THE 



NEW 

 NATURAL HISTORY 



By 



RICHARD LYDEKKER, B.A., F.G.S., F.Z.S. 



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and 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE, H. A. MACPHERSON, F. O. PICKARD-CAM- 



BRIDGE, W. R. OGILVIE GRANT, C. J. GAHAN, F. A. BATHER, 



EDGAR A. SMITH, R. I. POCOCK, M. BERNARD, 



H. BERNARD AND R. KIRKPATRICK. 



With Introductions by 

 ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON 



NATURALIST AND ARTIST, AUTHOR OF " WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN," ETC, 



JOEL A. ALLEN 



CURATOR OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Illustrated with 

 SEVENTY-TWO COLORED 



PLA TtS 'A ND TWENTY--tiN% HUNDRED ENGRA VINGS 



VOLUME I. 



NEW YORK 

 MERRILL & BAKER 



PUBLISHERS 



