^■•♦l 



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., 



SECRETARY OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



Seventy-two Coloured Plates and Sixteen Hundred Engravings 



W. KUMERT, F. SPECHT, P. J. SMIT, G. MUTZEL, A. T. ELWES, J. W0L1 

 GAMBIER BOLTON, F.Z.S.: AND MANY OTHERS 



VOL. V. 



LONDON" 



FREDERICK vVARNE & CO. 



A N D N E W YORK 



1896 



[All High In Reserved] 



