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A GRAY SQUIRREL Frontispiece 



Dr.awn by Hurley D. Nichols. 



SKULL OF A GRAY SQUIRREL 21 



HEAD OF A RED SQUIRREL 30 



A PUMA — KEMEYS'S STATUE . . .... 32 



From a retouched Photograph by Eldred S. Bates. 



ZUNI FETICHES OF THE PUMA 58 



AN OPOSSUM AND HER YOUNG 60 



THE GREAT ANT-EATER '65 



A HORSE-SHOE CRAB, USING ITS TAIL AS A LEVER . 7I 



THE JERBOA KANGAROO 75 



A SEA-HORSE ANCHORED BY ITS TAIL 78 



SPINY TAIL OF A SWIFT 79 



THE THRESHER SHARK 82 



ARMED TAIL OF THE STING-RAY 90 



A JERBOA, SHOWING TUFTED TAIL 94 



A FAMILY OF COYOTES 98 



THE AMERICAN BADGER . I18 



Drawn by Harley D. Nichols. 

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