QUADRUPEDS, WHAT THEY ARE AND WHERE FOUND

PREFACE.

I have been called upon to write illustrative sketches to a series of
engravings, designed by an eminent artist. In performing my part of the
work I have thrown the _Mammalia_ into twenty-four groups--corresponding
more or less to the picture designs--and have dwelt chiefly on the
geographical distribution of the animals. The _Cetaceae_ and
_Vespertilionidae_ are properly omitted.

In the groups given there is no attempt made at any very scientific
arrangement. The sketches are purely of a ...