SPOONBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SIFTING THE MUD AND CATCHING THE SMALL ANIMALS, E.G. FISHES, CRUSTACEANS, INSECT LARVAE, WHICH LIVE THERE 191 AVOCET'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR A CURIOUS SIDEWAYS SCOOPING IN THE SHORE-POOLS AND CATCHING SMALL ANIMALS 191 HORNBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR EXCAVATING A NEST IN A TREE, AND ALSO FOR SEIZING AND BREAKING DIVERSE FORMS OF FOOD, FROM MAMMALS TO TORTOISES, FROM ROOTS TO FRUITS 191 FALCON'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SEIZING, KILLING, AND TEARING SMALL MAMMALS AND BIRDS 191 PUFFIN'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR CATCHING SMALL FISHES NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE SEA, AND FOR HOLDING THEM WHEN CAUGHT AND CARRYING THEM TO THE NEST 191 LIFE-HISTORY OF A FROG 192 HIND-LEG OF WHIRLIGIG BEETLE WHICH HAS BECOME BEAUTIFULLY MODIFIED FOR AQUATIC 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.