14 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



TO FACB 

 PAGB 



A Peregrine Falcon Wearing its Hood ... 97 



The Goshawkthe Largest of the Hawk Family . 97 



The Nest of an Orang-utan 128 



A Bat-kangaroo a Species that Makes a Nest . 128 



Section of Mole's Nest, showing Underground Galleries 129 



The Beaver, which Dams Rivers and Builds Lodges . 129 



The Woolly Monkey, which is Eaten by the Natives of 



S. America ....... 144 



The Green Turtle from which the Famous Turtle Soup 



is Made 144 



A Rorqual, one of the Whales that Yields Whalebone 145 



The Rattlesnake, whose Poison is Used to Cure Yellow 



Fever 145 



A Walrus with Finely-developed Tusks . . .176 



The Horn of a Rhinoceros is composed of Tightly- 

 packed Hair Fibres 176 



The Crested Porcupine Possesses an Armament of 



Penetrating Quills . . . . . .177 



A Scorpion Elevating its Sting .... 177 



The Hind Limbs of a Seal are Permanently Directed 



Backwards ....... 192 



The Hind Limbs of a Sea-lion can be Turned Inwards 



to Form Feet .... . . 192 



The Sloth that Walks Upside Down . . .193 



The Cape Hyrax, a Creature with Suckers on its Feet 193 



The Gurnard a Fish that can Walk . . . 208 

 The Viper or Adder the only British Poisonous Snake 208 



Indian Cobras one of the Deadliest Species of Snakes 209 



The Puff-adder its Venom is Used for Poisoning 



Arrow-tips ....... 209 



