BY
CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER
FELLOW OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ETC.; AUTHOR OF “ELEMENTS
OF ZOOLOGY,” “MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1902
Copyright, 1886, 1888, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.
Press of Berwick & Smith,
Boston, U.S.A.
TO
MY MOTHER
This Volume
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.