Excerpt from The Burgess Animal Book for Children

The cordial reception given the Burgess Bird Book for Children, together with numerous let ters to the author asking for information on the habits and characteristics Of many Of the mammals Of America, led to the preparation of this volume. It is Offered merely as an introduction to the four footed friends, little and big, which form so impor tant a part of the wild life Of the United States and Canada.

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