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Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes

by Phebe Westcott Humphreys

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Our Animal Friends
  3. 3Quadrumana — The Four-Handed Mammals
  4. 4The Gorilla — The Strongest Ape
  5. 5The Baboons — The Dog-Headed Monkeys
  6. 6The American Monkeys
  7. 7The Lemurs, or Fox-Headed Monkeys
  8. 8Carnivora — Flesh-Eating Quadrupeds
  9. 9Plantigrade Carnivora — The Bear Family
  10. 10Digitigrade Carnivora — The Hyena Family
  11. 11The Cat Family
  12. 12The Dog Family
  13. 13The Weasel Family
  14. 14The Civet Family
  15. 15Amphibious Carnivora
  16. 16Chieroptera — Animals With Winged-Hands
  17. 17Insectivora — Insect-Eaters
  18. 18Edentata — Toothless Quadrupeds
  19. 19The Sloth Family
  20. 20Rodentia — Gnawing Quadrupeds
  21. 21The Porcupine Family
  22. 22The Squirrel Family
  23. 23Marsupialia — Pouched Quadrupeds
  24. 24Pachydermata — Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds
  25. 25The Elephant Family
  26. 26The Hippopotamus
  27. 27The Tapirs
  28. 28The Rhinoceros Family
  29. 29The Boar Family
  30. 30The Horse Family
  31. 31Quadrupeds That Chew the Cud
  32. 32The Camel Family
  33. 33The Musk Deer
  34. 34The Horned Ruminants
  35. 35Ruminants With Hairy and Permanent Horns
  36. 36Ruminants With Hollow Horns
  37. 37The Ox Family
  38. 38Ruminants Which Shed Their Horns
  39. 39Cetacea — The Whales
  40. 40Herbivorous Cetaceans
  41. 41Birds
  42. 42Birds of Prey
  43. 43The Owl Family
  44. 44Hornless Owls
  45. 45The Falcon Family
  46. 46The Vulture Family
  47. 47The Natatores, or Swimming Birds
  48. 48The Family of Divers
  49. 49Ducks, Geese and Swans
  50. 50The Pelican Family
  51. 51The Long-Winged Swimming Birds
  52. 52The Grallatores, or Wading Birds
  53. 53The Waders With United Toes
  54. 54Long-Toed Waders
  55. 55Wading Birds With Long Bills
  56. 56Wading Birds With Knife-Shaped Bills
  57. 57The Wading Birds With Compressed Bills
  58. 58The Short-Winged Birds
  59. 59The Scansores, or Climbing Birds
  60. 60The Parrots
  61. 61The Cockatoos
  62. 62The Cuckoos
  63. 63The Woodpeckers
  64. 64The Gallinaceae, or Domestic Birds
  65. 65The Partridges
  66. 66The Grouse and the Heathcock
  67. 67The Pigeons
  68. 68The Pheasants
  69. 69The Passerines, or the Sparrow Family
  70. 70The King-Fishers
  71. 71The Humming-Birds
  72. 72The Crows
  73. 73The Dippers
  74. 74Fishes
  75. 75Cartilaginous Fishes
  76. 76The Family of Raias, or Flat-Fish
  77. 77The Shark Family
  78. 78The Sturgeon Family
  79. 79The Osseous or Bony Fishes
  80. 80The Family of Globe Fish and Coffers
  81. 81The Pipe-Fish and Sea-Horses
  82. 82The Family of Soft-Finned Fishes
  83. 83The Flat-Fishes of the Soft-Finned Family
  84. 84The Third Group of Soft-Finned Fishes
  85. 85The Family of Spiny-Finned Fishes

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