. L'histoire naturelle populaire . Zoologie. Le canard-loi. ii  % présente un aspect très différent, d'être doux, arrondi, et d'une teinte rosâtre à sa pointe, marbrée witli un certain nombre de petites taches. Dr, Bennett, à qui le monde zoologique est tellement redevable pour ses recherches sur les habitudes alimentaires de ce curieux animal, de bien vouloir m'a montré d'excellents dessins, qui, a donné une idée très différente de l'animal à partir de ce qui est obtenu par l'ation de sondages peaux farcies. Le bec est bien fourni avec les nerfs, et semble être un organe de perception sensible, au moyen de laquelle l'animal est activé pour se sentir comme

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. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE DUCK-BILL. ii% presents a very different aspect, being soft, rounded, and of a pinky hue at its tip, mottled witli a number of little spots. Dr, Bennett, to whom the zoological world is so much indebted for his researches into the habits of this curious animal, kindly showed me some excellent drawings, which, gave a very different idea of the animal from that which is obtained by the examin- ation of stuffed skins. The beak is well supplied with nerves, and appears to be a sensitive organ of touch, by means of which the animal is enabled to feel as well as to smell the insects and other creatures on which it feeds. The Mullingong is an essentially aquatic and burrowing animal, and is formed expressly for its residence in the water or under the earth. The fur is thick and soft, and is readily dried while the animal enjoys good health, although it becomes wet and draggled when the creature is weakly. The opening of the ears is small and can be closed at will, and the feet are furnished with large and complete webs, extending beyond the claws in the fore limbs, and to their base in the hind legs. The fore-feet are employed for digging as well as for swimming, and are therefore armed' f^>^^. PORCUPrNE ANT-EATER, OR ECHIDNA.- &4i-lff& -{Echidna Hystrix.) with powerful claws rather more than half an inch in length, and rounded as their extremities. With such force can these natural tools be used, that the Duck-bill has been seen to make a burrow two feet in length through hard gravelly soil in the space of ten minutes. While digging, the animal employs its beak as well as its feet, and the webbed membrane contracts between the joints so as npt to be seen. The hind-feet of the male are furnished with a spur, about an inch in length, curved, perforated, and connected with a gland situated near the ankle. It was once supposed that this spur conveyed a poisonous liquid into the wound which it made, but this opinion has b

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