respectively to quote from Miss Repplier's charming volume " The 

 Fireside Sphinx" and from Miss Winslow's "Concerning Cats." 

 Charles Scribner's Sons have granted a similar privilege regarding 

 Shaler's "Domesticated Animals." 



Mrs. Huntington Smith, president of the Animal Rescue League 

 of Boston, has kindly proffered the use of much material that she 

 has gathered from friends of the cat. 



Edward X. Coding, Esq., has read that portion of the manu- 

 script devoted to the cat in law, and has given valuable sugges- 

 tions. 



Mr. Alfred Ela has contributed the use of all his notes and 

 clippings relating to the subject. 



The line drawings are from the pen of Mr. Walt F. McMahon. 



The author has received very material aid from the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies and is indebted to many authors 

 and to a host of correspondents, much of whose material could 

 not possibly be utilized within the limits of this bulletin; never- 

 theless, it has been given due weight in arriving at conclusions. 



