The Animal World, A Book of Natural History / Young Folks' Treasury (Volume V)

by Theodore Wood

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction		[xi]
CHAPTER
I	Apes and Gibbons	[1]
II	Baboons	[7]
III	The American Monkeys and the Lemurs	[16]
IV	The Bats	[26]
V	The Insect-Eaters	[33]
VI	The Larger Cats	[47]
VII	The Smaller Cats	[60]
VIII	The Civets, the Aard-Wolf, and the Hyenas	[68]
IX	The Dog Tribe	[78]
X	The Weasel Tribe	[91]
XI	The Bear Tribe	[102]
XII	The Seal Tribe	[113]
XIII	The Whale Tribe	[121]
XIV	The Rodent Animals	[136]
XV	The Wild Oxen	[157]
XVI	Giraffes, Deer, Camels, Zebras, Asses, and Horses	[179]
XVII	The Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Hippopotamuses, and Wild Swine	[201]
XVIII	Edentates, or Toothless Mammals	[212]
XIX	The Marsupials	[218]
XX	Birds of Prey	[232]
XXI	Cuckoos, Nightjars, Humming-Birds, Woodpeckers, and Toucans	[243]
XXII	Crows, Birds of Paradise, and Finches	[254]
XXIII	Wagtails, Shrikes, Thrushes, etc.	[263]
XXIV	Parrots, Pigeons, Pea-Fowl, Pheasants, etc.	[273]
XXV	Ostriches, Herons, Cranes, Ibises, etc.	[281]
XXVI	Swimming Birds	[291]
XXVII	Tortoises, Turtles, and Lizards	[299]
XXVIII	Snakes	[311]
XXIX	Amphibians	[321]
XXX	Fresh-water Fishes	[326]
XXXI	Salt-water Fishes	[337]
XXXII	Insects	[354]
XXXIII	Insects (continued)	[369]
XXXIV	Spiders and Scorpions	[387]
XXXV	Crustaceans	[397]
XXXVI	Sea-Urchins, Starfishes, and Sea-Cucumbers	[409]
XXXVII	Mollusks	[414]
XXXVIII	Annelids and Cœlenterates	[427]
	Walks with a Naturalist	[437]
	Nature-study at the Seaside	[457]
	Our Wicked Waste of Life	[487]
	Index	[497]

(Much of the material in this volume is published by permission of E. P.
Dutton & Company, New York City, owners of American rights.)

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