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The platypus

Subtitle: its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc.

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THE PLATYPUS PREFACE ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. Front matter 2. THE PLATYPUS 3. PREFACE 4. ILLUSTRATIONS 5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY 6. CHAPTER II DISCOVERY AND EARLY DESCRIPTIONS 7. CHAPTER III CONTROVERSY ON THE ZOOLOGICAL POSITION 8. CHAPTER IV CONTROVERSY ON THE LAYING OF EGGS 9. CHAPTER V GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 10. CHAPTER VI NERVOUS ORGANIZATION AND SENSORY PERCEPTIONS 11. CHAPTER VII THE SPUR AND CRURAL GLAND 12. CHAPTER VIII THE NESTING-BURROW 13. CHAPTER IX DISTRIBUTION AND HAUNTS 14. CHAPTER X HABITS 15. CHAPTER XI BREEDING HABITS AND LIFE HISTORY 16. CHAPTER XII PRESERVATION AND ECONOMICS 17. CHAPTER XIII THE PLATYPUS IN CAPTIVITY 18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 19. INDEX

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