LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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CHROMOXYLOGRAPHS.
Primitive Forest Frontispiece
Savannah on Fire 11
Cereus Giganteus 135
Lum Tree 144
Termite Hills 242
Flamingoes 360
Condor-catching 378
Tiger 454
WOODCUTS.
African Bushmen 85
Bedouin warriors 104
Birds:—
Adjutant 303
Argus Pheasant 360
Bird of Paradise 364
Campanero 350
Cardinal 80
Cassowary 391
Condor 377
Crested Cassique and Baltimore Oriole 353
Emu 391
Fiery Topaz and Hermit 348
Frigate Bird 268
Harpy Eagle 380
Honey Eater, lanceolate 375
Hornbill, Rhinoceros 358
Humming-Birds 342, 347, 370
Ibis, Egyptian 361
Java Sparrow 164
Macaw, Blue 42
Mocking-bird 80
Parrots 392
Peacock, Javanese 360
Secretary Bird 303
Sparrow, Baya 367
Swallow dicæum 371
Swallow, Esculent 269
Tailor Birds 368
Talegalla, Lathami 372
Toucan 346
Turkey Buzzard 378
Vulture, Sociable 381
Weaver-bird, Sociable 365
Woodpecker, Ivory-billed 60
Botocundo Indians attacking a jaguar 62
Caravan 399
Ceylonese cocoa-nut oil mill 146
Coral Island 266
Fishes:—
Electrical Eel (Gymnotus electricus) 17
Sun Fish 271
Sword tail 271
Guano Island 30
General Fraser’s coffee estate at Rangbodde, Ceylon 178
Head-dresses of East African negroes (from Burton) 518
High Table-lands of Peru 20
Insects:—
Ants and Termites 221
Beetle, Diamond 252
Buprestis gigas 252
Cochineal 250
Cocujas 210
Copris hamadryas 206
Cyclommatus tarandus (Borneo) 220
Foraging ants 238
Fungus ant 239
Leucopholis bimaculata 207
Locust 231
Mantichora mygaloides 205
Mantis 209
Mormolyce, Javanese 210
Odontolabris cuvera 206
Phyllium 208
Scorpion 218
Termite 244
Soldier 245
Tsetse 229
Land crabs 273
Malay pirates 253
Mammalia:—
Aard-vark 486
Aguti 14
Alpaca 25
Camel, Bactrian 401
Capybara 333
Chinchilla 27
Coatimondi, Rufous 499
Coffee Rat 185
Dromedary 401
Elephants 431
Flying Foxes 490
Giraffes and Zebras 404
Gnu 411
Hippopotamus 417
Howling Monkey 510
Jackal 456
Koodoo 88, 411
Lemurs, handed 510
Leopard and Cheetah 446
Llama 23
Malay Bear 147
Mandrill 510
Mongoos 302
Musk Deer 84
Nylghau 412
Opossum 34
Palm Squirrel 147
Pangolin, the Indian 482
Peccary 14
Pichiciago 488
Pig-faced Baboon 510
Porcupine echidna 488
Quagga 414
Rhinoceros 423
Rhinolophus 493
Sloth 477
Springbok 409
Tarsius Bancanus 510
Wanderoos 496
Whale, Sperm 267
Zebra 415
Plants:—
Areca Palm 162
Banana and the Plantain 163
Banyan 125
Baobab Trees at Manaar 120
Bo-tree, the Sacred 127
Bottle-tree 138
Caoutchouc Trees—Indians incising them 188
Cocoa-nut tree 147
Cinnamon 197
Clove 197
Date-tree 155
Dragon-tree at Orotava 123
Fig-tree at Polanarrua 136
Indigo Plant 193
Mangosteen 173
Mangrove-tree 140
Mimosa 135
Nepenthes 12
Nutmeg 202
Oil Palm 157
Pepper Plant 202
Snake-tree 139
Sugar Cane 174
Sycamore 124
Yriartea ventricosa 161
Polynesian fishermen 276
Reptiles:—
Alligator 333
Amblyrhyne 321
Basilisk 318
Chameleon 313
Crocodiles and Alligators 332
Flying Dragon 318
Gecko 311
Iguana 314
Monitor 315
Rattlesnake 298
Toad, Bahia 319
Surinam 318
Toad and Anolis 310
Tortoise, Marsh 324
Turtle, Green 329
Loggerhead 331
Uropeltis Philippinus 292
Tower in Agades 93
Tropical Tornado 1