vi KATl'RAL HISTORY. 



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Appearance BARBARY DEER SUB ELAPHINE DEEK-THE JAPANESE, FORMOSAN, AND MANTCHURIAN DEER THE 

 FALLOW DEER Peculiarity of its Antlers -THE PERSIAN FALLOW DEER THE RUSINE DEER THE SAMBUR, OR 

 GEROW Habits Species of Java, Formosa, Sumatra, Borneo, Timor, Ternati, and the Philippines THE HOG 

 DEER THE Axis DEER PRINCE ALFRED'S DEER THE SWAMP DEER SCHOMBURGK'S DEER ELD'S DEER, OR THE 

 THAMTN Description Habits Hunting Shameful havoc . 46 



CHAPTER V. 



THE MUNTJACS THE KOEHl'CK CHINESE I)EEU REINDEER AMERICAN DEEll DEERLETS CAMEL TRIBE LLAMAS. 



THE MUNTJACS Distribution Characters THE INDIAN MUNTJAC, OR KIDANG -Hunting THE CHINESE MUNTJAC 

 Habits DAVID'S MUNTJAC "Shanyang" THE ROEBUCK THE CHINESE WATER DEER Peculiarity Chinese 

 Superstition regarding it THE CHINESE ELAPHURE Peculiarity of its Antlers THE REINDEER Distribution- 

 Character Colouration Antlers Canadian Breeds Food THE AMERICAN DEER THE VIRGINIAN DEER 

 THE MULE DEER THE BLACK-TAILED DEER THE GUAZUS THE BROCKETS THE VENADA, OR Punu DEER 

 THE CHEVROTAINS, OR DEERLETS Antlerless Their Position Bones of their Feet General Form and 

 Proportions Species THE MEMINNA, OR INDIAN DEERLET THE JAVAN DEERLET THE KANCHIL THE 

 STANLEYAN DEERLET THE WATER DEERLET THE CAMEL TRIBE Their Feet Stomach Its Peculiarity- 

 The Water Cells THE (TRUE) CAMEL Description The Pads of Hardened Skin Its Endurance Its Disposition 

 Anecdote of its Revengeful Nature THE BACTRIAN CAMEL THE LLAMAS Description Habits Used as 

 Beasts of Burden Wild and Domesticated Species THE HUANACO--THE LLAMA THE VICUNA THE ALPACA 

 The Alpaca Industry FOSSIL RUMINANTIA Strata in which they are found ChceropotamusHyopotamvs 

 Dichobune Xiphodon CainotheriumOreodon Sivatherium Fossil Deer, Oxen, Goats, Sheep, Camels, 

 Llamas, Antelopes, Giraffes The Irish Elk Its huge Antlers Its Skeleton Ally Distribution . . . .01 



ORDER RODENTIA 

 CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION THE SQUIRREL, MARMOT, ANOMALURE, HAPLODONT, ANT) BEAVER FAMILIES, 



Character of the Order A well-defined Group -Teeth Evidence Kinds and Number of Teeth The Incisors : their 

 Growth, Renewal, and Composition The Molars -The Gnawing Process Skeleton Brain Senses Body - 

 Insectivora and Rodentia Food of Rodents -Classification THE SIMPLE-TOOTHED RODENTS -Character- 

 istics THE SQUIRREL-LIKE RODENTS SCIURIDJS Distinctive Features THE COMMON SQUIRREL Form- 

 Distribution -Food Bad Qualities Habits THE GREY SQUIRREL THE Fox SQUIRREL Flying Squirrels 

 Their Parachute Membrane THE TAGUAN Appearance Habits Other Species THE POLATOUCHE THE 

 ASSAPAN The Genus Xerus THE GROUND SQUIRRELS THE COMMON CHIPMUNK THE MARMOTS Distinguishing 

 Features THE SPERMOPHILES THE GOPHER THE SISEL, OR SUSLIK THE BARKING SQUIRRELS THE PRAIRIE 

 DOG Description Species Habits Burrows Fellow-inmates in their " Villages" THE TRUE MARMOTS THE 

 BOBAC THE ALPINE MARMOT THE WOODCHUCK THE HOARY MARMOT, OR WHISTLER ANOMALURID./E 

 Tail Peculiarity Distinctive Features HAPLODONTID^E Description THE SEWELLEL CASTORID.E -THE 

 BEAVER Skeletal Peculiarities General Form Appearance Distribution The Beavers of the Old and New- 

 World Habits Wonderful Sagacity The Building Instinct Their Method of Working The various Stages 

 Their Lodges Their Dams Activity by Night -Flesh Hunted The Castoremn 81 



CHAPTER II. 



THE DORMOUSE, LOPHIOMYS, RAT, AND MOUSE FAMILIES. 



T.TE Mo*jsE-LTKE RODENTS MYOXID* Characteristics THE DORMOUSE -Description Habits Activity -Food - 

 Winter Condition THE LOIR -THE GARDEN DORMOUSE LOIMUOMYID.V. -How the Family came to be Founded - 

 THE LOPHIOMYS Milne-Edwards' Opinion Skull General Form Habits -M rum. K Number of Species 

 Characteristics Variety of Forms Distribution The Murine Sub-Family THE BROWN RAT History - 

 Fecundity and Ferocity Diet At the Horse Slaughter-houses of Montfaucon Shipwrecked on Islands Story 

 of their Killing a Man in a Coal-pit In the Sewers of Paris and London THE BLACK RAT THE EGYPTIAN 

 RAT THE COMMON MOUSE Habits Destructiveness Colours THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE Description 

 Food THE H VRVEST MOUSE Description Habits- In Winter Agility Their Nest THE BANDICOOT RAT 

 THS TREE RAT THE STRIPED MOUSE Allied Genera THE WHITE-FOOTED HAPALOTE The American Murines 

 THE WHITE-FOOTED, OR DEER MOUSE THE GOLDEN, OR RED MOUSE THE RICE-FIELD MOUSE THE AMERICAN 

 HARVEST MOUSE THE FLORIDA RAT Description Their Nest Food- -Mother and Young THE BUSHY-TAILED 

 WOOD RAT THE COTTON RAT THE RABBIT-LIKE REITHRODON THE HAMSTERS Characterises- Appearance 

 Distribution -Burrows Disposition Food Habits -THE TREE MICE THE BLACK-STREAKED TREE MICE 

 THE GERBILLES Characteristics Habits Other Genera THE WATER MICE -Characteristics Species THE 

 SMINTHUS THE VOLES -Characteristics THE WATER VOLE Appearance Distribution Food THE FIELD 

 VOLE- THE BANK VOLE THE SOUTHERN FIELD VOLE THE SNOW MOUSE THE ROOT VOLE THE MEADOW 

 MOUSE THE PINE MOUSE THE MUSQUASH, MUSK RAT, OR ONDATRA Distinguishing Features Habits His 

 House THE LEMMING Description Food Habits Disposition Their Extraordinary Migrations Other 

 Lemmings THE ZOKOR . id 



