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Hedgehog preparing to attack Grass Snake.
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ANIMAL LIFE
OF THE
BRITISH ISLES
A POCKET GUIDE TO THE
MAMMALS, REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS
OF WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND
BY
EDWARD STEP, F.L.S.
AUTHOR OF
"WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND TREES"
"WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS," ETC., ETC.
WITH
111 PLATES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
INCLUDING 48 IN COLOUR
BY W. J. STOKOE
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD.
AND NEW YORK
1921
"The lusty life of wood and underwood,