. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 6o TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE uncovered, marsupial bones would be found present within it. Accordingly, in the presence of friends and admirers, he proceeded to remove the enveloping deposit with the greatest care, and so laid bare before the astonished eyes of his visitors, the very proof of the correctness of his prediction. Quite recently there has been discovered in America a small mole-like beast which has been named Notoryctes. Some naturaHsts have considered it an Insectivore, but it is really a Marsupial, and a most interesting one,
. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 6o TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE uncovered, marsupial bones would be found present within it. Accordingly, in the presence of friends and admirers, he proceeded to remove the enveloping deposit with the greatest care, and so laid bare before the astonished eyes of his visitors, the very proof of the correctness of his prediction. Quite recently there has been discovered in America a small mole-like beast which has been named Notoryctes. Some naturaHsts have considered it an Insectivore, but it is really a Marsupial, and a most interesting one, to which we shall again refer later on. Its marsupial bones are quite rudimentary. Fig. THE MARSUPIAL MOLE. The last Australian animal we think it needful here to note is one which some of our readers may wonder we did not mention earlier. We refer to the Orni- thm'hynchus or duck-billed platypus, which gave rise, naturally enough, to so much astonishment when it was discovered at the close of the last century. Its bird-like movith perhaps suggested the notion that it laid eggs, as a duck's bill is an awkward apparatus to suck milk with. It was found, however, that in the very young the bill is quite soft, and that it does at first feed on milk, like. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. Boston, Little, Brown and Company
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