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I. GENERAL SURVEY, ... ... ... ... ••. 9 



II. THE PRAIRIES AND FORESTS OF NORTH AMERICA, ... 11 



III. THE PAMPAS OF SOUTH AMERICA; AND THE ANDES, ... 80 



IV. THE PLAINS OF EUROPE, ... ... ... ... 103 



V. THE ASIATIC PLAINS, ... ... ... ... ... lOS 



VI. THE ARABIAN PENINSULA; PALESTINE; AND SYRIA, ... 132 



VIL ANIMAL LIFE IN Wf:STERN EUROPE, ... ... ... 154 



VIII. ANIlfAL LIFE IN TEJIPERATE SEAS, ... ... ... 227 



