CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE, . . . . . . . . . . vii 



INTRODUCTION, ........ xv 



PART I. Spotted and Striped Mammals (Horses excepted), . . i 



II. Dappled and Striped Horses, and some other Mammals, . 57 



ill. Meaning of the Jaguar and Leopard Rosettes, and of the 



markings of other Mammals, . . . . 99 



iv. Further evidence in support of the theory that existing Mam- 

 mals descended from carapaced ancestors, . . 135 



V. Researches and discussions to connect, more surely, Armour- 

 plating with Skin-picturing, . . . .153 



VI. Probable meaning of some interesting features in Horses and 



other animals, ...... 165 



vii. Is Natural Selection the sole factor in the Coloration of 



Mammals ?...... 189 



viii. Probable cause of the loss of the Calcareous Armour in 



Mammals, ...... 199 



ix. Relationship between the Armadillo, the Rhinoceros, the 



Horse, the Giraffe, and the Zebu, . . . 213 



