The British museum of natural history (South Kensington) / by W.P. Pycraft ... Illustrated by Edwin Noble ... and from photographs.

  • Pycraft, W. P. (William Plane), 1868-1942.
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: The British museum of natural history (South Kensington) / by W.P. Pycraft ... Illustrated by Edwin Noble ... and from photographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ILLUSTRATIONS Cast of Diplodocus Carnegii . . . Frontispiece FIG. PAGE 1. Japanese Long-tailed Cock 3 2. Pouter Pigeon, Carrier, and Short-faced Tumbler . 4 3. Fantail Pigeon 5 4. Skeletons of Man and Horse . . . Facing p. 8 5. The Evolution of the Elephant. I. . . .18 6. The Evolution of the Elephant. II. . . 19 7. The Evolution of the Elephant. III. ... 20 8. The Moa, an Extinct Flightless Bird of New Zealand 29 9. Pterodactyles, or Flying Dragons, and the Hes- peromis, a Giant Diving Bird .... 33 10. Ichthyosaurus, an old Fish-lizard 35 11. Pariasaurus, an ancestor of the Mammals . . 39 12. Head of Babirusa 47 13. The Duck-billed Platypus 48 14. The Echidna, or Spiny Ant-eater .... 48 15. The Common Sloth 61 16. Head of Hippopotamus 65 17. Baby Okapi Facing p. 74 18. Long-eared Bat, flying 89