. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. a. THE BARBAEY LION. Seeking their prey in the afternoon or evening the Lion and Lioness spend the daytime sleeping in their lair. In the picture they are represented as roused from their slumbers by the arrows of secreted foes, one of which has grazed the skin of the Lioness, who is depicted in the act of roaring. Both are bewildered as well as enraged, and will fall an easy victim to the shower of arrows and bullets that will follow. (Felis leo b
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. a. THE BARBAEY LION. Seeking their prey in the afternoon or evening the Lion and Lioness spend the daytime sleeping in their lair. In the picture they are represented as roused from their slumbers by the arrows of secreted foes, one of which has grazed the skin of the Lioness, who is depicted in the act of roaring. Both are bewildered as well as enraged, and will fall an easy victim to the shower of arrows and bullets that will follow. (Felis leo bar- barus.) (109). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis
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