ILLUSTRATIONS 



LIST OF PLATES 



Young Mallard shielded from the Rain beneath their 



Mothers' Wings ..... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Chamois and Young ....... io 



Black-striped Wallaby and Young — Koala and Young 12 

 American Woolly Opossum and Young — Indian Wild 



Sow and Young 14 



NocTULE Bat and Young — Cobego and Young 

 A Young African Elephant and a Zebra Foal 

 ZoRiLLA and Young — Pacas or Spotted Cavies 

 Young American Tapir — ^Adult American Tapir . 

 Young Malayan Tapir — ^Adult Malayan Tapir , 

 Young Axis or Indian Spotted Deer . 

 Lioness and Cub showing Spots .... 



Young Himalayan Musk-deer — Harnessed Antelope 

 Teeth of the Duck-billed Platypus 

 White-tailed Gnu and Calf .... 



Antlers of Red-Deer ...... 



Newly-born Indian Elephant .... 



Mammoths 



An Infant supporting its own Weight — ^An Infant 



showing Hairy Covering — ^An Infant sitting . , 52 



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