COLORED PLATES AND HALF-TONES 



Bighorn or Mountain Sheep (Ovis cervina) . . Frontispiece 



FACING FACE 



Possum Hiding in Palmetto, where he has been chased by 



a dog (Didelphis virginiana) . . . . ,..-,-. 4 



A Scared 'Possum . " . . . . . . . 6 



'Possum Climbing . ' . . . . ... ... . 8 



'Possum Looking Out of Nest . ... . . 8 



A New Jersey 'Possum (Didelphis virginiana) . . . 8 



A Florida 'Possum .... . . .^ . . . . . 10 



Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Showing Young at the 



Mouth of the Pouch . . . . . . . 10 



Six-banded Armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus) . . . . * 12 



Manatees Under Water (Trichechus latirostris) . > . 26 



Collared Peccary (Tayassu tayassu) . . : ; v . 30 



Bull Elk or Stag (Cervus canadensis) .- .' . . . 32 



An Elk (Cervus canadensis) Getting His Antlers .- ' . 34 



The Rapid Growth of an Elk's Antlers . . . . 36 



Elk Stag and Herd (Cervus canadensis) . . . 38 



A Startled Doe; she hears a whistle across the creek . 40 



White-tail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) .... 40 



Virginia Deer in the Maine Woods at Night . . . 42 

 Deer, in Moose Co., Idaho . > . r . 44 



Western White-tail, or Virginia Deer (Odocoileus virgin- 



ianus macrourus) in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana 44 



A Young White-tail Buck (Odocoileus virginianus) . . 46 



A Bunch of Mule-deer Does (Odocoileus hemionus) . . 48 



Young Bull Moose (Alces americanus) .... 50 



A Pair of Bull Moose (Alces americanus) .... 52 



