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And the World of Nature. 
CONTENTS, FHBRUARY, 1904. 
ConourED PrathE: STOCK-DOVE (COLUMBA ANAS). PAGE 
From an Original Painting by The Hon. Alice Foljambe. 
1. SOME INSTANCES OF COLOUR-PROTECTION IN BIRDS’ EGGS - - - - - By C. H. Topham 237 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
2. NOTES AND COMMENTS - - = = = 2 2 = 2 © © S 5 A 2 = - 941 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
3. THE STORY OF A TAME LEOPARD - - - - - - - - - - By Mary F. A. Tench 246 
Illustrated with Photographs. : 
4, ZOO NOTES - - - - - - - - Illustrated with Photographs by W. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 248 
5. ANIMAL DENTITION—III. FISHES, Parr I. - - - - - - - © - By R. Lydekker 253 
: Illustrated with Drawings. 
6. ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE? - - - - - - - = - By Captain Cayley Webster, F.Z.8. 260 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
7. UNCOMMON PETS.—XIII. THE PUMA, CHEEHTAH, AND THE SMALLER FOREIGN CATS, 
Illustrated with Photographs. By P. Wellington Farmborough, E.Z.S., F.E.S., &c. 263 
8. A NATURALIST’S NOTES FROM THE BUSH—II. MORE ABOUT THE WOMBAT, By Cyril Grant Lane 266 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
67 Illustrations direct from Photographs. 
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