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C O L O U R E D P L A T E S By the Author, A. Thorborn, and H. W. B. Davis, R.A. RODENT1A THE COMMON HARE. By A, Thorborn . . . . to fate p. 2 THE MOUNTAIN HARE, WINTER AND SUMMER PELAGE. By A. Thorborn • » 28 STUDIES OF MOUNTAIN HARES, NOVEMBER AND APRIL. By A. Thorborn . . . . „ 30 THE IRISH HARE, SUMMER AND WINTER PELAGE. By A. Thorborn • • » 38 THE RABBIT. By A. Thorborn....................................................... • '» 4° UNGULATA THE RED DEER (AUTUMN). By the AothoR .................................................................................. 9® STUDIES OF A HIGHLAND STAG. By A. Th o r b o r n ..................................................................., 1 2 0 THE FALLOW DEER (SUMMER). By the Author......................................................................... ....... 136 THE ROE DEER (SUMMER). By the Author.............................................. . . „ 158 THE ROE DEER (WINTER). By the Author . . . . . . . . . . 160 WILD CATTLE, CHARTLEY. By H. W. B. Davis, R.A...........................................................................19« CETACEA THE BLUE WHALE AND COMMON RORQUALS, By the Au th o r .....................................• » 248 U N C O L O U R E D P L A T E S By the Author, A. Thorburn, Sir E. Landseer, and from Photographs RODENTIA PHOTOGRAPHS OF COMMON HARES. By Dr. Penrose and C. Reid . • to face p. 16 STUDY OF A MOUNTAIN HARE FROM LIFE {by A. Thorburn), AND MOUNTAIN HARES F IG H T IN G ................................................................ ......... • • • • ” _ 32 ADULT AND YOUNG RABBITS. From photographs by C. Re i d .......................................................... . S® UNGULATA FIGURE OF A WILD BOAR INCISED ON A STONE AT THE FORT OF DUNADD, ARGYLLSHIRE, BY A CELTIC HUNTER: BRITISH WILD BOAR’S SKULL (DEVONSHIRE): AND WILD BOAR, from a sketch by JOSEPH WOLF (by permission of A. THORBURN) . . . . . ,, 64 FIGURES OF MAMMALS INCISED ON OLD CELTIC M ON UM EN T S ................................................. 76 SKULL AND HORNS OF THE ELK AND SKULL AND HORNS OF THE REINDEER - • „ / 80 RED DEER, PLEISTOCENE )l .................................................................................. betw. e,en pp. 94, 95 •BRITISH PLEISTOCENE RED DEER J SHOWING THE GROWTH OF THE ANTLERS OF A STAG AS THE DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE (WARNHAM 1896) PARK RED DEER, WARNHAM WILD ENGLISH RED DEER (DEVON AND SOMERSET) TYPICAL HORNS OF A PARK STAG: MALFORMED STAG’S HORNS: AND GORDON CASTLE HEADS . . ..................................................................................................... FINE EXAMPLES OF SCOTTISH RED DEER HEADS..................................................................... SUCCESSIVE ANTLERS OF A WARNHAM COURT STAG FOR ELEVEN YEARS . . . . STUDIES OF RED D E E R ......................................................................................................... DRIVEN O U T ................................................................................................................................ VARIOUS TYPES OF BRITISH FALLOW DEER.............................................................................. HORNS OF A FALLOW BUCK IN SUCCESSIVE YEARS, AND THE GROWTH DURING ONE SUMMER STUDIES OF FALLOW D E E R ..................................................................................................... FALLOW DEER TROTTING, RESTING, AND GALLOPING........................................................... SKULL AND HORNS OF THE GIANT FALLOW DEER, IRELAND, AND COMPLETE SKELETON OF THE S A M E ................................................................ ............................................. FINE EXAMPLES OF SCOTTISH ROE HEADS.............................................................................. MALFORMED HORNS OF BRITISH ROE DEER ) ROE HORNS WITH A REMARKABLE NUMBER OF POINTS f STUDIES OF ROE D E E R ......................................................................................................... SKULL OF THE URUS WITH HORNS : SKULL AND HORN-CORES OF THE PLEISTOCENE BISON: AND SKELETON OF THE URUS . . . ....................................................... SKULL AND HORN-CORES OF BOS BRACHYCEROS, B. FRONTOSUS, AND B. LONGIFRONS CHILLINGHAM AND CADZOW CATTLE......................................................................... ........ CHILLINGHAM CATTLE. By Sir E. Landseer................................................................................................ BLICKLING, LYME, AND GISBURNE C A T T L E ......................................................................... SOMERFORD AND WOODBASTWICK POLLED CATTLE..................................................................... EXTINCT BRITISH SHEEP............................................................................................................. BRITISH SHEEP ................................................................................................................... BRITISH DOMESTICATED SHEEP.................................................................................................... BRITISH GOATS, FERAL R A C E S ................................................................................................ 94 98 206 208 CETACEA A SIMPLE METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT WHALES AND THE RORQUALS: Baleen of the Atlantic Right Whale; the Blue Whale; the Common Rorqual; the Humpbacked Whale; Rudolphi’s Rorqual and the Lesser Rorqual . . . . . . . . „ 22g APPEARANCE OF VARIOUS WHALES IN THE WATER SHOWING THE FORM OF THE ‘SPOUT’ . „ 228 HUMPBACKED WHALES..................................................................................................................„ 2 3 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUMPBACKED WHALES AND COMMON RORQUALS . . . . . . . . „ 238 THE BLUE WHALE, ST. LAWRENCE, AUGUST 22, 1905 . . . . . . . j; 2.8 SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMPBACKED AND BLUE WHALES AND COMMON RORQUAL ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA.............................................................................................. . FIRING A SHOT AT A COMMON RORQUAL . . . . . . . . . . n 270 HUNTING THE RORQUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . SKULLS OF ODONTOCETI (AFTER VAN BENEDEN AND GERVA IS) ..........................................„ 2S1