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PREFACE v 



INTRODUCTORY i 



INSECT-EATERS : MOLE, SHREWS, AND HEDGEHOG . . 9 



FLYING MAMMALS : BATS 30 



FLESH-EATERS: Fox, BADGER, OTTER, WEASELS, MARTENS, 



AND WILD CAT 52 



GNAWING ANIMALS: RABBIT, HARES, DORMOUSE, VOLES, 



MICE, RATS, AND SQUIRRELS 78 



HOOFED ANIMALS: RED DEER, FALLOW DEER, AND ROE 



DEER 124 



LIZARDS AND SLOW- WORM . . . . . . .136 



SNAKES 146 



AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS : FROGS, TOADS, AND NEWTS . .157 



CLASSIFIED INDEX TO ORDERS, GENERA, AND SPECIES . 179 



GENERAL INDEX . 181 



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