PREFACE 



IN the following pages it has been the aim of the 

 author to bring before the reader's notice the 

 curious habits, varied dispositions, and peculiar 

 characteristics of different types of animal life. 

 With that end in view, he has surveyed the members 

 of the Animal Kingdom from numerous aspects, 

 and incorporated under various chapter headings 

 a number of facts bearing upon the lives and ways 

 of beasts, birds, reptiles, fish and insects. The 

 service of the camera has been enlisted to bring 

 more clearly before the eyes of the reader some of 

 the marvels of the animal world which have been 

 briefly referred to in the letterpress, and it is hoped 

 that the photographs will prove of interest. 



W. S. B. 



