Giraffes, in Their Native African Haunts | Frontispiece |
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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 |