



The Common Goatsucker 369 



The Whip-poor-will . . . . .370 



The Lyre-tailed Nightjar 371 



Foot of the Common Goatsucker . . , .372 



The Common Swift 373 



The Tree Swift 374 



The Edible-nest Swiftlets 375 



The White-throated Spine-tailed Swift . . .376 

 The Sword-bill Humming Bird . . . .377 

 The White-booted Eacket Tail . . . .378 

 The Common Topaz Humming Bird . . . 379 

 The Crested Humming Bird . ' , , , , 380 



