THE 



NEW 

 NATURAL HISTORY 



By 

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



and 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE, H. A. JVUcPHERSON, 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 PLATES AND TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS 



VOLUME VL 



NEW YORK 

 MERRILL & BAKER 



PUBLISHERS 



