CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE DESERT PAMPAS ....... 1
CHAPTER II. CUB PUMA, OR LION OF AMERICA 31
CHAPTER III. WAVE OF LIFE ........ 59
CHAPTER IV. SOME CURIOUS ANIMAL WEAPONS ..... 69
CHAPTER V. FEAR IN BIRDS ........ 83
CHAPTER VI. PARENTAL AND EARLY INSTINCTS ..... 101
CHAPTER VII. THE MEPHITIC SKUNK . 116
CHAPTER VIII. MIMICRY AND WARNING COLOURS IN GRASSHOPPERS . 124
CHAPTER IX. DRAGON-FLY STORMS ....... 130
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CHAPTER X. MOSQUITOES AND PARASITE PROBLEMS .... 135
CHAPTER XI. HUMBLE-BEES AND OTHER MATTERS . . . .154
CHAPTER XII. A NOBLE WASP . ,. . . . . . . . 162
CHAPTER XIII. NATURE'S NIGHT-LIGHTS ....... 168
CHAPTER XIV. FACTS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT SPIDERS . 178
CHAPTER XV. THE DEATH-FEIGNING INSTINCT . . . 200
CHAPTER XVI. HUMMING-BIRDS . . . . . . , . . 205
CHAPTER XVII. THE CRESTED SCREAMER . . . . . . . . 221
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WOODHEWER FAMILY 235
CHAPTER XIX. MUSIC AND DANCING IN NATURE ..... 261
CHAPTER XX. BIOGRAPHY OF THE VIZCACHA ...... 289
CHAPTER XXI. THE DYING HUANACO ....... 314
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CHAPTER XXII. THE STRANGE INSTINCTS OF CATTLE ... 329
CHAPTER XXIII. HORSE AND MAN ........ 348
CHAPTER XXIV. SEEN AND LOST ..,,. 363
APPENDIX ...... 384
INDEX ........- 391