THE AMERICAN 



NATURAL HISTORY 



A FOUNDATION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE OF 

 THE HIGHER ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA 



BY 



WILLIAM T. HORNADAY 



DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK; AUTHOR OF 

 "TWO YEARS IN THE JUNGLE," ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 227 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY BEARD, RUNGIUS, 

 SAWYER, AND OTHERS, 116 PHOTOGRAPHS, CHIEFLY BY SANBORN, 

 KELLER, AND UNDERWOOD, AND NUMEROUS CHARTS AND MAPS 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 

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