LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FLOWER VISITED BY A HUMMING BIRD 

 SNOWDON ..... 



UCHENS ON A ROCK .... 

 DELTA AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA 

 MANGROVE SWAMP .... 

 THE GREAT ANT-BEAR ... 



BARREL CACTUS AND DESERT VEGETATION IN UTAH 

 DATE PALM ON THE EDGE OF THE bESERT 

 SUNDEWS, PITCHER PLANT, AND VENUS'S FLYTRAP 

 RAFFLESIA ARNOLDI ..... 

 WELCOME GUESTS ..... 



WINGED AND FEATHERED SEEDS ... 

 SEYAL ACACIA AND SPINES .... 

 ASH STEM BORED BY LARV^ OF A BEETLE 

 NUTHATCH FEEDING HER YOUNG 



PAGS 



Frontispiece 

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- 88 



- 98 



- 114 



- ISO 



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- 216 



- 256 



- 306 



- 310 

 320 



LONG-EARED OWL BRINGING FIELD-MICE TO HER YOUNG- 334 



