CONTENTS. 



LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, ....... I 



THE MONKEY FAMILY, . . . . . .137 



THE DOG TRIBE, .... V ... 196 



THE FOX, , . . . . . , .211 



THE WEASEL, . . , . . . 226 



THE VAMPIRE, . . . . . . . 233 



THE BAT, - .' . . .* . . . 236 



TH*. BROWN OR GRAY RAT, . . . ' . . ,' ' 237 



ANECDOTE OF A COMBAT BETWIXT TWO HARES, . . . . 242 



THE FACULTY OF SCENT IN THE VULTURE, . . . , V V 243 



THE MEANS BY WHICH THE TURKEY-BUZZARD TRACES ITS FOOD, . 251 



THE VULTURE'S NOSE, ....... 261 



AERIAL ENCOUNTER OF THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE, . . . 263 



THE WINDHOVER, . . . . . . ./ . 266 



THE BARN OWL, AND THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS ON MAN, . . 270 



THE TAWNY OWL, . . .' . . . . 278 



THE CIVETTA, OR LITTLE ITALIAN OWL, ..... 282 



THE RAVEN, .... .... 285 



THE CARRION CROW, . ...... 2QO 



THE ROOK'S BILL, ...:.... 298 



THE ROOK, . ....... 305 



THE JACKDAW, ........ $12 



