TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory remarks 2 



Section A.— ENUMERATION OF ANIMALS BENEFICIAL OR INJURIOUS 



TO MAN. 



I. Mammals 5 



1. Ferae, (carnivores) 5 



Fissipedia, (land carnivores) , 6 



Pinnipedia, (seals, &c.) 6 



2. Ungulata, (hoofed animals) 6 



3. Proboscidea, (elephants, &c.) 7 



4. Sirenia, (sea-cows, &c.) 7 



5. Cete, (whales) , 7 



Denticete, (sperm whales and dolphins) 7 



Mysticete, (baleen whales) 7 



G. Chiroptera, (bats) 7 



7. Insectivora, (moles, &c.) 8 



8. Glires, (gnawers) 8 



9. Brnta, (edentates) 8 



10. Marsupialia, (marsupiates) 8 



II. Birds 9 



11. Passeres, (passerines) 9 



12. Picarise, (woodpeckers) 9 



13. Cuculi, (cuckoos) 9 



14. Psittaci, (parrots) 9 



15. Raptores, (birds of prey) 9 



16. ColumbsB, (pigeons) 10 



17. Gallinae, (gallinaceous birds, in part) 10 



18. LimicolsB, (plovers) 1 10 



19. Herodioues, (herons) 10 



20. Alectorides, (cranes) 11 



21. Lamellirostres, (flamingoes and anserine birds) 11 



22. Stegauopodes, (cormorants) 11 



23. Longipennes, (gulls) 11 



24. Pygopodes, (grebes and auks) 11 



25. Sphenisci, (penguins) 11 



III. Reptiles 12 



26. Crocodilia, (crocodiles) " 12 



VII 



