CONTENTS 



PART I 



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ANIMALS EXTERMINATED DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY I 



THE COLORATION OF LARGE ANIMALS 8- 



SPOTS AND STRIPES IN MAMMALS ^^ 



THE DOMESTICATION OF WILD ANIMALS 39 



THE ORIGIN OF SOME DOMESTICATED ANIMALS . . .48 



HOW ARCTIC ANIMALS TURN WHITE . .... 58 



A LAND OF SKELETONS 69 



SOME EXTINCT ARGENTINE MAMMALS 80 



CELEBES : A PROBLEM IN DISTRIBUTION I08 



A DROWNED CONTINENT II 7 



DESERTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS 1 25 



AFRICA AND ITS ANIMALS , ■ 135 



MONKEY HAND-PRINTS 145 



LIVING MILLSTONES I55. 



PART II 



AN INVISIBLE MONKEY 

 SOME QUEER-NOSED MONKEYS 

 A REMARKABLE MAMMAL . 

 THE PEDIGREE OF THE CAT 

 THE PEDIGREE OF THE DOG 



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