Chapter V: Vampire bat, 36-39

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Vervet monkey, 19

_Vespertilionidæ_, 36, 38

Viper, 340

Viscacha, 240

_Viverridæ_, 79

_Vulpes vulgaris_, 85

Vulture, 304, 307-310

Wagtail, 253, 281

Wallachian sheep, 217

Walrus, 43, 151, 154

Wanderoo, 25

Water rat, 227

Water shrew, 42

Water spaniel, 134, 135

Water-pheasant, 314

Weasel, 43, 140

Weaver bird, 251, 278

Weeper capuchin, 30

Whale, 158, 159

Whip-poor-Will, 288

White shark, 367

White whale, 160

White-headed sea eagle, 305, 306

White-nosed monkey, 19

White-throated capuchin, 30

Whooping swan, 320

Widgeon, 319

Wild boar, 190

Wild cat, 70, 71

Wild dog, 93

Wild goose, 317

Wild turkey, 297, 300

Wild-duck, 319

Wildebeest, 216

Willow wren, 256

Wolf, 43, 84, 85, 86-90

Wombat, 247

Woodchuck, 240

Woodcock, 314

Woodpecker, 282, 284

"Wool man", 248

Wren, 250, 255-258

Wryneck, 284

Yak, 216

Zebra, 183

Zebu, 216

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Transcriber's Notes

Italicised text is surrounded by _underscores_.

Bold text is surrounded by =equals= signs.

Both M. d'Obsonville and M. D'Obsonville occur on page 99.

A number of typographical errors were corrected in the text.

Some words occur with and without hyphenation in the text.

+--------------+---------+-------------+---------+
| Hyphenated |Instances|Unhyphenated |Instances|
+--------------+---------+-------------+---------+
|bed-room | 1 |bedroom | 5 |
|blood-hound | 1 |bloodhound | 3 |
|Blood-hound | 1 |Bloodhound | 6 |
|cat-like | 2 |catlike | 2 |
|eye-witness | 2 |eyewitness | 1 |
|farm-house | 1 |farmhouse | 1 |
|fore-feet | 2 |forefeet | 1 |
|fore-noon | 1 |forenoon | 2 |
|fore-paw | 1 |forepaw | 1 |
|fore-paws | 2 |forepaws | 1 |
|Fox-hound | 3 |Foxhound | 1 |
|fox-hound | 2 |foxhound | 1 |
|Goat-sucker | 1 |Goatsucker | 1 |
|gun-shot | 1 |gunshot | 1 |
|hedge-hog | 1 |hedgehog | 9 |
|hind-quarters | 1 |hindquarters | 1 |
|mid-day | 2 |midday | 1 |
|off-spring | 1 |offspring | 10 |
|re-discovered | 1 |rediscovered | 1 |
|road-side | 2 |roadside | 2 |
|sand-banks | 1 |sandbanks | 1 |
|sea-side | 1 |seaside | 1 |
|tortoise-shell| 1 |tortoiseshell| 1 |
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Some words occur with and without ligatures in the text.

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| Ligature |Instances|No Ligature|Instances|
+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
|Cebidae | 1 |Cebidæ | 7 |
|Corvidae | 1 |Corvidæ | 1 |
|Cotingidae| 1 |Cotingidæ | 1 |
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