CONTENTS 



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 



