CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 



CHAPTER 1 

 ANIMAL LIFE 



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INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS ....... i 



CHAPTER II 



MAMMALS 



BEASTS OF THE FIELD . 18 



CHAPTER III 



SOME COMMON ANIMALS CATS AND DOGS . . . . -25 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE RODENTS OR "GNAWING" ANIMALS . . . . .28 



CHAPTER V 

 HOOFED ANIMALS HORSES, OXEN, AND SWINE . . . 32 



CHAPTER VI 

 SOME REMARKABLE TYPES, AND WHAT THEY TEACH . . , -43 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE CLOTHING OF MAMMALS ....... 55 



CHAPTER VIII 

 LIVERIES AND THEIR MEANING: THE COLORATION OF ADULT MAMMALS . 59 



CHAPTER IX 

 LIVERIES AND THEIR MEANING: THE COLORATION OF YOUNG MAMMALS . 65 



CHAPTER X 

 BIRDS 



THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF BIRDS, AND A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THEIR 



STRUCTURE ......... 68 



CHAPTER XI 

 SOME COMMON BRITISH BIRDS SEASONAL CHANGES OF PLUMAGE . 79 



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