LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



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 PoRTEAiT OF ALFRED Edmund Beehm, .... Frontispiece. 



1. Scene on the Sogne Fjord, Norway, ...... 35 



2. Colony of Eider-ducks, ......... i4 



3. The Bird-bergs of Lapland, ....... 61 



4. Eazor-bills, - 61 



5. The High Tundra in Northern Siberia, _- -65 



6. Peregrine Falcons and Lemmings, .... . 70 



7. The White or Arctic Fox {Ocmis lagopus), ....... 73 



8. The Reindeer {Tarandus rangifer), - - - - - - - 76 



9. Skuas, Phalathrope, and Golden Plovers, 80 



10. View in the Asiatic Steppes, - - 89 



11. A Salt Marsh in the Steppes, - - - - - 90 



12. A Herd of Horses during a Snowstorm on the Asiatic Steppes, - . - 94 



13. Lake Scene and Waterfowl in an Asiatic Steppe, ---... 99 



14. The Soualik {SpermophUus citillus), - - ..... 108 



15. '[he Jerboa, {Alactagajacidus), - ..... . 108 



16. Arohar Sheep or Argali {Ovis Argali), ........ HI 



17. Pallas's Sand-grouse (SyrrAopJes poraeiosctts), - ..... 113 



18. The Kulan (^2««s AemiomMs), ........ 118 



19. Reindeer Flocking to Drink, 133 



20. Elk and Black-cock in a Siberian Forest, ...... 137 



21. The Maral Stag, - 145 



22. The Elk Hunter— A Successful Shot, 148 



23. A Siberian Method of Wolf-shooting, 153 



24. Sable and Hazel-grouse in a Siberian Forest, - .... 159 



25. The Bed of an Intermittent River, Central Africa, 175 



26. Hills of African Termites, or White Ants, 179 



27. Secretary-bird and Aspis, - - - 184 



28. On an Ostrich Farm in South Africa, 190 



29. Hysena-dogs pursuing Antelope, - . - 196 



30. Zebras, Quaggas, and Ostriches flying before a Steppe Fire, .... 199 



31. The Baobab Tree, Central Africa, - - - - 211 



32. Long-tailed Monkeys, 222 



33. Salt's Antelope- (^TCtitope SaZtiana), - - .... 224 



34. Crocodile and Crocodile-birds {Pluxicmus mgyptius), ..... 228 



35. A Wild Duck defending her Brood from a Brown Rat, ..... 236 



36. A Herd of American Bison or Buffalo, - .... 243 



37. Wild Horses crossing a River during a Storm, - - - 246 



