{"product_id":"2940015552546","title":"A Book Of Natural History","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS                           xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISHES                        xv\u003cbr\u003e      BY DAVID STARR JORDAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE WONDER OF LIFE                                 1\u003cbr\u003e      BY PROFESSOR T. H. HUXLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    LIFE GROWTH;--FROGS                               10\u003cbr\u003e      BY MARGARET WARNER MORLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE MAN-LIKE APES                                 15\u003cbr\u003e      BY PROFESSOR T. H. HUXLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SOME STRANGE NURSERIES                            46\u003cbr\u003e      BY GRANT ALLEN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    HOW ANIMALS SPEND THE WINTER                      69\u003cbr\u003e      BY W. S. BLATCHLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BIRDS' NESTS                                      88\u003cbr\u003e      BY JOHN BURROUGHS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE           121\u003cbr\u003e      BY LAWRENCE BRUNER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE SCISSOR BEAK                                 143\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE CONDOR                                       146\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE UMBRELLA BIRD                                153\u003cbr\u003e      BY SIR A. R. WALLACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    HUMMING BIRDS                                    155\u003cbr\u003e      BY THOMAS G. BELT, F.G.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE FOUNDATIONS OF A WONDERFUL CITY              158\u003cbr\u003e      BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    WASPS                                            175\u003cbr\u003e      BY THOMAS G. BELT, F.G.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A WASP AND ITS PREY                              180\u003cbr\u003e      BY G. W. AND E. G. PECKHAM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    LEAF-CUTTING ANTS                                190\u003cbr\u003e      BY THOMAS G. BELT, F.G.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SOME WONDERFUL SPIDERS                           197\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    WHAT I SAW IN AN ANT'S NEST                      201\u003cbr\u003e      BY ANDREW WILSON.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE WILD LLAMA                                   228\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BATS                                             232\u003cbr\u003e      BY W. S. DALLAS, F.G.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    HOW SNAKES EAT                                   258\u003cbr\u003e      BY CATHERINE C. HOPLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    WHAT WORMS DO                                    264\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    TWO FOPS AMONG THE FISHES                        284\u003cbr\u003e      BY W. S. BLATCHLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SEA SLUGS AND CUTTLE-FISH                        292\u003cbr\u003e      BY CHARLES DARWIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE COW FISH                                     295\u003cbr\u003e      BY SIR ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    OLD RATTLER AND THE KING SNAKE                   297\u003cbr\u003e      BY DAVID STARR JORDAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE STORY OF A STRANGE LAND                      303\u003cbr\u003e      BY DAVID STARR JORDAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE COLOR OF ANIMALS                             315\u003cbr\u003e      BY SIR JOHN LUBBOCK BART.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES IN SPIDERS               343\u003cbr\u003e      BY E. G. PECKHAM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE BATH OF THE BIRDS                            369\u003cbr\u003e      BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE LOON                                         378\u003cbr\u003e      BY HENRY D. THOREAU.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE DARTMOOR PONIES                              384\u003cbr\u003e      BY ARABELLA R. BUCKLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES                               396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING            398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe publishers' acknowledgments are due to Miss Margaret Warner Morley\u003cbr\u003eand Messrs. A. C. McClurg \u0026amp; Co. for permission to use \"Life\u003cbr\u003eGrowth,--Frogs\"; to Mr. W. S. Blatchley and _The Popular Science\u003cbr\u003eMonthly_ for \"How Animals Spend the Winter\" and \"Two Fops Among the\u003cbr\u003eFishes\"; to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin \u0026amp; Co. for \"Birds' Nests,\" by\u003cbr\u003eJohn Burroughs; to Mr. L. Bruner and the Nebraska Ornithologists'\u003cbr\u003eUnion for \"Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture\"; to G. W. and E. G.\u003cbr\u003ePeckham for \"A Wasp and Its Prey\" and \"Protective Resemblances in\u003cbr\u003eSpiders\"; to President David Starr Jordan and _The Popular Science\u003cbr\u003eMonthly_ for \"Old Rattler and the King Snake\"; to President Jordan and\u003cbr\u003eA. C. McClurg \u0026amp; Co. for \"The Story of a Strange Land.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e    THE CONDOR                              Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e    THE GORILLA                            Face Page  40\u003cbr\u003e    THE YELLOW BELLIED WOODPECKER                     92\u003cbr\u003e    THE UMBRELLA BIRD                                154\u003cbr\u003e    THE GUANACO                                      230\u003cbr\u003e    THE VAMPIRE BAT                                  242\u003cbr\u003e    THE COW FISH                                     296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE\u003cbr\u003eTEXT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISHES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID STARR JORDAN, LL.D.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181769212144,"sku":"2940015552546","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015552546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}