CONTENTS

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Alfred H. Miles
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Science, 1
  • The Kingdoms of Nature, 1
  • Zoology, 2
  • Classification, 2
  • THE ANIMAL KINGDOM—Sub-Kingdom Vertebrata
  • Class I.—Mammalia
  • ORDER I—PRIMATES
  • Sub-Order I.—Man-Shaped Animals
  • The Ape Family, 3
  • The Gorilla, 4
  • The Ancestors of the Gorilla, 4
  • A Gorilla Hunt, 5
  • Du Chaillu's First Gorilla, 7
  • A Young Gorilla, 9
  • Gorilla Superstitions, 10
  • The Chimpanzee, 11
  • The Docility of the Chimpanzee, 11
  • The Orang-Utan, 12
  • The Habits of the Orang-Utan, 12
  • The Walk of the Orang-Utan, 13
  • The Strength of the Orang-Utan, 14
  • The Docility of the Orang-Utan, 14
  • The Orang-Utan's Intelligence, 15
  • The Orang-Utan's Affection, 15
  • The Maternal Instinct, 16
  • Gibbons, or Long-Armed Apes, 17
  • Monkeys, 18
  • The Sacred Monkeys, 18
  • The Long-nosed Monkey, 19
  • Cheek-pouched Monkeys, 19
  • The Baboon, 19
  • The Arabian Baboon, 20
  • The Baboon's Imitative Faculty, 20
  • The Chackma Baboon, 21
  • The Baboon's Utility, 21
  • The Tame Baboon, 22
  • The Baboon's Cunning, 22
  • The Baboon's Loyalty, 24
  • The Baboon's Intelligence, 24
  • The Bonnet Monkey, 25
  • Indian Monkeys, 25
  • The Monkey Outdone, 27
  • The Monkey Aroused, 29
  • The Monkey's Affection, 30
  • American Monkeys, 30
  • The Capuchin Monkey, 30
  • The Spider Monkeys, 30
  • The Howling Monkeys, 31
  • The Bearded Saki, 31
  • The Douroucouli, 32
  • The Marmosets, 137
  • The Bull Dog, 138
  • The Poodle, 139
  • The Shoe-black's Poodle, 139
  • Weasels, Otters, and Badgers, 140
  • The Polecat, 140
  • The Weasel, 140
  • The Weasel and the Kite, 141
  • The Common Otter, 141
  • The Badger, 142
  • The Ratel and the Skunk, 143
  • The Skunk, 144
  • The Raccoon and the Coati, 145
  • The Bear, 145
  • The Polar Bear, 146
  • The Black Bear, 147
  • The Docility of the Bear, 148
  • The Grizzly Bear, 149
  • The Brown Bear, 151
  • The Malayan Bear, 151
  • Sub-Order II.—The Pinnipedia
  • Sea Lions, 152
  • Sea Bears, 153
  • The Walrus, 154
  • The Common Seal, 155
  • The Seal's Docility, 156
  • ORDER V—WHALES AND DOLPHINS
  • The Right Whale, 158
  • The Sperm Whale, 159
  • The Dolphin, 159
  • The White Whale, 160
  • The Narwhal, 160
  • The Porpoise, 161
  • The Grampus, 161
  • ORDER VI—MANATIDÆ
  • The Sea Cow, 162
  • ORDER VII—HOOFED ANIMALS
  • The Horse, 162
  • The Arabian Horse, 163
  • The Horse's Affection, 165
  • The Domestic Horse, 166
  • The Structure of a Horse, 167
  • The Horse's Speed, 169
  • The Horse's Endurance, 170
  • The Horse's Memory, 171
  • The Force of Habit, 172
  • The Intelligence of the Horse, 174
  • Horse-Play, 176
  • Horses and Dogs, 177
  • The Ass, 178
  • The Sagacity of the Ass, 180
  • The Instinct of the Ass, 264
  • The Raven, 266
  • Unnatural Parents, 267
  • The Tame Raven, 268
  • The Raven and the Dog, 269
  • The Rook, 270
  • The Carrion Crow, 270
  • The Jackdaw, 271
  • The Chough, 271
  • The Bird of Paradise, 271
  • Hunting the Bird of Paradise, 272
  • The Tanagers, 273
  • The Tanager, 273
  • The Swallow, 273
  • Swallows in Council, 274
  • The House Martin, 274
  • The Sand Martin, 275
  • The Chaffinch. The Goldfinch. The Greenfinch, 275
  • The Linnet, 276
  • The Canary, 276
  • The Tame Canary, 277
  • The Crossbill, 277
  • The Bunting, 277
  • The Starling, 278
  • The Common Starling, 278
  • The Weaver Bird, 278
  • The Lark, 279
  • The Maternal Instinct of the Lark, 280
  • The Lark and the Hawk, 281
  • The Wagtails and the Pipits, 281
  • The Ant-Eaters, 282
  • The King Bird, 282
  • The Chatterers, 282
  • The Lyre Bird, 283
  • ORDER II
  • Climbers and Gapers, 283
  • The Woodpecker, 284
  • The Wryneck, 284
  • The Cuckoo, 284
  • The Cuckoo and the Hedge-Sparrow, 285
  • The Cuckoo and the Thrush, 286
  • The Trogons, 287
  • The Kingfishers, 287
  • The Hornbill, 287
  • The Goat-Suckers, 288
  • The Whip-poor-Will, 288
  • The Chuck-Will's-Widow, 288
  • The Swifts, 289
  • The Humming Bird, 289
  • ORDER III
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