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CONTENTS 



O.F OTHER LANDS 



PAGES 



THE OSTRICH AND ITS KINDRED .... .......... 1 



THE GAME-BIRDS AND RAILS .............. 13 



PIGEONS AND SAND-GROUSE .............. 28 



AUKS, GULLS, AND PLOVERS .............. 31 



BUSTARDS AND CRANES ............... 38 



GREBES AND DIVERS, PENGUINS, ETC ............. 41 



STORKS, HERONS, AND PELICAN TRIBE ............ 49 



SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS ............ 66 



BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS ............... 74 



NIGHT-JARS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMING-BIRDS ........... 87 



PARROTS, CUCKOOS, AND PLANTAIN-EATERS ........... 91 



ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, AND HOOPOES .......... 102 



BEE-EATERS, TROGONS, ETC ............... 110 



TOUCANS, WOODPECKERS, ETC ............... 112 



THE PERCHING BIRDS ................ 117 



LARKS, TITMICE, HONEY-EAT"ERS, ETC ....... ..... 128 



SHRIKES, THRUSHES, AND THEIR ALLIES ........... 135 



REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 



CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS .............. 147 



TORTOISES AND TURTLES ............... 153 



LIZARDS .... ............... 165 



CHAMELEONS AND THE TUATERA .......... ... 183 



SNAKES ...... .............. 187 



FROGS AND TOADS ......... . ...... 200 



NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS . 207 



