CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[How the Globe Was Stocked with Life]9
II.[The Sea a Vast Aquarium]16
III.[A Chapter of Foundations]25
IV.[The Humblest of Animals—Sponges]30
V.[Flowers of the Sea]33
VI.[Uninvited Guests]44
VII.[Dwellers Between Tide Marks]46
VIII.[Builders of the Pearly Shells]57
IX.[Builders of the Pearly Shells—Continued]64
X.[Animals with Jointed Frames]81
XI.[From Butterflies to Beetles and Bees]99
XII.[At the Doorway of the "Upper Classes"]127
XIII.[Fishes—The Aristocracy of the Waters]132
XIV.[Sharks—The Tigers of the Sea]142
XV.[The Fearful Devilfish and Other Rays]148
XVI.[Bony Fishes—Teleostomi]151
XVII.[Modern Fishes—Teleostei]154
XVIII.[Amphibians—A Connecting Link]167
XIX.[Amphibians—Continued]174
XX.[Reptiles—Monarchs of the Mesozoic World]182
XXI.[Serpents, Good and Bad]211
XXII.[Birds—Kings of the Air]239
XXIII.[Some Notable Water Birds]250
XXIV.[Vultures, Falcons, and Game Birds]260
XXV.[From Gulls to Kingfishers]264
XXVI.[Passerine Birds]268
XXVII.[The Beasts of the Field—Some Primitive Types]270
XXVIII.[The Gnawers]285
XXIX.[Mammals of the Sea]297
XXX.[The World's Herds and Flocks]300
XXXI.[The World's Herds and Flocks—Continued]313
XXXII.[Some Supremely Useful Animals]324
XXXIII.[Beasts of Prey—The Carnivora]332
XXXIV.[Beasts of Prey—Continued]354
XXXV.[Insectivora—Hedgehogs, Moles, and Shrews]366
XXXVI.[The Bats—Wing-Handed Mammals]369
XXXVII.[Man's Humble Cousins]373

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Giraffes, in Their Native African Haunts]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Starfish and Other Typical Life in a Tide Pool]48
[Coral Formations of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia]49
[Caterpillar Beginning to Weave Its Cocoon]118
[Moth and Eggs]119
[Caterpillar Protected by Form and Color Resembling the Twigs of a Tree]148
[Sea Horse Protected by Form and Color Resembling the Marine Plants Among Which It Lives]148
[Gila Monster, Feared, Though Its Bite Is Not Always Deadly to Man]149
[Iguana, a Remarkable Lizard of the New World]149
[Pelican, Notable for Its Throat Pouch]248
[Peacock with Brilliant Tail Spread]249
[Sacred Pheasant]249
[Opossum Mother and Young]272
[Anteater, Which Lives on Insects Caught in the Sticky Saliva on Its Long Tongue]273
[Sloth, an Animal Which Keeps to Trees and Is Almost Helpless on the Ground]273
[Wart Hog, One of the Ugliest Animals to See]304
[Malay Tapir, Related to the Pig and the Rhinoceros]304
[Markhor, an Asiatic Wild Goat]305
[Mountain Sheep or Bighorn of the Rocky Mountains]305
[The Kudu, or Striped Antelope, of Africa]312
[Head of the Greater Sable Antelope]312
[Head of Alaskan Moose]312
[Axis, or Spotted Deer of the East Indies]313
[American Deer with Horns in Velvet]313
[Wolves, in Western North America]336
[Bear in a Rocky Mountain Forest]337
[Bat, with Young Bat in Each Pouch]352
[Black Spider Monkey]353
[Ruffed Lemur, Attractive by Its Coloring]353
[Mandrill, Mouth Open to Snarl]368
[Gorilla, Somewhat Thoughtful]368
[Chimpanzees, Imitating Some of the Ways of Man]369