Animals

Animals encountered in the works of W. E. Johns

Mammals

• antelope
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places in the story.
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 10
  • The Unknown Diamonds. Trophies found in Dr Shultz's house.
• bear
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 5. Brown bear.
• boar
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Encountered in Chapter 6.
• buffalo
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places but especially Ch.7-8.
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 1 and elsewhere.
  • The Renegade
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
• bull
  • The Arrival of Angus. Angus Mackail.
  • Biggles Scores a Bull. Various points of the story
• camel
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. With the Tuareg.
  • Another Job for Biggles. Various points of the story.
  • Biggles Works It Out. With the Tuareg.
• cat
• The Case of the Secret Aerofoil. A Blue Persian.
• cow
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 8. Domesticated. Inside Ling Soo's camp.
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Cattle features significantly.
• deer
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Roe deer.
  • Biggles Buys a Watch. Roe deer.
• dog
  • Thunder Over Germany
  • Biggles Takes Over. Towser.
  • Bertie Picks the Lock. Towser.
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. Chapter 16. "a giant, mangy Alsatian dog". At the sanseviera. Barked at the approach of Biggles and co. and spoilt their plans.
  • Biggles Scores a Bull. Chapter 11. For Bertie: "he saw the biggest dog he had ever seen his life. A mastiff...." guarding the driveway to the farm of Walter Thellin.
  • Biggles Works It Out. Chapter 7. Algy encounters two snarling Alsatians guarding the Villa Hirondelle.
• dolphin
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 7.
• donkey
  • Another Job for Biggles. Chapter 9. Biggles hears a donkey bray near El Moab.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 10.
• elephant
  • Biggles Breaks the Silence, Chapter 1. Explains nickname of "Jumbo" Grimes.
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 10. They didn't actually see one but they expected they might.
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Various chapters.
  • The Case of the Flying Clown
• fox
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 2.
• gemsbok
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 3.
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
• giraffe
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Chapter 5.
• gorilla
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Ginger has a close encounter with one in Chapter 6.
• hippopotamus
  • African Assignment
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
• horse
  • ((Bb|Takes a Holiday}}. Guards at Paradise Valley had ponies. Biggles rides one in Chapter 16.
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 5. Mongol horsemen.
  • Another Job for Biggles. Biggles meets some horsemen.
  • The Case of the Wounded Agent
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 14. Kurdish horsemen.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 1. Fotherham lends Biggles and Bertie ponies.
  • The Case of the Flying Clown. Show ponies.
• hyena
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. Chapter 16. Biggles: "Sergeant Mahmud will have to stay here to keep the hyenas away from Scaroni's body...."
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places in the story.
  • Another Job for Biggles. Chapter 8. Ginger. On the way to El Moab.
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 3.
• ibex
  • Biggles Works It Out. Chapter 5. El Asile was built as a sanctuary for ibexes. They didn't actually see any.
• jackal
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. Chapter 16. Biggles: "Sergeant Mahmud will have to stay here to keep the hyenas away from Scaroni's body...."
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places in the story.
  • Another Job for Biggles. Chapter 9. Zahar: ""Wallah! Am I a jackal to be hiding in a wadi when there is men's work to be done?"
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 14.
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
• kangeroo
  • . Chapter 10.
• karker (barking deer)
  • Skyway Robbery
• lion
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Various chapters.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various chapters. Ginger imitates one in Chapter 11.
  • African Assignment
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Various chapters. Ginger and Bertie have a close encounter with a troop of lions in Chapter 12.
  • The Case of the Flying Clown. Named Major.
  • The Unknown Diamonds. Trophies found in Dr Shultz's house.
• leopard
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Various chapters.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Chapter 5.
  • Skyway Robbery
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 1 and elsewhere. Biggles has to shoot one in Chapter 9.
  • The Unknown Diamonds. Trophies found in Dr Shultz's house.
• monkey
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• mule
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 10. Bertie rides one.
• Ox
  • African Assignment
• panther
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Named Elizabeth.
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
• pig
  • Biggles' Second Case. Chapter 5. A wild hog.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
• polar bear
  • Biggles' Second Case. Chapter 8. An incongruity. They were in Antarctic waters.
• rabbits
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 6. Hog Island.
• reindeer
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
• rhinoceros
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 12. Almost wrecks the Merlin.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places in the sotry.
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 2. A rhino worries Ginger in Chapter 3. They arrest a rhino horn poacher Chapter 10-11.
• sable
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Encountered in Chapter 6.
• seal
  • Biggles Breaks the Silence. Various places. Chapter 3 - Weddell seal
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 2, chapter 6.
• sheep
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 8. Domesticated. Inside Ling Soo's camp.
  • The Case of the Black Sheep. Black St Kilda sheep.
  • Biggles in the Gobi. Chapter 7. Ovis Poli (Marco Polo sheep).
• three-toed sloth
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 3.
• tiger
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Amur tiger, first cousin to the Bengal tiger. Encountered in Chapter 6.
  • Skyway Robbery
  • The Case of the Flying Clown
• whale
  • Biggles' Second Case. Chapter 4. The whaler ignores a school of whales and this makes Biggles suspicious.
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 6.
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 7.
• wildebeest
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 10.
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
• wolf
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Chapter 7. Encountered red wolf.
• zebra
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.

Birds

• Aepyornis (elephant bird - extinct).
  • Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (short story). Natives dig for eggs of this prehistoric bird as it is in high demand by museums.
• albatross
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 3.
• bird of paradise
  • The Case of the Murdered Apprentice. Species Ragiana. Biggles also lists a few other species: Magnificents, Superbs, Gorgets and Empresses.
• chicken
  • Thunder Over Germany
• condor
  • Biggles in the Gobi. Chapter 10. Mentioned.
• crane
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 13. Pink cranes.
• duck
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 13. Seen along the Daly.
• eagle
  • Biggles in the Gobi. Chapter 10. Involved in a birdstrike with the Halifax.
• flamingo
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Pink. Encountered in Chapter 6.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 2ff. Scarlet flamingo. Phoenicopteriba ruber. More properly, the American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber.
  • African Assignment. Rose-pink flamingoes.
• goose
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Large flights seen in Chapter 4.
  • Biggles Follows On. Chapter 13. "skeins of migrating geese...."
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 13. Seen along the Daly.
• grebe
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
• grouse
  • The Case of the Unknown Aircraft
• gull
  • Biggles' Second Case. Chapter 15.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 8.
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 3.
  • Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (short story)
  • The Case of the Lunatic at Large
• heron
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 3.
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Chinese herons.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 13. White herons.
• humming-bird
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• ibis
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
• jabiru
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 13. Black and white jabiru.
• night-gull
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 3.
• ostrich
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 7.
• parrakeet
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• parrot
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 3.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• peacock
  • Skyway Robbery
• pelican
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
• penguin
  • Biggles' Second Case. Chapter 5. Biggles remarked that his enemies would not set booby-traps for penguins or wild hogs.
  • Biggles Breaks the Silence. Chapter 3.
  • Biggles Cuts It Fine. Chapter 2. King Penguin.
• pheasant
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 6.
• sandpiper
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 8.
• skua
  • Biggles Breaks the Silence. Chapter 3.
• snipe
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 6.
• swan
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. Black swans
• tern
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 8.
• tick-bird
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 12.
• toucan
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• vulture
  • Another Job for Biggles. Chapter 3.
  • Biggles in the Gobi. Chapter 10. Mentioned.

Reptiles and amphibians

• African puff adder.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Chapter 7 and 17.
• alligator
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 13.
• anaconda
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 11. Bertie has a close encounter with one.
• black mamba
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Ginger worries about meeting one in Chapter 2 but doesn't actually meet one.
• crocodile
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Chapter 11.
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Various places in the story.
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 8ff.
• fer-de-lance
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 2ff.
• frog
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 3. Bull-frog.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3.
• lizard
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 6.
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
• macabril snake
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3. So Jose calls it. Exact species uncertain.
• python
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
  • Biggles Makes Ends Meet. Chapter 10. Ginger meets one on an island in the Nicobars.
• rattlesnake
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 1. Biggles. Metaphor. ""Rattlesnakes scare me stiff ... But they do at least give you a warning before they strike. Dope barons strike first and rattle afterwards...."

Insects, arachnids

• ant
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3. Umbrella ants, also known as leaf-cutter ants.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 11. Red ants.
• butterfly
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. "...as big as swallows. Some of them black...."
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3. Genus Morpho
• cricket
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 3ff.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 12.
• firefly
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 10.
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne. "...biggest and brightest I ever saw...." Encountered in Chapter 6.
  • The Renegade
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 4.
• fly
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places.
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 6.
  • Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (short story)
• horse fly
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3. Called taranos locally.
• mosquito
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Various places.
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 6.
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Various places.
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Various places. Chapter 7. Anopheles.
  • The Renegade
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (short story)
• moth
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 3. "la cigarra de la muete".
• scorpion
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. On Venesos.
• spider (unspecified)
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 8.
• tarantula
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 14. Biggles is bitten by one.
• tsetse fly
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Chapter 11.
• wasp
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday. Chapter 2 and elsewhere.

Fish and other marine

• decapod (more properly, a cephalopod or giant squid. Decapod is an order of crustaceans comprising lobsters, crayfish, prawns etc.)
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 3.
• electric eels
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 1. Called tembladores locally.
• flying Fish
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 7.
• jellyfish
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Chapter 7.
• land crab
  • Biggles in the Blue. Chapter 7.
  • Biggles in Australia. Chapter 3.
• pike
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 2. Mentioned by Mayne.
• piranha
  • Orchids for Biggles. Chapter 13.
• salmon
  • Biggles Nets a Fish