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THE PLATYPUS Frontispiece
THE AUTHOR 6
MRS. HARRY BURRELL FONDLING TWIN NESTLINGS 6
UPPER AND LOWER JAWS FORCED WIDE OPEN 10
SKELETON OF PLATYPUS 11
JAWBONES, SHOWING DIVIDED EXTREMITIES 14
“AN AMPHIBIOUS ANIMAL OF THE MOLE KIND” 18
MALE PLATYPUS FLOATING 18
MALE PLATYPUS WATCHING INTENTLY 30
FEMALE PLATYPUS LISTENING INTENTLY 30
VENTRAL VIEW OF MALE PLATYPUS 34
HEAD OF FEMALE PLATYPUS, SHOWING DIRECT DORSAL VISION 46
VENTRAL VIEW OF LIPS 46
PLATYPUS PAWS, EXPANDED FOR SWIMMING, AND CONTRACTED FOR WALKING 50
FEMALE PLATYPUS SUCKLING YOUNG 54
FEMALE PLATYPUS 54
TOP OF LEFT HIND FOOT, WITH SWIMMING MEMBRANE FULLY EXTENDED 58
SOLE OF RIGHT HIND FOOT 58
HEAD OF INFURIATED MALE PLATYPUS 62
NESTLING PLATYPUS, ABOUT FIVE WEEKS OLD 62
EXPERIMENTS ON SENSORY PERCEPTIONS OF PLATYPUS BENEATH WATER 66
POISON GLAND CONNECTED BY DUCT TO WELL AT BASE OF SPUR 94
GENERAL VIEW OF MALE PLATYPUS 94
SOLE OF RIGHT HIND FOOT, SHOWING SPUR NORMALLY SHEATHED 98
SOLE OF LEFT HIND FOOT, SHOWING SPUR IN ACTION 98
UNEARTHING PLATYPUS, RETREAT STATION, MACDONALD RIVER, N.S.W. 110
A NEWLY-OPENED NESTING-CAVITY 114
NEST COMPOSED OF GUM-LEAVES AND GRASS STEMS 118
BROODING FEMALE PLATYPUS 118
MODELS OF NESTING-BURROW 122, 124
NESTING-BURROW WITH TWO OPENINGS 126
VARIETY IN NESTS 126
MALE PLATYPUS (1) 130
MALE PLATYPUS (2) 130
BURROW WITH FOUR NESTS 134
PLATYPUS EGGS AND YOUNG 134
MACDONALD RIVER, N.S.W. 138
“BLUE HOLE,” NAMOI RIVER, N.S.W. 138
PLATYPUS MANOEUVRING ALONG A SANDY BOTTOM 142
MALE PLATYPUS RUNNING AT TOP SPEED (1) 146
MALE PLATYPUS RUNNING AT TOP SPEED (2) 146
VENTRAL VIEW OF MALE PLATYPUS 158
FEMALE PLATYPUS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM NEST AND PERSUADED TO ADOPT SLEEPING POSITION 162
TWIN EGGS IN NEST COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF REED ROOTS 174
TRIPLET NESTLINGS ABOUT FOUR DAYS OLD. NEST COMPOSED OF GUM-LEAVES AND GRASS 174
FEMALE PLATYPUS IN NEST OF GUM-LEAVES AND GRASS 178
MILK GLAND FROM LEFT SIDE 182
BROODING FEMALE STEALTHILY GROVELLING HER WAY FROM HER NEST WHICH HAS BEEN EXPOSED 186
TWIN NESTLINGS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OLD, DIRECT FROM BURROW 206
NESTLING PLATYPUS, ABOUT THREE WEEKS OLD, SHOWING “MILK-LIPS” 206
EXHIBITING A PLATYPUS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL “PLATYPUSARY,” CONSTRUCTED IN 1910 210
PORTABLE “PLATYPUSARY,” DESIGNED FOR TRAVELLING 210
INTERIOR OF PORTABLE “PLATYPUSARY” 214
THE AUTHOR.
MRS. HARRY BURRELL FONDLING TWIN NESTLINGS, IN CAMP.
