BOOK III.

PRAIRIES, SAVANNAHS, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS.

I. WILD PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD:--THE AFRICAN INTERIOR, 186

II. DESERTS OF THE NEW WORLD:--PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, LLANOS, 207

III. THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR, 231

IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE AFRICAN PLAINS, 240

V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD, 258

VI. FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAINS, 273

VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD:--HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS, 281

VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD--CONTINUED:--THE CARNIVORA, 300

IX. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD--CONTINUED:--BIRDS AND REPTILES, 317

X. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD:--HERBIVORA, INSECTIVORA, AND CARNIVORA, 328

XI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD--CONTINUED:--BIRDS AND REPTILES, 353

XII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRAIRIES, 366