CONTENTS 



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A DURBAR I 



THE RATS n 



THE MOSQUITO . .24 



THE LIZARDS 33 



THE ANTS 44 



THE CROWS 55 



THE BATS . . 64 



BEES, WASPS, ET HOC GENUS OMNE 75 



THE SPIDERS 85 



THE BUTTERFLY : HUNTING HIM 95 



THE BUTTERFLY : CONTEMPLATING HIM . . . .106 



THE FROGS 116 



THE BUGS 126 



THE BIRDS OF THE GARDEN 135 



THE BIRDS AT THE MANGO TOPE 147 



THE BIRDS AT THE TANK 158 



THE POULTRY- YARD 172 



THE WHITE ANTS 184 



THE HYPODERMATIKOSYRINGOPHOROI . . . .193 



ETCETERA 207 



