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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



room as is a dictionary or year- 

 book, since by . its aid all reading 

 may be illuminated, and perchance 

 corrected, and the whole view of 

 nature enlightened and enlarged. 



ERNEST INGERSOLL. 



SOMALI ZEBRAS 



This is a photograph of a group of zebras taken in Africa, and gives some idea of 

 the surrounding country, ivhere they live in happy freedom 



The special thanks of the Editor and 

 Publishers are due to a great many 

 naturalists and zoologists for the valuable 

 help they have given to, and the interest 

 they have taken in, this work while it has 

 been in preparation. No doubt, before the 

 complete work is published, a great many 

 more names will be added to the list, but 

 meanwhile grateful acknowledgment should 

 be made to the following : Her Grace the 

 Duchess of Bedford, who has kindly allowed 

 many of her fine photographs to be repro- 

 duced in these pages ; the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild, M. P., for the splendid collec- 

 tion of photographs taken especially for him 

 in all parts of the world ; Lord Delamere, 

 for several unique photographs taken with 

 a telephoto lens during his celebrated ex- 

 pedition to Africa; Major A T ott, F. Z. S., 

 for the use of his scientific series of animal 

 photographs; Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of Washington, for many photographs of fish and other animals in their 

 natural surroundings ; Mr. W. Saville-Kerit, F. Z. S., F. L. S., for the photographs taken by him while 

 in Australia; Mr. Lewis Medland, F. Z. S., for the use of his singularly complete set of animal photographs ; 

 Herr Carl Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, for permission 

 /(? use his photographs of some extremely rare speci- 

 mens of animals which from time to time have Jound 

 a temporary home at Jus wonderful Thierpark; 

 the Trustees of the British Museum, for permission 

 to photograph some of their animals ; Professor 

 E. Ray Lankester, Director of the Natural History 

 Branch of the British Museum; and the Zoological 

 Society, for permission to photograph some of the 

 animals. And also to I I err Ottomar Anschiitz, 

 of Berlin; Messrs. Bond &* Grover, of the Scho- 

 lastic Photographic Co. ; Signor Alinari, of Florence ; 

 Messrs. Kerry &* Co. and Mr. Henry King, of 

 Sydney; Mr. Charles Knight; Mr. J. W. 

 McLellan; Messrs. Charles and William Reid; 

 Messrs. A. S. Rudland Or* Sons; and Messrs. SUN-FISH 



York & Sons, for permission to reproduce their ^ fhotograpk was taken through the mater by Dr . R . w , S h u feidt t 

 photographs. -who has made a speciality of this kind of photography 



by Dr. R. W. SchufiMt'} 



[Washington 



