THE ROYAL 

 NATURAL HISTORY 



EDITED BY 



RICHARD LYDEKKER, B.A., F.R.S., Etc. 



WITH PREFACE BY 



F. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., ETC. 



SECRETARY OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



Seventy-tivo Coloured Plates and Sixteen Hundred Engravings 



W. KLTLXERT, F. SI'ECHT, 1'. J. SMIT, i;. .MUTZEL, A. T. EL WES, J. WOLF, 

 GAilElER BOLTON, F.Z.S.; AND iLVXY OTIIEKS 



VOL. IV. 

 SECTION VII. 



LONDON 



FKEDERICK WAKNE & CO. 



AND NEW YORK 



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