CONTENTS. 



LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, ...... I 



THE MONKEY FAMILY, . . . . . . -137 



THE DOG TRIBE, . . . . . . . . IQ6 



THE FOX, , . . . . . . . 211 



THE WEASEL, . . . . . . . 226 



THE VAMPIRE, . . . . . . . 233 



THE BAT, . . . . . . . . 236 



THt, BROWN OR GRAY RAT, . . . . . . '', 237 



ANECDOTE OF A COMBAT BETWIXT TWO HARES, .... 242 



THE FACULTY OF SCENT IN THE VULTURE, .... 243 



THE MEANS BY WHICH THE TURKEY-BUZZARD TRACES ITS FOOD, . 2$ I 



THE VULTURE'S NOSE, ....... 261 



AERIAL ENCOUNTER OF THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE, . . v 263 



THE WINDHOVER, ........ 266 



THE BARN OWL, AND THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS ON MAN, . . 270 



THE TAWNY OWL, ........ 278 



THE CIVETTA, OR LITTLE ITALIAN OWL, ..... 282 



THE RAVEN, .... .... 285 



THE CARRION CROW, . . . .* 2pO 



THE ROOK'S BILL, ... ; 298 



THE ROOK, . . . . . . . * 305 



THE JACKDAW, ....... 'V $12 



