Leaves from the Note Book of a Naturalist

Africa alligator ancient animal appearance Arabs beast bird bite body bones brought called camel Captain cerastes chameleon Chelone close color condor creature crocodile death devoured eagle eggs Egypt Egyptian elephant eyes feathers feed feet female fish flesh frequently frog garden gavial Gould green turtle hatched head Herodotus hippopotamus inches incubation insects islands jaws killed legs length Littell's Living Age Living Age looked male marsupial motion mouth naia native nature neck nest never night observed pigeon plastron Pliny poison pouch present prey probably Professor Owen quadrupeds readers Regent's Park remarks reptiles rhinoceros ribs river round sand says seems seen serpents shell side skin snake species stomach stork surface swallow tail taken teeth Thylacines tion toad tongue tortoise tree turtle venomous viper walking white stork wings wound young zic-zac Zoological