

THE AMERICAN 



NATURAL HISTORY 



A FOUNDATION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE OF 

 THE HIGHER ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA 



BY 



WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, Sc.B., 



DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 

 AUTHOR OF "TWO YEARS IN THE JUNGLE," "OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE," ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 225 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY BEARD, RUNGIUS, 

 SAWYER, AND OTHERS, 151 PHOTOGRAPHS, CHIEFLY BY SANBORN, 

 KELLER, AND UNDERWOOD, AND WITH NUMEROUS CHARTS AND MAPS 



WITH SIXTEEN PLATES IN COLOR 



FIRESIDE EDITION 



VOLUME IV — REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS AND FISHES 



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NEW YORK 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



1914 



