CONTENTS 



CHAPTER II.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— MAMMALS WHICH 

 CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL CREA- 

 TURES 



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Insect-Eaters proper (Insectivora) — General Characters; Hedgehog, Tenrecs, 

 Golden Moles, Shrews, Desmans, African River-Shrew, Mole-Shrews, Common 

 Mole, Star-nosed Mole, Tree-Shrews, Elephant-Shrews 31 



Bats (Cheiroptera) — General Characters ; Long-tongued Vampires, Long-tongued 



Shrew-Bat, True Vampires, Javelin Bats 38 



CHAPTER IIL— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— LOWER MAMMALS 

 WHICH CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL 

 CREATURES 



Mammals poor in Teeth (Edentata) — Great Ant-Eater, Cape Ant-Eater or 



Aard-Vark, Scaly Ant-Eaters or Pangolins 41 



Pouched Mammals (Marsupialia) — Banded Ant-Eater, Bandicoots, Marsupial 



Mole 42 



Egg-laying Mammals (Monotremata)— Spiny Ant-Eaters 44 



CHAPTER IV.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— CARNIVOROUS 



BIRDS 



Ancient Toothed Birds ; Birds of Prey — Falcons, Owls, Secretary Bird, Osprey 

 or Fishing-Eagle ; Fish-eating Birds — Cormorants, Darters or Snake-Birds, 

 Gannet, Pelicans, Gulls and Terns, Skuas, Scissor-Bills or Skimmers, Frigate- 

 Birds, Albatrosses, Storm Petrels, Divers, Penguins, Kingfishers, Herons, 

 Storks 45 



CHAPTER v.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS — BIRDS WHICH 

 CHIEFLY FEED ON INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL CREA- 

 TURES—SCAVENGERS 



Birds that feed on Insects, &c. — Swallows and Swifts, Night-Jar or Goat-Sucker, 

 Woodpeckers, Cuckoo, Creepers, Blue-Roller, Fly-Catchers, Tyrant Fly- 

 Catchers, Ox-Peckers, Honey-Guide, Huia, Shrikes or Butcher Birds, Ducks 

 and Swans, Wagtails, Turnstone and Oyster-Catcher, Godwits and Curlews, 

 Woodcock, Kiwi 56 



Scavenging Birds — Vultures and Adjutants 69 



CHAPTER VI.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— CARNIVOROUS AND 

 INSECTIVOROUS REPTILES 



Crocodiles (Crocodiha) — Nile Crocodile, Garials 70 



Tortoises and Turtles (Chelonia)— Snapper Tortoises, Hawk-bill Turtle, Snake- 

 necked Tortoises 71 



Lizards (Lacertilia) — Monitors, Geckoes, Chameleons, Skinks, Amphisbsenas, 



Snake-like Lizards 73 



Snakes (Ophidia) — General Characters ; Grass Snake, Pythons and Boas, Shield- 

 tailed Snakes and Blind Snakes ; Poisonous Snakes — Whip-Snakes, Coral- 

 Snakes, Cobras, Asps, Death-Adders, Sea-Snakes, Adder, Pufif-Adder, Rattle- 

 snake 76 



