LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PAOE 



PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OP RED DEER HORN 22 



RED DEER, EIGHT YEARS OLD 23 



MANTRAPS 25 



RABBIT WITH DEFORMED TEETH 26 



NODULE OF IVORY 27 



CAPTAIN SALVIN'S WILD BOAR 32 



OLD ENGLISH BLACK RAT 35 



RAT'S TAIL 36 



MOUSE CAUGHT BY AN OYSTER 40 



EGGS OF COMMON SNAKE 51 



VERTEBRAE OF SNAKE 53 



NEST OF THE STICKLEBACK 54 



SERRATED CLAW OF HERON 60 



BLACKBIRD'S NEST ORNAMENTED WITH LACE 71 



BABY HEDGEHOG 77 



NEST OF WREN BUILT BETWEEN TWO STOATS 82 



TAIL OF WOODPECKER 90 



FOOT OF WOODPECKER 91 



TONGUE OF WOODPECKER 91 



MUMMY MONKEY FOUND IN A TREE 104 



SECTION OF COW'S HORN 113 



DIGGING PAW OF THE MOLE 124 



SKIN OF VIPER 135 



POISON FANGS OF VIPER 13(5, 137 



RATTLE OF RATTLESNAKE 139 



