Curious Creatures in Zoology

About this eBook

Author

Ashton, John, 1834-1911

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Animals, Mythical

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42508

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42508

Release Date

April 12, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CURIOUS CREATURES IN ZOOLOGY
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CURIOUS CREATURES. — Amazons. — Pygmies. — Giants. — Early Men. — Wild Men. — Hairy Men. — The Ouran Outan. — Satyrs. — The Sphynx. — Apes. — Animal Lore. — The Manticora. — The Lamia. — The Centaur. — The Gorgon. — The Unicorn. — The Rhinoceros. — The Gulo. — The Bear. — The Fox. — The Wolf. — Were-Wolves. — The Antelope. — The Horse. — The Mimick Dog. — The Cat. — The Lion. — The Leontophonus—The Pegasus—The Crocotta. — The Leucrocotta—The Eale—Cattle Feeding Backwards. — Animal Medicine. — The Su. — The Lamb-Tree. — The Chimæra. — The Harpy and Siren. — The Barnacle Goose. — Remarkable Egg. — Moon Woman. — The Griffin. — The Phœnix. — The Swallow. — The Martlet, and Footless Birds. — Snow Birds. — The Swan. — The Alle, Alle. — The Hoopoe and Lapwing. — The Ostrich. — The Halcyon. — The Pelican. — The Trochilus. — Woolly Hens. — Two-Headed Wild Geese. — Four-Footed Duck. — Fish. — “The Sea-Mouse. — “The Sea-Hare. — The Sea-Pig. — The Walrus. — The Ziphius. — “The Saw Fish. — The Orca — The Dolphin. — The Narwhal, — The Swamfisck. — “The Sahab. — “The Circhos. — The Remora. — The Dog-fish and Ray. — The Sea Dragon. — The Sting Ray. — Senses of Fishes. — Zoophytes. — “Sponges. — The Kraken. — Crayfish and Crabs. — The Sea-Serpent. — Serpents. — The Crocodile. — The Basilisk and Cockatrice. — The Salamander. — The Toad. — The Leech. — The Scorpion. — The Ant. — The Bee. — The Hornet.
5. 5.FOOTNOTES.
6. 6.INDEX.

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