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SO far as this country is concerned, it is a great pity that Mr. Seton did not include in his admirable life-histories the whole mammalian fauna of North America, as the restriction of the species to those inhabiting a particular area can scarcely fail to be faulty in the eyes of English readers, who will miss such well-known animals as the big-horn sheep, white goat, Columbian black-tailed deer, and the brown bears and caribou of Alaska. It is likewise a matter for regret that the whole of the table of contents is included in the first volume, instead of the portion relating to the Carnivora being reserved for the second. Except this very small modicum of fault-finding, I have nothing but commendation to bestow on these handsome volumes, which, it may be presumed, are an English edition of the work issued last year in America under the same title.
Life-histories of Northern Animals: an Account of the Mammals of Manitoba.
By Ernest Thompson Seton. Vol. i., Grass-Eaters. Pp. xxx + 673. Vol. ii., Flesh-Eaters. Pp. xii + 674–1267. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1910.) Price £3 13s. 6d. net.
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L., R. Life-histories of Northern Animals: an Account of the Mammals of Manitoba . Nature 84, 423 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084423a0
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