Zoology: The Science of Animal Life Popular Science Library, Volume XII (of 16), P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1922
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ZOÖLOGY The Science of Animal Life
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I HOW THE GLOBE WAS STOCKED WITH LIFE
LIFE CONSTANTLY ORIGINATED BY NATURE'S PRODUCTIVE ENERGY
LIFE'S BORDERLAND
CHAPTER II THE SEA A VAST AQUARIUM
THE PLANKTON AND ITS PHOSPHORESCENCE
PRISONERS IN THE DARK AND ICY DEPTHS
CHAPTER III A CHAPTER OF FOUNDATIONS
THE NATURAL BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION
ANIMAL LIFE IN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT
CHAPTER IV THE HUMBLEST OF ANIMALS—SPONGES
CHAPTER V FLOWERS OF THE SEA
JELLYFISHES, NAMESAKES OF THE FABLED MEDUSA
SEA ANEMONES, CORALS, AND SEA FANS
CHAPTER VI UNINVITED GUESTS
FLATWORMS, FLUKES AND TAPEWORMS
CHAPTER VII DWELLERS BETWEEN TIDE MARKS
THE COLONIAL MOSS ANIMALS
ANCIENT LAMP SHELLS
STARFISHES, SEA URCHINS, AND TREPANGS
EARTHWORMS AND BEACHWORMS
CHAPTER VIII BUILDERS OF THE PEARLY SHELLS
THE OYSTER AND ITS RELATIVES
CHAPTER IX BUILDERS OF THE PEARLY SHELLS—Continued
MUSSELS, SCALLOPS AND CHITONS
SNAILS AS TYPES OF GASTROPODS
SEA SHELLS IN NATURE AND ART
NAUTILUS, DEVILFISH, AND SQUID
CHAPTER X ANIMALS WITH JOINTED FRAMES
CRABS AND THEIR SMALL RELATIVES
MILLIPEDES AND CENTIPEDES
WEAVERS OF SILKEN TRAPS
THE SPIDERS AND THEIR WEBS
MITES AND TICKS
CHAPTER XI FROM BUTTERFLIES TO BEETLES AND BEES
SOME PRIMITIVE GROUPS
A MUSICAL TRIBE
THE TRUE BUGS
GILDED BUTTERFLIES AND DUSTY MOTHS
FLIES AND THEIR HYGIENIC IMPORTANCE
BEETLES AND THEIR GRUBS
HONEY MAKERS AND PLANT STINGERS
CHAPTER XII AT THE DOORWAY OF THE "UPPER CLASSES"
PRIME SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NOTOCHORD
THE ROUNDMOUTHS—LAMPREYS AND HAGS
CHAPTER XIII FISHES—THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE WATERS
CHAPTER XIV SHARKS—THE TIGERS OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XV THE FEARFUL DEVILFISH AND OTHER RAYS
CHAPTER XVI BONY FISHES—TELEOSTOMI
CHAPTER XVII MODERN FISHES—TELEOSTEI
FISHES WITH PRIMITIVE LUNGS
CHAPTER XVIII AMPHIBIANS—A CONNECTING LINK
NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS
CHAPTER XIX AMPHIBIANS—Continued
FROGS, TOADS AND TADPOLES
FROGS AS NURSERY MAIDS AND WEATHER PROPHETS
CHAPTER XX REPTILES—MONARCHS OF THE MESOZOIC WORLD
THE SOURCES OF TORTOISE SHELL AND TERRAPIN STEW
DINOSAURS—ANCESTORS OF BIRDS
CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS
LIZARDS AND CHAMELEONS—TURNCOATS OF THE WOODS
CHAPTER XXI SERPENTS, GOOD AND BAD
ORDINARY SNAKES (COLUBRIDÆ)
CORAL SNAKES, COBRAS, AND SEA SNAKES
VIPERS, MOCCASINS AND RATTLESNAKES
CHAPTER XXII BIRDS—KINGS OF THE AIR
HOW A BIRD IS BUILT
CHAPTER XXIII SOME NOTABLE WATER BIRDS
CHAPTER XXIV VULTURES, FALCONS AND GAME BIRDS
CHAPTER XXV FROM GULLS TO KINGFISHERS
CHAPTER XXVI PASSERINE BIRDS
CHAPTER XXVII THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD—SOME PRIMITIVE TYPES
RELICS OF PRIMITIVE TYPES
THE MARSUPIALS
THE EDENTATA—ANTEATERS, SLOTHS, AND ARMADILLOS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE GNAWERS
SQUIRRELS, WOODCHUCKS AND BEAVERS
CHAPTER XXIX MAMMALS OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XXX THE WORLD'S HERDS AND FLOCKS
RHINOCEROSES, TAPIRS AND HORSES
HIPPOS, PIGS AND CAMELS
CHAPTER XXXI THE WORLD'S HERDS AND FLOCKS—Continued
CAMELS, DEER, GIRAFFES AND PRONGHORNS
CHAPTER XXXII SOME SUPREMELY USEFUL ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXXIII BEASTS OF PREY—THE CARNIVORA
BEARS, DOGS, WOLVES, FOXES AND JACKALS
THE DOG FAMILY—WOLVES, FOXES AND JACKALS
THE SOURCE OF COSTLY FURS
CIVETS, MONGOOSES AND HYENAS
CHAPTER XXXIV BEASTS OF PREY—Continued
CHAPTER XXXV INSECTIVORA—HEDGEHOGS, MOLES AND SHREWS
CHAPTER XXXVI THE BATS—WING-HANDED MAMMALS
CHAPTER XXXVII MAN'S HUMBLE COUSINS
LEMURS, GALAGOS AND AYE-AYES
MARMOSETS, MONKEYS AND BABOONS
GIBBON, CHIMPANZEE, GORILLA, ORANG-UTAN
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