Gerald Durrell (35 page)

CICADA (
Cicadidae
sp.
)

CIVET (
Civettictis
c. civetta
)

COUCAL,
Black-throated (
Centropus l. leucogaster
)

CRAKE, Black (
Limnocorax
flavirostra
)

CROCODILE,
Broad-fronted (
Osteolaemus tetraspis
)

DARTER, African
(
Anhinga rufa
)

DOVE, Senegal
Blue-spotted (
Turtur afer
)

DRILL (
Mandrillus
leucophaeus
)

DUIKER, Ogilby’s
(
Cephalophus o. ogilbyi
)

EAGLE, Vulturine
Fish- (
Gypohierax angolensis
)

EGRET, Cattle (
Bubulcus
ibis
)

GALAGO,
Demidoff’s (
Galago demidovii pusillus
)

GUENON, Mona (
Cercopithecus
mona
)

Preuss’s (
Cercopithecus preussi
)

Putty-nose (
Cercopithecus nictitans martini
)

Red-eared (
Cercopithecus erythrotis camerunensis
)

GUINEA-FOWL,
Sclater’s Crested (
Guttera edouardi sclateri
)

HOG, Red River (
Potamocherus
porcus
)

HORNBILL,
Yellow-casque (
Ceratogymna elata
)

HYRAX, Tree (
Dendrohyrax
dorsalis
)

IBIS, Glossy (
Plegadis
falcinellus
)

KINGFISHER,
Gaboon Shining-blue (
Alcedo quadribrachys guentheri
)

Giant (
Megaceryle maxima sharpi
)

Pied (
Ceryle rudis
)

Pygmy (
Ispidina p. picta
)

Senegal Blue-breasted (
Halcyon malimbicus torquatus
)

MALIMBUS,
Blue-billed (
Malimbus nitens
)

MAMBA, Green (
Dendraspis
angusticeps
)

MILLIPEDE, Giant
(
Helminthomorpha sp.
)

MONGOOSE,
Black-legged (
Galeriscus n. nigripes
)

MONITOR, Nile (
Varanus
niloticus
)

PANGOLIN,
Tri-cusped (
Manis tricuspis
)

PARROT, Grey (
Psittacus
erithacus
)

PLANTAIN-EATER,
Giant (
Corythoeola cristata
)

PLOVER,
White-headed Wattled (
Xiphidiopterus albiceps
)

PORCUPINE,
Brush-tailed (
Atherurus africanus
)

PYTHON, Ground (
Calabaria
reinhardti
)

African Rock (
Python sebae
)

RAIL,
White-spotted Pygmy (
Sarothrura pulchra zenkeri
)

RAT, Gambian
Pouched (
Cricetomys gambianus
)

Rusty-nosed (
Oenomys hypoxanthus
)

Yellow-spotted (
Lemniscomys striatus
)

ROBIN, Forest (
Stiphrornis
erythrothorax gabonensis
)

SERVAL (
Leptailurus
serval
)

SHREW, Giant
Water (
Potamogale velox
)

Grass (
Crocidura occidentalis nigeriae
)

SNAIL, Giant (
Achatina
variegata
)

SNAKE, Water (
Natrix
anoxopus
)

SPIDER, Giant
Palm (
Hysterocrates gigas
)

SQUIRREL,
Black-eared (
Funisciurus leucostigma taiboti
)

SUNBIRD, Superb
(
Cinnyris s. superbus
)

TERMITE,
Mushroom (
Termes atrox
)

THRUSH, Cameroon
Ground (
Geokichla camerunensis
)

TURTLE,
Soft-shelled (
Trionyx triunguis
)

VIPER, Gaboon (
Bitis
gabonica
)

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Scanned and
Proofed by Amigo da Onça

(
Rear Cover
)

Gerald Durrell
writes: “I was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. When my father died in 1928
my family returned to England. In 1933 we went to live on the Continent, where
I was educated by a variety of tutors of various nationalities. We eventually
settled on the island of Corfu, in Greece, where we lived until 1939. During
this time I made a special study of zoology, and kept a large number of the
local wild animals as pets. During the war I was engaged on agricultural research
and the study of animal ecology. In 1945 I joined the staff of Whipsnade Park
as a student keeper. On leaving Whipsnade I financed, organized, and led my
first expedition to the tropics as a private collector. The story of this
expedition is told in
The Overloaded Ark
. After this I organized two
more expeditions, one to the Cameroons in 1948-9, and the second to British
Guiana, South America, in 1950. I have been engaged in writing, broadcasting,
and lecturing.”

Gerald Durrell
has written many other books, including
The Bafut Beagles, The Drunken
Forest,
and
My Family and Other Animals
; all of which are to be
published as Penguins.