IC LOCOMOTION 192
Photo: J. J. Ward, F.E.S.
THE BIG ROBBER-CRAB (_Birgus Latro_), THAT CLIMBS THE
COCONUT PALM AND BREAKS OFF THE NUTS 193
EARLY LIFE-HISTORY OF THE SALMON 196
THE SALMON LEAPING AT THE FALL IS A MOST FASCINATING SPECTACLE 197
DIAGRAM OF THE LIFE-HISTORY OF THE COMMON EEL (_Anguilla
Vulgaris_) 200
CASSOWARY 201
Photo: Gambier Bolton.
THE KIWI, ANOTHER FLIGHTLESS BIRD, OF REMARKABLE
APPEARANCE, HABITS, AND STRUCTURE 201
Photo: Gambier Bolton.
THE AUSTRALIAN FRILLED LIZARD, WHICH IS AT PRESENT TRYING
TO BECOME A BIPED 202
A CARPET OF GOSSAMER 202
THE WATER SPIDER 203
JACKDAW BALANCING ON A GATEPOST 208
Photo: O. J. Wilkinson.
TWO OPOSSUMS FEIGNING DEATH 208
From Ingersoll's _The Wit of the Wild_.
MALE OF THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK, MAKING A NEST OF
WATER-WEED, GLUED TOGETHER BY VISCID THREADS SECRETED
FROM THE KIDNEYS AT THE BREEDING SEASON 209
A FEMALE STICKLEBACK ENTERS THE NEST WHICH THE MALE HAS
MADE, LAYS THE EGGS INSIDE, AND THEN DEPARTS 209
HOMING PIGEON 212
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
CARRIER PIGEON 212
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
YELLOW-CROWNED PENGUIN 213
Photo: James's Press Agency.
PENGUINS ARE "A PECULIAR PEOPLE" 213
Photo: Cagcombe & Co.
HARPY-EAGLE 216
Photo: W. S. Berridge.
THE DINGO OR WILD DOG OF AUSTRALIA, PERHAPS AN INDIGENOUS
WILD SPECIES, PERHAPS A DOMESTICATED DOG THAT HAS GONE
WILD OR FERAL 216
Photo: W. S. Berridge, F.Z.S.
WOODPECKER HAMMERING AT A COTTON-REEL, ATTACHED TO A TREE 217
THE BEAVER 220
THE THRUSH AT ITS ANVIL 221
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