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NOTE.1
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS1
ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISHES1
A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY2
LIFE GROWTH;—­FROGS7
THE MAN-LIKE APES9
SOME STRANGE NURSERIES25
HOW ANIMALS SPEND THE WINTER36
BIRDS’ NESTS45
BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE61
THE SCISSOR BEAK72
THE CONDOR73
THE UMBRELLA BIRD76
HUMMING BIRDS77
THE FOUNDATIONS OF A WONDERFUL CITY78
WASPS86
A WASP AND ITS PREY88
LEAF-CUTTING ANTS93
SOME WONDERFUL SPIDERS96
WHAT I SAW IN AN ANT’S NEST97
THE WILD LLAMA112
BATS113
HOW SNAKES EAT128
WHAT WORMS DO130
TWO FOPS AMONG THE FISHES140
I.—­THE RAINBOW DARTER.140
II.—­THE LONG-EARED SUNFISH.142
SEA-SLUGS AND CUTTLE-FISH144
THE COW-FISH145
OLD RATTLER AND THE KING SNAKE[8]145
THE STORY OF A STRANGE LAND148
THE COLORS OF ANIMALS154
PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES IN SPIDERS168
THE BATH OF THE BIRDS182
THE LOON186
THE DARTMOOR PONIES, OR THE WANDERINGS OF THE HORSE TRIBE189
NOTES195
NATURAL HISTORY197
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