LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



HEAD AND FORE-LIMBS OF THE AYE-AYE OF MADAGASCAR. Frontispiece 



From a Drawing by J. IVolf. 



EAST AFRICAN GIRAFFES IN COVERT. . . . To face page 16 



From a Photograph by Lord Delamere. 



ARCTIC FOXES MM 66 



From Photographs by the Scholastic Photographic Agency. 



AFRICAN ELEPHANTS .... . . . v ti ^o 



From a Photograph by Lord Delamere. 



MONKEY HAND-PRINTS ......,, ,, 146 



WHITE-TAILED GUEREZA . . " . . . . ,, 168 



MALE PROBOSCIS MONKEY . . , . . M I72 



ORANGE SNUB-NOSED MONKEY ^4 



AN AFRICAN SCALE-TAIL IN FLIGHT n 236 



THE WOOLLY FLYING-SQUIRREL OF ASTOR AND GILGIT ,, 23$ 



A COLONY OF BEAVERS 248 



A PEKING STAG WITH THE ANTLERS IN VELVET . 272 



Front a Photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. 



PERE DAVID'S MI-LOU DEER .... 274 



From a Photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. 



YOUNG BULL MusK-Ox WITH THE HORNS ABOUT 



HALF GROWN 290 



From a Photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. 



MALE AND FEMALE ANOA, OR DWARF BUFFALO . 304 



From a Photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. 



THE GIANT TORTOISE OF SOUTH ALDABRA ISLAND . 338 



From a Photograph by S. G. Payne, by permission of 

 the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



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