MI Illustrations 



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NUTS GNAWED BY SQUIRRELS ....... . 467 



Photo: Douglas English. 



THE LONG-EARED BAT . . . . . . . . 472 



THE LONQ-EARED BAT IN RESTING ATTITUDE ..... 472 

 Photo: Aberdeen University Museum. 



THE JERBOA ............ 473 



(From a Specimen.) 



THE MIDDAY HALT 478 



GREAT ANT-EATER ........... 478 



Photo: James's Press Agency. 



THE TAPIR OF SUMATRA (Tapir indicus) ...... 479 



Photos: by courtesy of Charles Hose. 



STAGS FIGHTING WITH THEIR FORE-FEET (Coloured Illustration) . 480 

 From a photograph by J. E. Russell, Dingwall. 



INDIAN ELEPHANT . . . . . . . . . . 484 



Photo: W. P. Danclo. 



THE GROWTH OF ANTLERS IN THE FALLOW DEER . . . . . 484 

 SCOTTISH RED DEER (Cervus claphus) ...... 485 



NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO OR PEBA ....... 485 



Photo: W. S. Berridge. 



EUROPEAN BADGER .......... 490 



Photo: W. S. Berridgt. 



THE HEDGEHOG ........... 490 



Photo: Aberdeen University Museum. 



SKINNED HEDGEHOG .......... 491 



THE DORMOUSE ........... 491 



Photo: Aberdeen University Museum. 



THE POLECAT AND ITS FAMILY . 491 



Photo: From Royal Scottish Museum. 



THE OTTER (Lutra vulgaris) ........ 496 



Photo: Riley Fortune, Harrogate. 



VIXEN AND HER PLAYFUL CUBS ........ 496 



Photo: From Royal Scottisli Museum. 



