. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 36. TASMANIAN WOLF. 37. OPOSSUM RAT. 38. TASMANIAN DEVIL. into the ground to get worms. Being unable to fly, it can run the Samoan Islands there still may be found a Tooth-billed Pigeon (21),a somewhat near relative of the great extinct Dodo of Mauritius. NewZealand has yet another strange bird, perhaps still surviving, in theGreat Rail (42), so well adapted for wa
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 36. TASMANIAN WOLF. 37. OPOSSUM RAT. 38. TASMANIAN DEVIL. into the ground to get worms. Being unable to fly, it can run the Samoan Islands there still may be found a Tooth-billed Pigeon (21),a somewhat near relative of the great extinct Dodo of Mauritius. NewZealand has yet another strange bird, perhaps still surviving, in theGreat Rail (42), so well adapted for wading, but very Uttle for flying. The Brush Turkeys (15)of Australia and NewGuinea have wattledskin on the head andneck, and large feet,with which they scratchtogether heaps of rub-bish in which to deposittheir eggs. Amongother birds we mustmerely mention variousParrots (39, 40), Cocka-toos (8, 9), and Pigeons(13), and the Honey-eating Tuee, or Poll, ofNew Zealand (41). TheBlack Swan (27) andthe Laughing Jackass,or Australian Kingfisher (28), speak for themselves. The Wrybeak (43), arelative of the Plover ; the Thickhead (14), a kind of Shrike; the Podargus. 39. LONG-BILLED PAEEOT. 40. OWL PAEEOT. 41. TUEE, OR POLL. A USTRALASIAN ANIMALS. 939 (30), a large kind of Niglit-jar, feeding on insects at night; and the Lyre-bird (12), with its extraordinarily developed tail-feathers, must concludeour notices of Aus- ^^~ gili/ tralian birds. TheCrested Penguin(35) is an Austra-lian variety, but ispractically a seabird, as is also thegreatAlbatross(34),a gigantic form ofPetrel, rangingover referring tomarine creatures,we may mentionthe great SpermWhale (46), withits huge head, largetoothed lower jaw, and great receptacle of spermaceti above the skull; and the fine SeaLion (33) of the Southern Ocean, distinguished from ordinary Seals byhaving small external ears. Moloch (10) is a very ugly Australian Lizard. The large HatteriaLizard (44) of New Zealand is an extraordinary fo
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