CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



PREFATORY . I 



CHAPTER II 



MAMMALS IN GENERAL ; AND THE ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH MAMMALIA . 8 



CHAPTER III 



ORDER : CBTACE^. WHALES AND PORPOISES 17 



CHAPTER IV 



ORDER : INSBCTIVORA. INSECT- EATING MAMMA LS . . . 53 



CHAPTER V 



ORDER : CHEIROPTERA. THE BATS 76 



CHAPTER VI 



ORDER : CARNIVORA. THE FLESH-EATING PREDATORY MAMMALS . . II4 



CHAPTER VII 



CARNIVORA {continued), the weasel family 136 



CHAPTER VIII 



CARNIVORA {continued), civets, machairodonts, and cats . . . 165 



