» Prairie-, 86-8-9

» Range of, 84

» Russian, 88-91

» Siberian, 91

» Tame, 90

» White, 86

Wolverine, 134

Wombat, Common, 367-9

» Hairy-nosed, 368

» Tasmanian, 367

Birds

Wagtails, 527

Warblers, 536

» Black-cap, 536

» Garden-, 536

» Reed-, 536

Water-hens, 413

Water-rail, 412-3

Wax-bills, 512a

Wax-wings, 534

Weaver-bird, Sociable, 522

Weka-rail, 413

Widow-bird, 521

Woodcock, 421-3

Wood-hewers, 543

Woodpeckers, 511-2

» Black, 512

» Green, 511

» Sap-suckers, 512

» Spotted, 512

Wrens, 538-9

Wryneck, 512

Reptiles and Amphibians

Worms, Blind-, 563

» Common Earth-, 754

» Indiarubber-, 756

» Lob-, 755

» Tape-, 756

» Thread-, 756

» Tube-, 750

Fishes

Walking-fish, 629 Weaver, Common, 625 » Larger, 625 Wels, 650 Whitebait, 661 Whiting, 641 » Pollack-, 642 Wolf-fish, 630 Wrasses, 634-5 » Ballan, 634 » Spotted, 634 » Striped, 634

Jointed Animals: Insects, etc.

Wasps, Burrowing-, 705 » Pine-boring, 704 » Tree-, 703 » Wood-, 703 Weevils, 685 » Corn-, 686 » Nut-, 686 » Osier-, 686 » Palm-, 686 » Rice-, 686 » Sugar-, 686

Shell-fish, etc.

Whelks, Common, 742 » Giant, 742 Winkle, 742 Worm, Ship-, 744

Y

Mammals

Yak, 212 » Domesticated, 214 Yapok, 377

Z

Mammals

Zebras, Burchell’s, 191 » » Habits of, 193-4 » Chapman’s, 160a » Grevy’s, 190 » » Habits of, 192 » Mountain-, 189 » on Table Mountain, 195 » Somali, viii (Introd.) Zubr, 213

NOTE.

THE Publishers are glad to take this opportunity of offering their sincere thanks to the many naturalists who have helped them to make this book as comprehensive as possible. In addition to the names of those mentioned in the Introduction, valuable photographs and other help have been received during the progress of this work from Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart., F.R.S., The Lady Decies, Lady Alexander, Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.Sc., Miss E. J. Beck, and the following gentlemen: Messrs. E. C. Atkinson, Harold W. Atkinson, M. E. F. Baird, B. H. Bentley, J. H. Bonhote, A. H. P. Cruickshank, E. Connold, James B. Corr, J. Edwards, C. B. Hausburg, C. N. Martin, H. Noble, Percy Leigh Pemberton, Norman B. Smith, H. G. F. Spurrell, Paul Thomas, and J. Turner-Turner.

Thanks are also due to Mr. Percy Ashenden, of Cape Town; Mr. Billington, of Queensland; Professor Bumpus, of New York; Mr. Robert D. Carson, of Philadelphia; Mr. William Cross, of Liverpool; Mr. Glenday, of Cape Town; Mr. W. T. Hornaday, of New York; Mr. L. H. Joutel and Mr. N. Lazarnick, both of New York; Mr. H. V. Leckmann, of New York; Mr. C. N. Mavroyeni, of Smyrna; Dr. Robert T. Morris, of New York; Mr. Frans Mouwen, of Breda; Mr. William Rau, of Philadelphia; Mr. S. Sinclair, of Sydney; Mr. D. Le Souef, of Melbourne; to the Dublin Zoological Society, to the Hearst Syndicate of New York, and to the New York Zoological Society; also to Mr. W. P. Dando, Mr. T. Fall, and other professional photographers, whose names are acknowledged under their respective photographs.

ERRATA.

PAGE 469. The photograph on this page, inadvertently attributed to an Australian Osprey, is of an Australian White-bellied Sea-eagle.

» 490. Mr. Saville-Kent writes: “The Black Cockatoo is notable for assembling in large flocks, from twenty to as many as fifty or sixty being commonly seen.”

» 512. The photograph on this page, inadvertently attributed to the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, is of the Greater Spotted Woodpeckers.

» 594. The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., F.Z.S., writes: “You state that the African Cobra spits out its poison. The South African snake which spits out poison is the Ringhals Snake, and this is the only snake of which this is recorded with certainty.”

» 305, 606. For “Smooth Newt” read “Warted or Crested Newt, with crest undeveloped.”

» 627. For “Reel-gurnard” read “Red Gurnard.”

» 660. For “Queensland Lung-fish” read “Barbelled Arapaima.”

» 767, line 20. For “pouch-like” read “peach-like”

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