CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

INTRODUCTORY. CURIOSITIES OF ZOOLOGY.

THE RHINOCEROS IN ENGLAND.

STORIES OF MERMAIDS.

IS THE UNICORN FABULOUS?

THE MOLE AT HOME.

THE GREAT ANT-BEAR.

CURIOSITIES OF BATS.

THE HEDGEHOG.

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS IN ENGLAND.

LION-TALK.

BIRD-LIFE.

BIRDS' EGGS AND NESTS.

THE EPICURE'S ORTOLAN.

TALK ABOUT TOUCANS.

ECCENTRICITIES OF PENGUINS.

PELICANS AND CORMORANTS.

TALKING BIRDS, ETC.

OWLS.

WEATHER-WISE ANIMALS.

FISH-TALK.

FISH IN BRITISH COLOMBIA.

THE TREE-CLIMBING CRAB.

MUSICAL LIZARDS.

CHAMELEONS, AND THEIR CHANGES.

RUNNING TOADS.

SONG OF THE CICADA.

STORIES ABOUT THE BARNACLE GOOSE.

LEAVES ABOUT BOOKWORMS.

BORING MARINE ANIMALS, AND HUMAN ENGINEERS.

INDEX.

BY JOHN TIMBS.

AUTHOR OF "THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN."

WITH EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.

SEELEY, JACKSON, AND HALLIDAY, 54, FLEET-STREET.
LONDON. MDCCCLXIX.

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