CONTENTS. IX 



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Pewit ( Vanelhis) 314 



Ruffs and Reeves (Machetes pugnax) 315 



Whistling Plover, or Sea-Pie (Hcematopus ostrahgus) .... 315 



Water-Rail (Gallimda chloropus) 316 



White Fulica (Porphgrio albus) 317 



Order Natatoees 317 



Swan (Cggnus olor) 317 



Wild Swan (Cggnus fer us) 319 



Goose (Anser palustris) 321 



Wild Goose (Anser ferus) 321 



Canada Goose (Anser Canadensis') 323 



Brent Goose (Anser bernicla) 323 



Barnacle Goose (Anser leucopsis) 323 



Moscovy Duck (Anas moschata) 324 



Golden-eye Duck (Anas clanguld) 325 



Smew (Mergus albellus) 325 



West Indian Pelican (Pelecanus fuscus) 325 



Large Pelican from Arabia (Pelecanus onocrotalus) 326 



Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 327 



Sea-Gull, large (Larus marinus) 328 



Sea-Gull, small (Larus tridactylus) 329 



Great Speckled Diver ( Colgmbus glacialis) 330 



Diver, or Sea-Parrot (Fratercula arctica) 331 



Sea-Parrot ( TJria troile) 331 



Class REPTILIA=TRICOILIA 332 



Observations on 332 



Order Crocodilia 334 



Crocodiles, dissection of 334 



Order Chelonia 346 



Family Marina 347 



Turtle (Chelone mgdas) 347 



Family Paludinosa 357 



Freshwater Box-Tortoise (Cistudo Europced) 357 



Freshwater Tortoise (Emgs) 359 



Small Turtle (Emgs ornata) 359 



Family Terrestria 359 



Land Tortoise from South America (Testudo tabulata) .... 360 



Land Tortoise from East Indies (Testudo Indica) 363 



Land Tortoise (Testudo Grcsca) 364 



Order Lacertilia 364 



Lizards 364 



Guana (Iguana tuberculoid) 365 



Australian Lizard ( Cgclodus) 368 



Gaily Wasp (Cgclodus Whitei) 370 



Lacerta Gecko (Platydactglus guttatus) 370 



