LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



HALF-VOLUME VIII 



COLOURED PLATES 



HUMMING-BIRDS (Trochilid<z) OF AMERICA. 



From a Drawing by Wilhelm Kiihnert Frontispiece. 



A TIDAL POOL, WITH FAMILIAR MARINE ANIMALS. 



From a Drawing by A. Fairfax Muckley 



THE RUSSIAN SABLE (Mustela Zibellina), THE KING OF THE MARTENS. 



From a Drawing by Friedrich Specht 



VARIETIES OF THE FIELD-SNAIL (Helix Hortensis). 



From a Drawing by A. Fairfax Muckley 



CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS OF THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR. 



From a Drawing by Wilhelm Kiihnert 



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STRUCTURE OF THE PIGEON Models .. ...Attached to board at end. 



BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS 



N.B. The figs, followed by "from Alcock " are from Alcock's A Naturalist in Indian Seas, 

 by the courtesy of Mr. John Murray. 



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Trawl-Net attached to Fishing-Boat - - 263 

 Part of a Shoal of Herrings (Clupea 



harengus) 264 



Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicholus) - - 265 



Cod-Fish (Gadus morrhua) - - - 266 



Haddock ( Gadus aglefinus) - - - 267 



Soles (Solea vulgaris) .... 269 



Mackerel (Scomber vernalis) - - - 270 



Striped Red Mullet (Mullus surmulletus) - 271 



John Dory (Zeus faber} - - - - 272 



Thin-lipped Grey Mullet (Mugil capita] - 273 



Conger Eels ( Conger vulgaris} - - - 274 



River Trout (Salmo fario) - - 275 



Smelt ( Osnierus eperlanus) - - - 276 



Common Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio] - 277 



Thornback (Raia davata) (after Couch) - 278 



Pa-e 

 279 



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Herring -Boats leaving Aberdeen Harbour 



DEEP-SEA FISHES 



A Division of Comacchio (from Bertram's 



Harvest of the Sea) - - - 285 

 Staby's Californian Trough - - - 286 

 MacDonald's Hatching Bottle - - - 287 

 The Gabaret Collector (Ruche) in position 



(at Arcachon) (after Dean) - - - 290 

 A Norwegian Oyster-Park ... 291 

 Shell of a Whitstable Native, with young 



Oysters attached (photo, by W. H. Reeves) 292 

 Wheeler's Beehive Collector (photo, by in- 

 ventor) 293 



Whitstable Oyster-Dredger at work (photo. 



by W. H. Reeves) - - - - 293 

 Edible Mussel (Mytilus Edulis) - - 294 



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