The winners in life's race

by Arabella B. Buckley

[102] Columba migratoria.

[103] Gecinus viridis.

[104] Alcedo ispida.

[105] The Indian and Chinese edible-nest Swiftlets (Collocalia), make their nests entirely of this saliva, and they are eaten by the natives.

[106] Troglodytes parvulus.

[107] Orthotomus sutorius.

[108] Marsupium, a pouch.

[109] Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.

[110] Echidna hystrix.

[111] Professor Owen has described a reptile from the Trias of Africa, and Professor Cope another from the Permian of Texas, both having characters closely resembling the Platypus.