CONTENTS 



PART I 



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ANIMALS EXTERMINATED DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY I 



THE COLORATION OF LARGE ANIMALS . , . 8. 



SPOTS AND STRIPES IN MAMMALS ... .27 



THE DOMESTICATION OF WILD ANIMALS . . 39 



THE ORIGIN OF SOME DOMESTICATED ANIMALS , ., ,.. . . 48 



HOW ARCTIC ANIMALS TURN WHITE . . 58 



A LAND OF SKELETONS ... .69 



SOME EXTINCT ARGENTINE MAMMALS . , .. . 80 



CELEBES : A PROBLEM IN DISTRIBUTION . . Io8 



A DROWNED CONTINENT . .II? 



DESERTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS . .12$ 



AFRICA AND ITS ANIMALS ... .135 



MONKEY HAND-PRINTS ... .145 



LIVING MILLSTONES 155 



PART II 



AN INVISIBLE MONKEY . . . 167 



SOME QUEER-NOSED MONKEYS . .171 



A REMARKABLE MAMMAL . . 179 



THE PEDIGREE OF THE CAT ; . . . l88 



THE PEDIGREE OF THE DOG , . -197 



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