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CONTENTS, OCTOBER, 
Frontispirch: AN AFRICAN LION IN THE OPEN. 
From an Original Painting by T. F. Smith. 
1. THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE PUSS-MOTH - - 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
2. A NATURALIST’S NOTES FROM THE BUSH - - 
I.—TueE AustrRaLian Busu-Rat. 
Dlustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
3. ZOO NOTES - - - - - - - - - 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
4. A PASHA OF TWELVE TAILS - . - - - 
Tlustrated with Photographs. 
5. UNCOMMON PETS - - - : : - ° 2 
X.—CIVETS. 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
6. ANIMAL DENTITION - - 5 - o 5 C 
I.—MammMats. 
Tilustrated with Drawings. 
ta FOREWORD - - = = - 5 = oS o 
8. A DAY’S SNAKE-HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA - 
Tilustrated. 
9. NOTES AND COMMENTS - - - = 2 2 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
49 Drawings and 
of Nature. 
1908. 
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= - - - - By Fred Enock, F.L.S. 93 
= - - - - - By Cyril Grant Lane 98 
- - - - - By W. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 99 
> 9 By Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., M.B.0.U. 104 
By P. Wellington Farmborough, F.Z.8., F.E.S., etc. 106 
: - - : - - - By R. Lydekker 109 
- - - - - - - - - - - 118 
- -  - By Captain W. E. Tolfrey Christie 119 
2 3 = : 2 - = - - - - 121 
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