CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVI.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— PLANT-EATING 

 BIRDS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND FISHES 



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Birds (Aves): General Characters. Pigeons — Ground -Pigeons (Turtle- Dove, 

 Crowned-Pigeons), Tree-Pigeons (Wood-Pigeon, Stock-Dove, Fruit-Pigeons). 

 Toucans. Crows — Nutcracker, Nuthatch. Finches and Crossbills. Oil-Birds. 

 Parrots — Owl-Parrot, Slight-billed Parraquet, Great Black Cockatoo, Ka-ka 

 and Kea Parrots, Lories and Loriquets - 184 



Reptiles (Reptilia) : Turtles and Tortoises (Chelonia) — Green Turtle, Land 



Tortoises. Lizards (Lacertilia) — Iguanas, Sea-Lizard, Galapagos Land-Lizard 191 



Amphibians (Amphibia) — Tadpoles 192 



Fishes (Pisces) — Sea-Breams, Beaked Carp 194 



CHAPTER XVII.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— PLANT-EATING 



MOLLUSCS 



Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda)— General Characters. Limpets, Land-Snails and 



Slugs 196 



CHAPTER XVIII.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— PLANT-EATING 

 INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, AND MYRIAPODS 



Insects (Insecta) : Membrane-winged Insects (Hymenoptera) — Saw-Flies, Giant 

 Wood-Wasp, Turnip Saw-Fly, Gail-Flies, Bees, Wasps, Honey-Ants, Harvesting 

 Ants, Leaf-cutting Ants. Beetles (Coleoptera) — Cockchafer, Sacred Scarab, 

 Click-Beetles or Skipjacks, Pea- and Bean-Beetles, Potato-Beetle, Weevils. 

 Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera) — Termites or White Ants. Straight-winged 

 Insects (Orthoptera). Primitive Wingless Insects (Aptera) — Tassel-Tails and 

 Spring-Tails. Scale-winged Insects (Lepidoptera) — Cabbage White Butterfly, 

 Silk Moth, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Peacock Butterfly. Two-winged Flies 

 (Diptera) — Crane-Flies, Hover-Flies, Drone-Flies. Fringe-winged Insects 

 (Thysanoptera) — Corn Thrips. Bugs (Hemiptera) — Cicadas, Plant-Lice or 

 Aphides, Frog-Hoppers 202 



Spider-like Animals (Arachnida) : Mites— Meal-Mite, Gall-Mites, Money-Spider 217 

 Many-legged Anim.\ls (Myriapoda)— Millipedes 218 



CHAPTER XIX.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— PLANT-EATING 

 CRUSTACEANS AND LOWER INVERTEBRATES 



Crustaceans (Crustacea) — Countryman-Crab, Robber- or Cocoa-nut-Crab, Chelura, 



Gribble, Wood-Lice - 220 



Thread- Worms (Nemathelmia) — Vinegar- or Paste-Eel, Wheat Eelworm 222 



CHAPTER XX.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— OMNIVOROUS MAMMALS 



General Characters. Man and Monkeys (Primates). Lemurs (Lemuroidea) 224 

 Flesh-eating Mammals (Camivora) : Palm-Civets; Bears — Malayan Bear, 



Brown Bear, Sloth- Bear; Small Bears — Raccoons, Coatis or Proboscis Bears; 



Weasels — Badgers, Ratels or Honev-Badgers 226 



Hoofed Mammals (Ungulata) : Swine — Wild Boar, Peccaries 231 



Gnawing Mammals (Rodentia)— Rats and Mice. Mammals poor in Teeth 



(Edentata)— Hairy Armadillo. POUCHED Mammals (Marsupialia)— Some 



Phalangers, Bandicoots, Opossums 234 



