CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 BURROWING MAMMALIA. 

 Introduction. — Man as a Burrower. — The Mole and its Dwel ,: ng. — Difficulty of 

 observing its Habits. — Complicated structure of its Fortress, and its Uses. — 

 Character of the Mole. — Adaptation of its Form to its mode of Life. — Common 

 Objects. — The Shrew Mole, Elephant Shrew, and Musk Rat. — The Arctic 

 Fox. — Structure of its Limbs. — Form of its Burrow. — Its Character, Fur, and 

 Flesh. — The common Fox. — Mode of Burrowing and economy of Labor. — The 

 young Family. — The Weasel, and some of its Habits. — The Badger and its 

 Burrow. — The Prairie Dog, or Wish-ton-Wish. — Dog-towns. — Unpleasant 

 Intruders. — The Rabbit, and the Warren. — Self-sacrifice. — Study of animal Life. 

 — The Chipping Squirrel. — Curious form of its Dwelling. — Its subterranean 

 Treasures. — The Woodchuck, the Pouched Rat, the Camas Rat, the Mole 

 Rat, and the Sand Mole. — The White Bear. — Its curious Dwelling. — Snow as 

 a Shelter. — The Pichiciago. — Its Form, Armor, and Burrow. — The Armadillos 

 and their Habits. — The Manis. — The Aard Vark, its Food and Dwelling. — 

 The Mallangong. — Its strange Habits and its Burrow. — The Porcupine Ant- 

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CHAPTER II. 



BURROWING BIRDS. ■ 

 The Sand Martin. — Mode of Burrowing and Shape of the Tunnel. — Enemies of the 

 Sand Martin. — Midges and Martins. — The Kingfisher and its Habits. — Its Bur- 

 row and peculiar Nest. — Number 8f the Eggs. — The Puffin a feathered Usurper. 

 — The Feroe Islands and the Puffins. — Pro aris et focis. — The Mutton Bird and 

 its Burrows. — Snakes and Birds. — The Jackdaw, Stockdove, and Sheldrake. 

 — Nest of the Sheldrake. — The Bee-eater and its Habits. — Its Burrow and Nest. 

 — The Stormy Petrel. — Its Mode of Nesting and shallow Tunnels — Mode of 

 feeding its Young. — Evil Odor of its Burrow. — The Woodpecker. — Its Uses and 

 misunderstood Character. — Method of Burrowing. — The Fungus and the Wood- 

 pecker. — American Woodpeckers. — The Wry-neck. — Its popular Names and Lo- 

 cality of its Nest. — The Starling. — Its social Character. — Locality of its Habita- 

 tion. — The Tree Creeper. — The Nut-hatch and the Hoopoe. — Curious Nest 

 of the Hoopoe. — The Cole-tit and its Habits. — A Cole-tit's Nest at Walton Hall. 

 — The Toucan. — The enormous Beak and its Uses. — Nest of the Toucan. — The 

 Swift. — Its Nest and Eggs. — Its curious Feet and their Structure 7-t 



CHAPTER III. 



BURROWING REPTILES. 

 The Reptiles and their Hibernation. — The Land Tortoise and its Winter Dwell- 

 ing. — The Crocodiles. — Snakes. — The Yellow Snake of Jamaica.— Its gen- 

 eral Habits. — Its burrowing powers discovered. — Presumed Method of removing 

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