LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 The Common European Mole-Rat {Spalax 



typhlus) • 177 



Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) 179 



The Koala (Pkascolarctos cinereus) 180 

 The Long -snouted Phalanger (Tarsipes 



rostratus) • 181 



The Wombat (Phascolomys wombat) - 183 



Stomach of a Crane 184 



The Crossbill (Loxia curvirostrd) 1 88 

 Great Black Cockatoo (Microglossus ater- 



rimus) ■ 1 89 



The Kea Parrot (Nestor notabilis) 190 

 West Indian Ring-tailed Iguana (Cyclura 



cai'mata) 193 



Tadpoles 194 

 Single Rows of Teeth from Radulae of 



Plant-eating Sea-Snails 196 

 A Limpet {Patella vulgata) leaving its Scar 



at Ebb-tide 197 



Land-Snails and Slugs 200 

 Hinder-end of a Saw-Fly (after Lacaze- 



Duthiers) ■ 204 



Rose (j3!i.-Y\y{Rhodite5rosce)^-aA Bedeguars 204 



Honey-Ant {Myrniecocystus Mexicanus) 207 

 A Leaf-cutting Ant (CEcodoma) carrying a 



piece of Leaf (after Poulton) 208 

 A Bug which mimics a Leaf-cutting Ant 



and its Burden (after Poulton) 208 



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The Sacred Scarab {Scarabaus sacer) 210 



Nut-Weevil (Balanimcs nucu?n) 211 



Termites or White Ants 212 



Heads of Butterflies 214 



Jaws of a Millipede (after Koch) 218 

 Robber - or Cocoa - nut - Crab (Birgus 



latro) 221 



Wheat-Eelworm ( Tylenchus scandens) 222 



Palm-Cat (Paradoxurus typus) 227 



Sloth-Bear ( Ursus labiatus) • 228 



Proboscis-Bear or Coati (Nasua socialis) 229 

 Sow and Young of Wild Boar (Sus 



scrofa) - • 231 

 Lower Jaw of Pig {Sus scrofa), showing 



Teeth 232 



Collared Peccary {Dicotyles torquatus) 233 



Rook {Corvus frugilegus) 236 



Brent Geese {Bernicla brenta) 238 



Corncrake {Crex pratensis) 240 



Crowned Crane {Balearica pavonina) 241 

 Skull of Hornbill {Buceros galeatus), in 



section - - 242 

 Lancelet {Amphioxus lanceolatus), feeding 245 

 Scrobicularia, with siphons and foot pro- 

 truded - 249 

 House-Fly {Musca domestica) 252 

 Common Crayfish {Astacus flicviatilis) 253 

 Ship Barnacles {Lepas anatifera) 254 



