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hybrids. I could not have done this work without the generous and 

 valuable assistance of the Duchess of Bedford ; Lord Arthur Cecil ; 

 Professor Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. ; Mr. Foster, of Boston ; Mr. 

 Reynolds, M.R.C.V.S., of Bohemia; Mr. Delia Gana, F.R.C.V.S., 

 of Teheran ; Dr. Rutherford, of Canada ; Sir Walter Gilbey ; Major 

 Schoenbeck, of Berlin ; Mr. Grimani-Smith, of Queensland ; Pro- 

 fessor Warington, F.R.S. , Mr. J. W. Harding, of New Zealand ; 

 Mr. Hunter, F.I.C. ; Mr. McConnell, B.Sc. ; Dr. Salmon, of Washing- 

 ton ; Mr. H. T. Barclay ; Dr. McClean, of Constantinople ; Professor 

 Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. ; Mr. Delton, of Paris ; Mr. Forbes, M.R.C.V.S., 

 of Montana ; Mr. P'itzwilliams, of Sumatra ; Mr. Maschmayer, of 

 Sumatra ; Mr. Cecil Gosling, of Paraguay ; Mr. George Ketcham, of 

 Ohio ; Mr. G. A. Ewart ; Mr. Eric Maxwell, of Perak ; Mr. Clarence 

 Hailey, of Newmarket ; Mr. Carl Hagenbeck, of Hamburg ; Mr. 

 Josiah Newman ; Mr. Bell, of Newmarket ; Professor Dunstan ; Mr. 

 Wharam, M.R.C.V.S. ; Mr. Burkill, of Shanghai, and many other 

 kind helpers. I am particularly indebted to Professor Cossar Ewart 

 for the valuable scientific information he gave me on subjects dis- 

 cussed in the following pages, and for correcting the proofs of this 

 edition, which is nearly twice as large as the previous one, and 

 contains 279 new photographic illustrations. 



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