The Burgess Animal Book for Children

1. Preface

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2. JENNY WREN GIVES PETER RABBIT AN IDEA -- Peter arranges to go to school to Old Mother Nature.

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3. PETER AND JUMPER GO TO SCHOOL -- The Cottontail Rabbit, Northern Hare, and Marsh Rabbit.

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4. MORE OF PETER'S LONG-LEGGED COUSINS -- The Swamp Hare, Arctic Hare, Prairie Hare, Antelope Jack and Common Jack Rabbit.

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5. CHATTERER AND HAPPY JACK JOIN -- The Squirrel family and order of Rodents.

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6. THE SQUIRRELS OF THE TREES -- The Red, Gray, Fox, Kaibab and Abert Squirrels.

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7. STRIPED CHIPMUNK AND HIS COUSINS -- The Chipmunk, Spermophiles, and Flying Squirrel.

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8. JOHNNY CHUCK JOINS THE CLASS -- The Woodchuck and his ways.

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9. WHISTLER AND YAP YAP -- The Whistling or Hoary Marmot and Prairie Dogs.

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10. TWO QUEER LITTLE HAYMAKERS -- The Pica or Cony and the Mountain Beaver or Sewellel.

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11. PRICKLY PORKY AND GRUBBY GOPHER -- Introducing the Porcupine and Pocket Gopher

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12. A FELLOW WITH A THOUSAND SPEARS -- More about the Porcupine.

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13. A LUMBERMAN AND ENGINEER -- The Beaver and his works.

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14. A WORKER AND A ROBBER -- The Muskrat and the Brown or Norway Rat.

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15. A TRADER AND A HANDSOME FELLOW -- The Cotton Rat, Wood or Pack Rat and the Kangaroo Rat.

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16. TWO UNLIKE LITTLE COUSINS -- Whitefoot the Wood or Deer Mouse and Danny Meadow Mouse, also called Field Mouse.

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17. DANNY'S NORTHERN COUSINS, AND NIMBLEHEELS -- The Banded and Brown Lemmings and the Jumping Mouse.

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18. THREE LITTLE REDCOATS AND SOME OTHERS -- The Pine Mouse, Red-backed Mouse, Rufous Tree Mouse, Rock Mouse and Beach Mouse.

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19. MICE WITH POCKETS, AND OTHERS -- The Silky and Spiny Pocket Mice, Grasshopper Mouse, Harvest Mouse and House Mouse

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20. TEENY WEENY AND HIS COUSIN -- The Common or Long-Tailed Shrew or Shrew Mouse, Short-tailed Shrew or Mole Shrew and Marsh or Water Shrew.

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21. FOUR BUSY LITTLE MINERS -- The Common Mole, Brewer's or Hairy-tailed Mole, Oregon Mole and Star-nosed Mole.

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22. FLITTER THE BAT AND HIS FAMILY -- The Red Bat, Little Brown or Cave Bat, Big Brown or House Bat, Silvery Bat, Hoary Bat and Big-eared Bat.

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23. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY -- The Common Skunk, Hog-nosed or Badger Skunk and Little Spotted Skunk.

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24. DIGGER AND HIS COUSIN GLUTTON -- The Badger and Wolverine or Carcajou.

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25. SHADOW AND HIS FAMILY -- The Common or Bonaparte Weasel or Ermine, New York Weasel, Long-tailed or Yellow-bellied Weasel, Least Weasel and Black-footed Ferret.

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26. TWO FAMOUS SWIMMERS -- Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter.

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27. SPITE THE MARTEN AND PEKAN THE FISHER -- The Pine Marten or American Sable and the Fisher or Pennant Marten.

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28. REDDY FOX JOINS THE SCHOOL -- The Red, Black and Silver Foxes, Gray Fox, Kit Fox or Swift, Desert Fox, Arctic and Blue Foxes.

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29. OLD MAN COYOTE AND HOWLER THE WOLF -- The Prairie Wolf or Coyote and the Timber or Gray Wolf.

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30. YOWLER AND HIS COUSIN TUFTY -- The Bay Lynx or Bob Cat and the Canada Lynx or Lucivee.

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31. SOME BIG AND LITTLE CAT COUSINS -- Puma the Panther, also called Cougar and Mountain Lion, the Jaguar, the Ocelot, and the Jaguarundi Cat or Eyra.

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32. BOBBY COON ARRIVES -- The Raccoon and the Civet or Ring-tailed Cat, also called Coon Cat and Bassaris.

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33. BUSTER BEAR NEARLY BREAKS UP SCHOOL -- The Black Bear and his habits.

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34. BUSTER BEAR'S BIG COUSINS -- Silvertip, the Grizzly Bear, the Alaska or Great Brown Bear and the Polar Bear.

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35. UNC' BILLY AND OLD MRS. POSSUM -- The Virginia Opossum, which is the only American Marsupial.

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36. LIGHTFOOT, BLACKTAIL AND FORKHORN -- The White-tailed or Virginia Deer, Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer.

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37. BUGLER, FLATHORNS AND WANDERHOOF -- The Elk or Wapiti, Moose or Caribou.

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38. THUNDERFOOT, FLEETFOOT AND LONGCOAT -- The Buffalo or Bison, Antelope or Musk-ox.

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39. TWO WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS -- The Rocky Mountain Sheep or Bighorn and the Rocky Mountain Goat.

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40. PIGGY AND HARDSHELL -- The Peccary or Wild Pig and the Armadillo.

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41. THE MAMMALS OF THE SEA -- The Sea Otter, Walrus, Sea Lions, Seals and Manatee or Sea Cow.

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