PREFACE 



reasonable size and cost, I have had to content myself with little more than 

 a list of the species which have vanished ; this will be found at the end of 

 the second volume. 



In addition to the coloured Plates, which have been reproduced by the 

 Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., of Watford, a number of pen-and-ink sketches 

 have been included as tail-pieces to the letterpress. 



Until the late Professor Bell published his "British Quadrupeds," including 

 the Cetacea, in 1837, little was known of the life history of our wild 

 animals, and even then the knowledge of the Bats, Seals and Whales was 

 comparatively meagre ; though a great deal of new and reliable information 

 was supplied in the last edition of that work in 1874. 



Since then many notable books and treatises on the subject have been 

 written by various authorities, including among other names of repute those 

 of Sir William Flower, Mr. J. G. Millais, Major Barrett- Hamilton, Mr. 

 J. E. Harting, Mr. Oldfield Thomas, Richard Lydekker, Sir Harry Johnston, 

 R. F. Tomes, E. R. Alston, Dr. W. Eagle Clarke, Mr. T. A. Coward, 

 Mr. Lionel Adams, etc. 



A short description of the animals represented has been included, giving 

 the general distribution, colour, measurements, and some notes on the 

 habits of the various species, but for a full and scientific history of the 

 subjects, I would refer the reader to " The Mammals of Great Britain and 

 Ireland " by J. G. Millais, " A History of British Mammals " by the late 

 Major Barrett-Hamilton and Martin A. C. Hinton, and Bell's " British 

 Quadrupeds," 2nd edition, to which I owe much information. 



In arranging the classification of the different species, I have followed 



that of Mr. Millais, in his work already mentioned. 



A. T. 



Hascombe, 

 GoDALMiNG, June^ 1920. 



