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ILLUSTRATIONS 
The Capacious Mouth of the Pelican . . 
A Curassow, with Curious Beak Decoration . 
Sam and Barbara, the Veteran Polar Bears at the 
Zoo. 
Johnny, the Famous Gorilla .... 
A Tawny Owl Basking in the Sunshine 
A Lemur Greeting the Rays of the Sun with Open 
Arms ........ 
The Northern Stone-crab ..... 
The King-crab, that Claims Kinship with the Scor¬ 
pions ........ 
The Squat-lobster, a Small Crab found in British 
Waters 
An American Bull-frog ..... 
The Indian or Tigrine Bull-frog .... 
A Barking-frog ....... 
White’s Tree-frog, from Australia. Its Green Skin 
Looks like Wax ...... 
The Edible-frog, the Hind Legs of which are regarded 
as Dainties ....... 
An Octopus, Showing the Suckers on its Arms . 
The Argonaut or Paper-nautilus .... 
A Squid or Sea-pen ...... 
The Cuttle-fish or Sepia ..... 
Eggs of Cuttle-fish—They Look like Black Grapes 
and Feel like India-rubber .... 
Egg Capsules of the Whelk ..... 
A Giant Snail and its Egg ..... 
An Abnormal Variety of the Common Snail . 
The Lammergeier or Bearded-vulture . 
Kolbe’s Griffon-vulture, called by the Boers the 
“ Aas-vogel ” or “ Carrion-bird ” . 
The Pondicherry or Eared-vulture . . 
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