CONTENTS. 



Intkodtjction — 



I. Subdivision of the Animal Kingdom ... ... 1 



II. Eeview of the Structure and Vital Phenomena of 



Animals ... ... ... ... ... 3-16 



First Sub-Kingdom: VERTEBKATA (Backboned Animals) 16-82 



CLASS I: Mammalia (Sucklers) 21-48 



Ordeb : Carnivora (Beasts of Prey) ... ■■• 24-30 



Family : Felidss (Oat Family) 24-25 



Family: Canidse (Dog Family) ... ... ... 25-26 



(Wolf, p. 25; Fox, p. 26.) 

 Family: MustelidsB (Weasel Family) ... .•• 26-30 



(Martens and Polecat, p. 26 ; Ferret, p. 27 ; Stoat and 

 Weasel, p. 28 ; Mink, Otter, and Badger, p. 29.) 

 Obder : Insectivora (Insect-eating Mammals) ... 30-33 



(Shrews, pp. 30, 31 ; Mole, pp. 31-33 ; Hedgehog, p. 33.) 

 Obder: Cheiroptera (Bats) ... ... .• ... 33-35 



Oreeb : Kodentia (Gnawing Mammals) ... ... 35-43 



Family : LeporidsB (Hares and Babbits) ... ... 36-38 



(Hare and Eabbit, p. 37.) 

 Family : MuridsB (Mouse Family) ... ... 38-41 



(Hamster, Black Eat, and Brown Eat, p. 39 ; Common 

 Mouse, Long-tailed Field Mouse, and Harvest 

 Mouse, p. 40 ; Corn Mouse, p. 41.) 

 Family : Arvicolidse (Vole Family) ... ... ... 41-43 



(Bank Vole and Water Vole, p. 42 ; Field Vole, pp. 

 42, 43 ; Southern Field Vole, p. 43.) 

 Order : Euminantia (Oud-chewing Mammals) ... 44-47 



Family : Cervid^ (Deer Family) ... ... ... 45-47 



(Eed Deer, p. 46 ; Eoebuck and Fallow Deer, p. 47.) 

 Order: Multungula or Paohydermata (Many-hoofed or 



Thick-skinned Mammals) ... ... ... 48 



(WUd Boar, p. 48.) 

 Obdeb : Solidungula (Single-hoofed Mammals) ... 48 



CLASS II: Ates (Birds) 49-74 



Obder : Eaptores (Birds of Prey) ... ... ... 53-55 



Order : Scansores (Climbing Birds) ... ... ... 55-56 



(Cuckoo, pp. 55, 56.) 

 Order : Passeres (Perching Birds) ... ... 57-65 



