ILLUSTRATIONS 



LIST OF PLATES 



Young Mallard shielded from the Rain beneath their 



Mothers' Wings ..... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Chamois and Young lo 



Black-striped Wallaby and Young — Koala and Young 12 

 American Woolly Opossum and Young — Indian Wild 



Sow AND Young ....... 14 



Noctule Bat and Young — Cobego and Young . . 16 



A Young African Elephant and a Zebra Foal . . 22 



ZORILLA AND YoUNG PaCAS OR SpOTTED CaVIES . . 26 



Young American Tapir — ^Adult American Tapir . . 28 



Young Malayan Tapir — ^Adult Malayan Tapir . . 30 



Young Axis or Indian Spotted Deer .... 32 



Lioness and Cub showing Spots , . ... 34 



Young Himalayan Musk-deer — Harnessed Antelope . 38 



Teeth of the Duck-billed Platypus .... 44 



White-tailed Gnu and Calf 46 



Antlers of Red-Deer ....... 48 



Newly-born Indian Elephant 50 



Mammoths 50 



An Infant supporting its own Weight — ^An Infant 



showing Hairy Covering — An Infant sitting . . 52 



