LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOURED PLATES 



MAMMALS 



THE RED KANGAROO, ........ Frontispiece 



THE GREENLAND WHALE, ....... Facing page 8 



FLYING SQUIRREL, ........ ,,89 



HARVEST MOUSE, ........ ,,144 



CRESTED PORCUPINE, ....... .. 168 



THE TWO-TOED SLOTH, ........ ,,208 



BIRDS 



GLOSSY STARLINGS, ........ Facing page 349 



WEAVER-BIRDS, ......... 362 



DESERT FINCH AND DESERT LARK, ...... 380 



BUNTINGS, .......... ,,408 



WHEATEAR, STONECHAT, AND WHINCHAT, ..... 480 



DIPPER, PIED-WAGTAIL, AND YELLOW- WAGTAIL, .... 507 



PAGE PLATES 



MAMMALS 



HUMPBACK WHALES DISPORTING, ....... Page 15 



A COLONY OF BOBAC MARMOTS, .... . 85 



BEAVERS AT WORK, .......... 97 



PHILIPPINE RATS, ........... 121 



A SCENE IN SOUTH AMERICA WITH RHEAS AND PATAGONIAN CAVIES, . 183 



A HERD OF CARPINCHOS, ...... 187 



CAPE AARD-VARKS AT HOME, ......... 232 



BIRDS 



GROUP OF CROWS, ......... Page 307 



GROUP OF FINCHES, .....,... 376 



GROUP OF TITS, ............ 448 



GROUP OF THRUSHES, .......... 469 



GREAT BLACK WOODPECKERS EXPLORING, ....... 550 



