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Photo by the Duchess of Bedford] 





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PEKIN DEER IN SUMMER DRESS. 

 An ejrample of the white sputted type of coloration so common among herbivorous mamniaU. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE welcome accorded to 

 "The Living Races of 

 Mankind," of which the present 

 work is the natural extension, 

 would be a practical encourage- 

 ment, if such were needed, to 

 treat of the Living Eaces of 

 Animals in like fashion. But 

 the interest now taken in 

 Natural History is of a kind 

 and calibre never previously 

 known, and any work which 

 presents the wonders of the 

 Animal World in a new or 

 clearer form may make some 

 claim to the approval of the 

 public. The means at the 

 disposal of those responsible 

 for the following pages are, by 

 mere lapse of time, greater 

 than those of their predecessors. 

 Every year not only adds to 

 the stock of knowledge of the 

 denizens of earth and ocean, 

 but increases the facilities for 

 presenting their forms and 



By periiii^'iion oj Ik 



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NEGRO BOY AND APES. 



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An interesting picture of a Negro boy, with a young Chimpanzee (left side of figure) and 

 young Orang-utan (right side of figure). 



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