Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 1 (of 6)

Transcriber’s Notes
This e-text is based on ‘Cassell’s Natural History, Vol. I,’ from 1896. Inconsistent and uncommon spelling and hyphenation have been retained; punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected.
In the List of Illustrations, some image titles do not match the illustrations presented in the text. The following titles have been changed:
The printed book shows some references to numbered ‘Plates’ (full-page images). This numbering scheme seems to originate from an earlier edition. Even though the present edition shows no image numbers, all original references have been retained.
ORANG-UTAN AND CHIMPANZEES IN THE BERLIN AQUARIUM. ( From an Original Drawing. )
CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LITH. LONDON.
BIRDS.
EDITED BY
P. MARTIN DUNCAN, M.B. (LOND.), F.R.S., F.G.S.
PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN AND HONORARY FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; CORRESPONDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA
VOL. I.
ILLUSTRATED