VOL. I. 



CONTENTS, 



Introduction . . , , 



BOOK I. MAMMALS. 

 I. Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs 

 II. The Cat Tribe .... 



III. The Fossa, Civets, and Ichneumons 



IV. The IIy.enas and Aard-wolf 



Y. The Dog Family .... 



VI. The Bears 



VII. The Smaller Oarnivora 

 VIII. Marine Carnivora : The Seals, Sea- 

 lions, and Walrus 

 IX. The Eodents, or Gnawing Animals 

 X. The Bats and Insect-eating 

 IMammals ..... 



XI. The Elephant, Tapir, Hyrax, and 

 Rhinoceros ..... 



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The IIor.se Tribe . .189 



The Hollow-horned Rujiinants : 

 Oxen, Bison, Buffaloes, and 

 Musk-ox 207 



The Sheep and Goats . . 221 



The Antelopes . . . .239 



The Giraffe and Okapi . . 264 



The Deer Tribe . . .271 



The Camel Tribe and the 

 Chevrotains . . .302 



The Pig and Hippopotamus . 310 



The Dugong, Manatees, Whales, 

 Porpoises, and Dolphins . . 327 



The Sloths, Ant-eatkrs, and 

 Armadillos .... 336 



IMarsupials and ]\Ionotremes . 344 



COLOURED PLATES. 



Ocelot from Central America 

 The largebt Gorilla ever captured 

 African Lion and Lioness 

 Wolf from Central Europe . 

 Himalayan Black Bear 

 Raccoon 

 Chapman's Zebras 



Facing i)age 193 



225 



. .. ., 257 

 . .. „ 289 

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 353 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



Pekin Deer in summer dress 



Negro Boy and Apes 



Skeletons of Man and Gorilla 



Sea-swallows 



African Leojiard 



Bast African GiiafTe . 



Flying-fox . 



Dolpliins . 



A Happy Family 



Elephants . 



Giant Tortoise . 



A group of Crocodilians . 



Somali Zebras . 



Sun-fish .... 



A yonng Chimpanzee (Anger, 



Pleasure, Fear) , 

 Arabian Baboon 

 '•Jenny," tlie well-known 



Chimpanzee at the Zoo 

 A young Cbijii])anze6 

 Head of male Gorilla 

 A male Gorilla . 

 Young Orang-ntana . 

 Baby Orang-utans at play 

 Two baby Orang-utans. The 



tug-of-war . 

 White-tianded Gibbon 

 Hulock Gibbon . 

 Head of Proboscis Jlonkey 

 Cross-bearing Langur and youn 

 Male Himalayan Langur . 

 Gelada Baboons at home . 

 Mantled Guereza 

 Diana Monkey , 

 Barbary Ape 

 Rhesub Monkey 

 Rhesus Monkey and Sooty 



Mangjibey . 

 Grey-cheeked Mangabey . 

 Chinese Macaque 

 Grivet Monkey . 

 Bonnet Monkey and Arabian 



Baboon 

 Rhesus Monkeys 

 Orange Snub-nosed Monkey 

 Pig-tailed Monkey 



A young male Ch.icma Babo 

 Head of male Mandrill 

 Brown Capuchin 



Drill 



Red Howler Monkey 

 A Spider Monkey 

 PatiLs Monkey . 

 Wanderoo Monkey . 

 Common Squirrel Monkey 

 Black-eaied Marnmset 

 ll\imbuldfs WocUy JMonkey 

 Pig-tailed Monkey catching 

 Ringed-tailed Lemur 

 A Dwarf Lemur 

 Black Lemur 

 Coquerel's Lemur 

 Rutted Lemur . 

 Garnett's Galago 

 Maholi Galago . 

 Slender Loria . 

 Slow Loris. 

 'J'arsier 



Head of Aye-aye 

 African Lion 

 An Unwilling Pupil. 

 Lioness aroused 

 Algerian Lioness 

 A Foster-mother 

 A performing Lion 

 Lioness and Cub 

 A young Lioness 

 A Happy Family 

 A cross between Lion and Tig 

 A hungry Lion . 

 Lioness and Tiger 

 Tigress 

 Tiger Cub . 

 A Royal Tiger . 

 A Tiger before sleeping . 

 A half-gi'own Tiger Cub . 

 Tigers in Italy . 

 A Leopard-puma Hybrid . 

 Leojiarda . 

 A young Leopard 

 Snow-leopard, or Ounce 

 I Cheeta 



