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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