LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLORED PLATES AND HALF-TONES 



Bighorn or Mountain Sheep (Ovis ceruina) , . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



'Possum Hiding in Palmetto, where he has been chased by 



a dog (Didelphis virginiana) 4 



A Scared 'Possum 6 



'Possum Climbing 8 



'Possum Looking Out of Nest 8 



A New Jersey 'Possum (Didelphis virginiana) ... 8 



A Florida 'Possum 10 



Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Showing Young at the 



Mouth of the Pouch 10 



Six-banded Armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus) ... 12 



Manatees Under Water (Trichechus latirostris) ... 26 



Collared Peccary (Tayassu tayassu) 30 



Bull Elk or Stag (Cervus canadensis) .... 32 



An Elk (Cervus canadensis) Getting His Antlers . . 34 



The Rapid Growth of an Elk's Antlers .... 36 



Elk Stag and Herd (Cervus canadensis) .... 38 



A Startled Doe; she hears a whistle across the creek . 40 



White-tail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) .... 40 



Virginia Deer in the Maine Woods at Night ... 42 



Deer, in Moose Creek, Idaho 44 



Western White-tail, or Virginia Deer (Odocoileus virgin- 



ianus macrourus) in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana 44 



A Young White-tail Buck (Odocoileus virginianus) . . 46 



A Bunch of Mule-deer Does (Odocoileus hemionus) . . 48 



Young Bull Moose ( ' Alces americanus) .... 50 



A Pair of Bull Moose (Alces americanus) .... 52 



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