PREFACE 
reasonable size and cost, I have had to content myself with little more than 
a list of the species which have vanished ; this will be found at the end of 
the second volume. 
In addition to the coloured Plates, which have been reproduced by the 
Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., of Watford, a number of pen-and-ink sketches 
have been included as tail-pieces to the letterpress. 
Until the late Professor Bell published his "British Quadrupeds," including 
the Cetacea, in 1837, little was known of the life history of our wild 
animals, and even then the knowledge of the Bats, Seals and Whales was 
comparatively meagre ; though a great deal of new and reliable information 
was supplied in the last edition of that work in 1874. 
Since then many notable books and treatises on the subject have been 
written by various authorities, including among other names of repute those 
of Sir William Flower, Mr. J. G. Millais, Major Barrett-Hamilton, Mr. 
J. E. Hatting, Mr. Oldfield Thomas, Richard Lydekker, Sir Harry Johnston, 
R. F. Tomes, E. R. Alston, Dr. W. Eagle Clarke, Mr. T. A. Coward, 
Mr. Lionel Adams, etc. 
A short description of the animals represented has been included, giving 
the general distribution, colour, measurements, and some notes on the 
habits of the various species, but for a fiill and scientific history of the 
subjects, I would refer the reader to " The Mammals of Great Britain and 
Ireland " by J. G. Millais, " A History of British Mammals " by the late 
Major Barrett-Hamilton and Martin A. C. Hinton, and Bell's " British 
Quadrupeds," 2nd edition, to which I owe much information. 
In arranging the classification of the different species, I have followed 
that of Mr. Millais, in his work already mentioned. 
A. T. 
Hascombe, 
GoDALMiNG, June, 1920. 
