643 ILLUSTRATIONS

(INCLUDING 12 COLOURED PLATES)

FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo by W. P. Dando, F.Z.S., Regent's Park

London: HUTCHINSON & CO., Paternoster Row

PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

VOL. II.

CONTENTS.

[BOOK II. BIRDS.]
CHAP.PAGE
I.[The Ostrich and its Kindred]385
II.[The Game-birds and Rails]397
III.[Pigeons and Sand-grouse]414
IV.[Auks, Gulls, and Plovers]417
V.[Bustards and Cranes]424
VI.[Grebes and Divers, Penguins, and Tube-nosed Birds]428
VII.[Storks, Herons, and Pelican Tribe]435
VIII.[Screamers, Ducks, Geese, and Swans]456
IX.[Birds of Prey and Owls]464
X.[Night-jars, Swifts, and Humming-birds]481
XI.[Parrots, Cuckoos, and Plantain-eaters]487
XII.[Rollers, Kingfishers, Hornbills, and Hoopoes]498
XIII.[Bee-eaters, Motmots, Todies, Colies, and Trogons]506
XIV.[Toucans, Honey-guides, Jacamars and Puff-birds, Barbets and Woodpeckers]508
XV.[Perching-birds]514
XVI.[Larks, Titmice, Honey-eaters, and their kindred]526
XVII.[Shrikes, Thrushes and their allies, Swallows, Lyre-birds, Chatterers, Broad-bills, etc.]533
[BOOK III. REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS.]
I.[Crocodiles and Alligators]545
II.[Tortoises and Turtles]551
III.[Lizards]563
IV.[Chamæleons and Tuatera]581
V.[Snakes]585
VI.[Frogs and Toads]598
VII.[Newts and Salamanders]605
[BOOK IV. FISHES.]
I.[Lung-fishes and Chimæras]609
II.[The Perch Family]612

III.

[Scaly-fins, Red Mullets, Sea-breams, Scorpion-fishes, Slime-heads, Tassel-fish, Meagres, and Sword-fishes]613
IV.[Hair-tails, Horse-mackerels, Sea-bats, Dories, Mackerels, Sucking-fishes, Weavers, Frog-fishes, Angler-fishes, Bull-heads, and Gurnards]620
V.[Lump-suckers, Gobies, Blennies, Barracudas, Grey Mullets, Sticklebacks and their allies, Garpike, and Flying-fishes]628
VI.[The Wrasse-like Fishes]633
VII.[Pipe-fishes, Sea-horses, Globe-fishes, Sun-fishes, and their allies]636
VIII.[The Cod Family]641
IX.[Cave-fishes, Sand-eels and their allies, and Flat-fishes]643
X.[Eels and Cat-fishes]646
XI.[The Carp Family]650
XII.[Pikes, Arapaimas, Beaked Salmon, and Scopelids]652
XIII.[The Salmon Family]655
XIV.[The Herring and its kindred]658
XV.[Bony Pike, Bow-fin, Sturgeon, Reed-fish, and Bichir]662
XVI.[Sharks and Rays]664
[BOOK V. JOINTED ANIMALS.]
I.[The Crab and Scorpion Groups]670
II.[Insects]681
[BOOK VI. SHELL-FISH, LAMP-SHELLS, SEA-URCHINS, STAR-FISHES, MOSS-ANIMALS, WORMS, CORALS, JELLY-FISHES, AND SPONGES.]
I.[Shell-fish, or Molluscs]737
II.[Lamp-shells]744
III.[Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, etc.]746
IV.[Moss-animals]753
V.[Worms]754
VI.[Corals, Sea-anemones, and Jelly-fishes]758
VII.[Sponges and Animalcules]764