XVlll 
CONTENTS. 
A Naturalist’s Work-room. The Bird-skinner. The Shell- 
cleaner. The Plant-presser. The Naturalist. Living Doves. 
Finches. Humming-birds. Growing Orchideae 235 — 239 
The Brush-footed Spider. Sabito Hill. Ebby Palms. 
Forest Trees. The Spider’s Web. Length and Strength of 
the Threads. The Spider’s Bite - - 239 — 241 
The Nurse Shark. A specimen skinned and prepared. The 
Liver. Sluggish Habits of the Species. Ovipositing. Egg- 
capsules. Description. The Hedgehog Fish. Structure of 
the Spines. Air bladder - - _ 241 — 245 
The Mangrove. Its strange Appearance. Arching Boots. 
Seeds germinating on the Twigs. Stain of the Sea beneath. 
Miasma. Agency of this Tree in altering the relations of 
Land and Sea. Lagoons. Waterfowl. Violet Flat-crab. 
Its beauty. Habits. Curious manner of feeding. Delicate 
Sense in the Claws. Analogy to the Spiders. Ferocity. 
Jealousy ----- 245 — 251 
A Swarm of Dragon flies - - - 251 — 252 
Drive to Montego Bay. Haddo. The Prickly Pole. Water- 
lily. Introduction of Guinea-grass. Grotto at Mount Carey. 
Striking view of the Bay and Offing. The Bing-tail Pal- 
lette-tip. Its beauty. Manners. Structure. Wide geo- 
graphical Bange - - - - 252 — 256 
Beauty of Negro Villages. Seclusion. Pinguin. Huts. 
Various Fruit-trees. Mango. Bread-fruit. Plantain and 
Banana. Elegant subordinate Plants. Cocoa-nut Palm. Its 
novel Aspect to a Stranger. A Grove of Palms. Firmness, 
not flexibility, characteristic of this Palm. Cloth-like tissue 
of the Leaf-bases. Effect of the peculiar Development of 
the Stem. Bud of Cabbage-palm. Frond entire at first 
256—262 
The Two-headed Snake. Ground of its name. Description 
of its Form and Colours. Burrowing Habits. Egg in Ter- 
mites’ Nest. Birth of the Young. Powers of Swimming 
262—267 
The Naseberry Bat. The Vineyard. Open Windows. In- 
trusion of nocturnal Insects. Bats. The Naseberry Tree. 
Habits of frugivorous Bats. Descriptions of Species 
267—270 
