LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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A CANADA PORCUPINE Frontispiece 



From a Photograph by Sanborn. 



SUMMER LEAF-NEST OF THE GRAY SQUIRREL . . Opposite 14 



From a Photograph by Brownell. 



SKULL OF A GRAY SQUIRREL 21 



MALABAR SQUIRREL Opposite 29 



From a Photograph by Sanborn. 



HEAD OF A RED SQUIRREL 30 



THE PUMA THE "FATHER OF GAME" .... 32 



From a Photograph by Sanborn. 



A PUMA KEMEYS'S STATUE .... Opposite 50 

 From a retouched Photograph by Eldred S. Bates. 



ZUNI FETICHES OF THE PUMA 56 



AN OPOSSUM AND HER YOUNG 60 



THE GREAT ANT-EATER 65 



A HORSE-SHOE CRAB, USING ITS TAIL AS A LEVER . . 7! 



THE JERBOA KANGAROO 75 



A SEA-HORSE ANCHORED BY ITS TAIL 78 



SPINY TAIL OF A SWIFT 79 



THE THRESHER SHARK 82 



ARMED TAIL OF THE STING-RAY 9O 



A JERBOA, SHOWING TUFTED TAIL 94 



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