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Start of eBook	1
NOTE.	1
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS	1
ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISHES	1
A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY	2
LIFE GROWTH;—FROGS	7
THE MAN-LIKE APES	9
SOME STRANGE NURSERIES	25
HOW ANIMALS SPEND THE WINTER	36
BIRDS’ NESTS	45
BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE	61
THE SCISSOR BEAK	72
THE CONDOR	73
THE UMBRELLA BIRD	76
HUMMING BIRDS	77
THE FOUNDATIONS OF A WONDERFUL CITY	78
WASPS	86
A WASP AND ITS PREY	88
LEAF-CUTTING ANTS	93
SOME WONDERFUL SPIDERS	96
WHAT I SAW IN AN ANT’S NEST	97
THE WILD LLAMA	112
BATS	113
HOW SNAKES EAT	128
WHAT WORMS DO	130
TWO FOPS AMONG THE FISHES	140
I.—THE RAINBOW DARTER.	140
II.—THE LONG-EARED SUNFISH.	142
SEA-SLUGS AND CUTTLE-FISH	144
THE COW-FISH	145
OLD RATTLER AND THE KING SNAKE[8]	145
THE STORY OF A STRANGE LAND	148
THE COLORS OF ANIMALS	154
PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES IN SPIDERS	168
THE BATH OF THE BIRDS	182
THE LOON	186
THE DARTMOOR PONIES, OR THE WANDERINGS OF THE HORSE TRIBE	189
NOTES	195
NATURAL HISTORY	197

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