CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



PAGE 



THE DESERT PAMPAS ..... 1 



CHAPTEE II. 

 THE PUMA, OR LION OF AMERICA . . . . 31 



CHAPTER III. 

 A WAVE OP LIFE . . ... . . .59 



CHAPTEE IV. 



SOME CURIOUS ANIMAL WEAPONS ..... 6P 



CHAPTEE V. 

 FEAR IN BIRDS . -' 83 



CHAPTEE VI. 

 PARENTAL AND EARLY INSTINCTS 101 



CHAPTEE VII. 

 THE MEPHITIC SKUNK . , . . ,. .116 



CHAPTEE VIII. 

 MIMICRY AND WARNING COLOURS IN GRASSHOPPERS 124 



CHAPTEE IX. 



DRAGON-FLY STORMS . . . . .130 



