MAMMALS. 



Bl RDS — continued. 

 Sub-order Caprimul^'i. 



The Nightjars 



Sub-order Cypseli. 



The Swifts 



Sub-order Trochili. 



The Humming-birds 

 Sub-order Colii. 



The Colies 



Order Trogones. 



The Trogons 

 Order Coccyges. 



Cuckoo-like Birds 

 Sub-order Cuculi. 



The Cuckoos 

 Sub-order Musophagi. 



The Touracoes ... 

 Order Scansores, 



The Climbing Birds 



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Suborder Rhamphastides. 



'Ihe Toucans 

 Sub-order Capitones. 



The Barhets 

 Sub-order Indicatores. 



The Honey-guides 

 Order Piciformes. 



Woodpecker-like Birds . 

 Sub-order Pici. 



The Woodpeckers 

 Sub-order Buccones. 



The Puff-birds ... 

 Order Eurylaemi. 



The Broad-bills ... 

 Order Passeriformes. 



The Perching Birds 



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CLASS HI.— REPTILIA. 



Characteristics of Reptiles 

 Classification of Reptiles .. 

 Order I. — Crocodilia. 



Crocodiles, Alligators, Garials . 

 Order II.— Chelonia. 



Tortoises and Turtles ... 

 Sub-order i. — Cryptodira. 



Land Tortoises, Etc 



Sub-order ii. — Pleurodira. 



Fresh- water Tortoises ... 

 Sub-order iii. — Trionychoidea. 



The Soft Tortoises 



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Order III.— Squamata. 



Scaled Reptiles 



Sub-order i. — Lacertiha. 



The Lizards 

 Sub-order ii. — Rhiptoglossa. 



The Chameeleons 

 Sub-order iii. — Ophidia. 



The Snakes 

 Order IV. — Rhynchocephalia. 



The Tua.era 



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CLASS IV.— AMPHIBIA. 

 AMPHIBIANS. 



Char.ncterislics of Amphibians 

 Order I. — Ecaudata. 



Frogs and Toads 

 Sub-order i. — Firmislernia. 



Typical Frogs, Etc. 

 Sub-order ii. — Arcifera. 



The Toads, Etc 



