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| REPTILES. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| Introductory Chapter | 1 | |
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| AMPHIBIA, OR BATRACHIANS. | ||
| Structural Distinctions | 8 | |
| Intelligence | 13 | |
| Characteristics | 15 | |
| Historical Antiquity | 18 | |
| Distribution | 19 | |
| Frogs | 19 | |
| Habits of Life | 21 | |
| Development of Young | 22 | |
| Green | 23 | |
| Common | 23 | |
| Green Tree | 24 | |
| Toads | 25 | |
| Natterjack | 26 | |
| Surinam | 28 | |
| Land Salamander | 31 | |
| Spotted | 32 | |
| Black | 33 | |
| Aquatic Salamanders | 33 | |
| Crested | 34 | |
| Gigantic | 34 | |
| Transformations and Reproduction | 35 | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| OPHIDIAN REPTILES, OR TRUE SNAKES. | ||
| Snakes | 38 | |
| Burrowing | 42 | |
| Ground | 43 | |
| Tree | 43 | |
| Fresh-water | 43 | |
| Sea | 43 | |
| Innocuous | 46 | |
| Blind | 46 | |
| Shield-tail | 47 | |
| Black | 49 | |
| Rat | 49 | |
| Ringed | 49 | |
| Green and Yellow | 52 | |
| Viperine | 52 | |
| Desert | 53 | |
| Whip | 54 | |
| Blunt-heads | 56 | |
| Boas | 56 | |
| Diamond | 59 | |
| Carpet | 59 | |
| Rock | 61 | |
| Natal Rock | 61 | |
| Guinea Rock | 61 | |
| Royal Rock | 61 | |
| Aboma | 62 | |
| Anaconda | Richardson's | 309 |
| Pomerine | 309 | |
| Common | 310 | |
| Petrels | 310 | |
| Giant | 311 | |
| Chequered | 311 | |
| Fulmar | 311 | |
| Stormy | 311 | |
| Blue | 312 | |
| Puffins | 312 | |
| Grey | 312 | |
| English | 312 | |
| Brown | 312 | |
| Albatross | 312 | |
| Common | 314 | |
| Black-browed | 314 | |
| Brown | 314 | |
| Yellow and Black-beaked | 314 | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| GRALLATORES, OR WADING BIRDS. | ||
| Palmidactyles: | ||
| Flamingo | 317 | |
| Avocet | 320 | |
| Stilt Bird | 321 | |
| Macrodactyles: | ||
| Water Hens | 322 | |
| Common | 323 | |
| Purple, or Sultana Fowl | 324 | |
| Rails | 325 | |
| Coots | 326 | |
| Bald | 328 | |
| Crested | 328 | |
| Blue | 328 | |
| Glareola | 328 | |
| Jacana | 328 | |
| Kamichi | 330 | |
| Horned | 332 | |
| Faithful | 332 | |
| Longirostres: | ||
| Sandpipers | 332 | |
| Brown | 334 | |
| Greenshank | 334 | |
| Redshank | 334 | |
| Pond | 334 | |
| Wood | 334 | |
| Green | 334 | |
| Common | 334 | |
| Turnstone | 334 | |
| Ruff | 336 | |
| Knot | 338 | |
| Sanderlings | 339 | |
| Woodcock | 339 | |
| Snipe | 343 | |
| Common | 344 | |
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| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| SCANSORES, OR CLIMBERS. | ||
| Parrots | 457 | |
| Macaw | 464 | |
| Parrakeets | 465 | |
| Tabuan | 465 | |
| Parrot, Grey | 466 | |
| Green | 466 | |
| Cockatoos | 466 | |
| Toucans | 467 | |
| Proper | 468 | |
| Aracaris | 469 | |
| Cuckoo | 469 | |
| Grey | 469 | |
| Indicators | 472 | |
| Anis | 473 | |
| Barbets | 474 | |
| Trogons | 475 | |
| Resplendent | 476 | |
| Mexican | 476 | |
| Woodpeckers | 476 | |
| Wry-necks | 479 | |
| Jacamars | 480 | |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| PASSERINES. | ||
| Syndactyles: | ||
| Hornbills | 482 | |
| Rhinoceros | 483 | |
| Fly-catchers | 483 | |
| King-fishers | 484 | |
| Ceyx Meninting | 486 | |
| Bee-eaters | 486 | |
| Common | 488 | |
| Momots | 487 | |
| Tenuirostres: | ||
| Hoopoes | 488 | |
| Epimachus | 490 | |
| Promerops | 490 | |
| Colibri | 491 | |
| Proper | 491 | |
| Humming-birds | 491 | |
| Creepers | 495 | |
| Picumnus | 496 | |
| Furnarius | 496 | |
| Sucriers | 497 | |
| Soui-mangas | 497 | |
| Nuthatches | 498 | |
| Conirostres: | ||
| Birds of Paradise | 499 | |
| Great Emerald | 500 | |
| King Bird | 500 | |
| Superb | 500 | |
| Sifilets | 501 | |
| Crows | 502 | |
| Raven | 502 | |
| Carrion | ||
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