Part 43

Stoats fascinating rabbits, 257.

Strepsiptera, 371.

Stylops, habits of, 371.

Sun-birds, 311.

Swallows, torpidity of, 191-202 --submersion of, 192 --winter appearance of, 202-209.

Tahiti, scenery in, 342.

Tartary, scenery in, 355.

Tertiary geography, 3, 12, 14.

Tiger, beauty of, 305.

Toads, showers of, 107 --in stones, 146, 190 --in trees, 148, 153 --in mortar, 161, 178, 179 --experiments on, 165, 179 --attracted by fire, 262.

Tortoise, colossal, 6, 17.

Toxodon, 12, 32.

Travelling fishes, 121.

Trogon, resplendent, 308.

Urus, 64.

Venom of serpents, experiments on, 249.

Viper swallowing its young, 220.

Wasps, sleep of, 180.

Wolf, 71.

Zebra, beauty of, 305.

BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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First Series. Third Edition, post 8vo, 7s. 6d. cloth,

THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY.

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CONTENTS.

I. TIMES AND SEASONS.

II. HARMONIES.