ILLUSTKATIONS. 



Plate I. The Otter, Lutra vulgaris ... To face page 1 



,, II. The Weasel, Mustela vulgaris . . ,, 417 



„ III. Attitudes of Little Bittern in captivity . „ 455 



,, IV. The Harvest Mouse, Mus messorius . „ 454 



Variations in Snout of Smooth Snake, Coronella austriaca, page 13 



Head of Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger .... 32 



Head of Water-buck, Coleus ellipsiprymnus .... 33 



Hermit Ceab in Shell of Whelk encrusted with Barnacles . 72 



The Marten, Maries sylvatica 73 



Proctotrypes, Latreille 77 



Figures of Alca impennis, from Seller's ' English Pilot ' . . 143 



Beak of the Scoter, (Edemia nigra 293 



Big Game on the Siringeti Plains 348 



South African Antelopes 350 



Bison Heads from Lithuania 353 



Hen Capercaillie assuming Male Plumage .... 356 



Supposed Hybrid between Ptarmigan and Grouse . . . 357 



