CONTENTS 
CHAPTER T. 
The Desert Pampas 
OHAPTEE II. 
The Puma, or Lion of America . 
CHAPTER III. 
A Wave op Life .... 
CHAPTER IV. 
Some Curious Animal Weapons . 
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CHAPTER V. 
Eear in Birds 
CHAPTER VI. 
Parental and Early Instincts . . . . 
CHAPTER VIE 
The Mephitic Skunk . . c . . 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Mimicry and Warning Colours in Grasshoppers 
CHAPTER IX. 
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Dragon-fly Storms 
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