LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLORED PLATES AND HALF-TONES 



Bighorn or Mountain Sheep (Ovis cervina) . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



'Possum Hiding in Palmetto, where he has been chased by 



a dog (Didelphis virginiana) ...... 8 



A Scared 'Possum 9 



'Possum Climbing 24 



'Possum Looking Out of Nest 24 



A New Jersey 'Possum (Didelpbis virginiana) ... 24 



A Florida 'Possum 25 



Opossum (DidelpMs virginiana} Showing Young at the 



Mouth of the Pouch 25 



Six-banded Armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus) .... 28 



Collared Peccary (Tayassu tayassu) 29 



Manatees Under Water (Trichechus latirostris) ... 32 



Bull Elk or Stag (Cervus canadensis) 36 



An Elk (Cervus canadensis) Getting His Antlers 37 



The Rapid Growth of an Elk's Antlers .... 40 



Elk Stag and Herd (Cervus canadensis) 41 



A Startled Doe; she hears a whistle across the creek . . 44 



White-tail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) .... 44 



Virginia Deer in the Maine Woods at Night .... 45 



Deer, in Moose Creek, Idaho 52 



Western White-tail, or Virginia Deer (Odocoileus virginianus 



macrourus) in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana . . 52 



A Young White-tail Buck (Odocoileus virginianus) ... 53 



A Bunch of Mule-deer Does (Odocoileus hemionus) ... 56 



Young Bull Moose (Alces americanus) 57 



A Pair of Bull Moose (Alces americanus) .... 60 



