LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 PORTRAIT OF ALFRED EDMUND BREHM, .... Frontispiece. 



1. Scene on the Sogne Fjord, Norway, 35 



2. Colony of Eider-ducks, 44 



3. The Bird-bergs of Lapland, - 51 



4. Razor-bills, - 61 



5. The High Tundra in Northern Siberia, - 65 



6. Peregrine Falcons and Lemmings, 70 



7. The White or Arctic Fox (Canis layopus), 73 



8. The Reindeer (Tarandus ranyifer), 76 



9. Skuas, Phalathrope, and Golden Plovers, - - 80 



10. View in the Asiatic Steppes, 89 



11. A Salt Marsh in the Steppes, .... 90 



12. A Herd of Horses during a Snowstorm on the Asiatic Steppes, - - 94 



13. Lake Scene and Waterfowl in an Asiatic Steppe, 99 



14. The Souslik (Spermophilus citillus), 108 



15. The Jerboa (Alactaga jaculus), 108 



16. Archar Sheep or Argali (Ovis Argali), - - 111 



17. Pallas's Sand-grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), --- 113 



18. The Kulan (Equus hemwnus), - 118 



19. Reindeer Flocking to Drink, - 133 



20. Elk and Black-cock in a Siberian Forest, 137 



21. The Maral Stag, - - 145 



22. The Elk Hunter A Successful Shot, 148 



23. A Siberian Method of Wolf-shooting, - 153 



24. Sable and Hazel-grouse in a Siberian Forest, - - - - - 159 



25. The Bed of an Intermittent River, Central Africa, 175 



26. Hills of African Termites, or White Ants, 179 



27. Secretary-bird and Aspis, - - 184 



28. On an Ostrich Farm in South Africa, - - 190 



29. Hyaena-dogs pursuing Antelope, --------- 196 



30. Zebras, Quaggas, and Ostriches flying before a Steppe Fire, - 199 



31. The Baobab Tree, Central Africa, 211 



32. Long-tailed Monkeys, - - 222 



33. Salt's Antelope (Antilope tialtiana), - - - 224 



34. Crocodile and Crocodile-birds (Pluxianus uyyptius), 228 



35. A Wild Duck defending her Brood from a Brown Rat, - - - - - 236 



36. A Herd of American Bison or Buffalo, - 243 



37. Wild Horses crossing a River during a Storm, - - 246 



