. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . AND AMPHIBIANSCrocodiles and AlligatorsTortoises and Turtles Lizards Cham.^leons and the Tuater.^ Snakes Frogs and Toads Newts and Salamanders . 147153165183 187200207 VI CONTENTS LIES FISHES LuxG-Fi3HES AND Chim.»;ras .The Perch Family ....Scaly-Fins, Sword-Fishes, , Gurnards, Etc. .Lump-Suckers, Flying-Fishes, Wrasse-Like FishesPiiE-FisHES, Sun-Fishes, and Their AliThe Cod Family ....Cave-Fishes, Sand-Eels, and Flat-Fishes Eels and Cat-Fishes The Carp Family Pikes, Arapaimas, Reaked Salmon, and
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . AND AMPHIBIANSCrocodiles and AlligatorsTortoises and Turtles Lizards Cham.^leons and the Tuater.^ Snakes Frogs and Toads Newts and Salamanders . 147153165183 187200207 VI CONTENTS LIES FISHES LuxG-Fi3HES AND Chim.»;ras .The Perch Family ....Scaly-Fins, Sword-Fishes, , Gurnards, Etc. .Lump-Suckers, Flying-Fishes, Wrasse-Like FishesPiiE-FisHES, Sun-Fishes, and Their AliThe Cod Family ....Cave-Fishes, Sand-Eels, and Flat-Fishes Eels and Cat-Fishes The Carp Family Pikes, Arapaimas, Reaked Salmon, and Scopemds The Salmon Family The Herring and Its Kindred .... Bony-Pike, Sturgeon, P^tc Sharks and Rays 211 214 215 222 230 235 238 243 245 248 252 254 257 260 264 266 JOIXTED JXIMJLS The Crab and Scorpion Groi psInsects 272283 LOUER FOR , or MolluscsLamp-Shells .... Star-Fishes, Sea-Urchins, .... Worms Corals, Sea-Anemones, and Jell-i-FishesSponges and Animalcules MS 339346348 355356360366 Birds ofOther Lands BY VV. P. PVCRAFT, , ?hM t) ;f. r. Dinio, RUFOUS TINAMOU, BRAZIL The tail-feathers of these birds are so smail as to appear to be ivanting CHAPTER I THE OSTRICH JXD TfSKINDRED THE Ostriches are a very an-cient group of birds, and, judg-ing from what we know of theiranatomy, they must be regarded asrepresenting the most primitive of liv-ing birds. With the exception of asingle group, to be discussed presentl),all have lost the power of flight. Insome, in consequence, the wing has be-come reduced to a mere vestige. It is a rule in Nature, we may remark, that whenever anorgan, such as a wing or a leg or a tail, ceases to be useful, it undergoes forthwith a slow process of reduction or degeneration, growing smaller and! ^ smaller in each successive generation, till at last it -i ,^ Si^. .^9^ ^^> ^ven disappear altogether. The loss of flight has been accompanied by a degeneration in thequality of the feathers — that
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