Reptiles and Birds / A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ERRATA.

INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. AMPHIBIA, OR BATRACHIANS.

CHAPTER II. OPHIDIAN REPTILES, OR TRUE SNAKES.

CHAPTER III. The Order of Lizards. Saurians.

CHAPTER IV. CHELONIANS, OR SHIELDED REPTILES.

BIRDS.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

CHAPTER I. THE NATATORES, OR SWIMMING BIRDS.

CHAPTER II. DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS.

CHAPTER III. THE LARIDAE.

CHAPTER IV. GRALLATORES, OR WADING BIRDS.

CHAPTER V. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS.

CHAPTER VI. SCANSORES, OR CLIMBERS.

CHAPTER VII. PASSERINES.

CHAPTER VIII. RAPTORES, OR BIRDS OF PREY.

FOOTNOTES.


REPTILES AND BIRDS.



REPTILES AND BIRDS.

A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THEIR VARIOUS ORDERS,

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF
THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE MOST INTERESTING.

By LOUIS FIGUIER,
AUTHOR OF "THE WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE," "THE VEGETABLE WORLD," "THE INSECT WORLD," ETC. ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 307 WOODCUTS.

BY MM. A. MESNEL, A. DE NEUVILLE, AND E. RIOU.

Edited and Adapted by
PARKER GILLMORE
("UBIQUE").

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND CO.
1870.


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