Authors: The Overloaded Ark
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.