. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 140 SAUEIANS. Tigris, SeycMUe Islands; C. centralis, from South Africa, and C. pumilus, from the Cape of Good Hope. Y. Having back and belly without crest; including C. Par-. Fig. 32.—Ohameleo vulgaris. sonii, a native of Madagascar; and C. Owenii, the Three-horned Chameleon, from Eernando Po, and C. Brookesianus, an adult species, from S. W. Brookes's collection. Emydosaueians Have the head large, covered with a thick skin, ears closed with two
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 140 SAUEIANS. Tigris, SeycMUe Islands; C. centralis, from South Africa, and C. pumilus, from the Cape of Good Hope. Y. Having back and belly without crest; including C. Par-. Fig. 32.—Ohameleo vulgaris. sonii, a native of Madagascar; and C. Owenii, the Three-horned Chameleon, from Eernando Po, and C. Brookesianus, an adult species, from S. W. Brookes's collection. Emydosaueians Have the head large, covered with a thick skin, ears closed with two valves, gape very wide, tongue short, jaws with a single series of cone-shaped teeth inserted in sockets; back with a hard disc formed of a longitudinal series of square keeled plates of hard bony consistence embedded in the skin; the under siirface covered with smooth thin square plates; legs short, feet webbed, with four to five tdes, the three inner toes of each foot only armed with claws. They are divided into two groups :— I. Crocodilidce, having the lower canines fitting into a notch in the edge of the upper jaw. II. AUigatoridce, having the canines fitting into a pit in the upper jaw.]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker, ed. Springfield, Mass. , W. J. Holland
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