INDEX. 



399 



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 Pserudotriton: pseitdos false: tri- 



ton a water Salamander, . 194 

 PSITTAOI: L., psittacus a parrot, 105 

 Pteromys : pteron wing ; mus 



mouse, ..... 27 

 Ptychemys : ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; emus a tortoise, . 164 

 Pfrychostomus: ptuche a, fold or 



wrinkle; stoma mouth, . 312 

 Ptyonotus: ptuona, fan; notos 



back, 256 



Putorlus: L., Ill-scented, . 18 

 PYGOPODES: puge rump; pous 



foot, 153 



Pygosteus: puge rump; osteon^- 



bone 260 



Pyranga : pur fire ; lanagra 



tanager, 70 



Pyrgita: purgites-a, house sparrow, 83 

 Quassilabia: L; quassus broken 



or torn; labia lip, . . . 402 

 Querquedula: L., a teal, . . 141 

 Quiscalus: guiacalo a yernacular 



name 93 



K^LLIDJB, 135 



Rallus: L., a rail, . . . 135 

 Kana: L., a frog, . . . 187-357 



BANID^B 187 



Kangifer: L., a reindeer, . . 21 

 RAPTORES : L., robbers, . . 106 

 Recurvl rostra: L., recurvus re- 

 curved; rostrumbill, . . 123 

 RECURVIBOSTBID^E, . . . 122 

 Regina: L., a queen, . . . 175 

 Regulus: L., a kinglet, . . 50 

 ftelthrodon: reithron a channel ; 



odon tooth, .... 32 

 REPTILIA: L., repto to creep or 



crawl, 157 



Rheocrypta: rheo to flow rapidly; 

 kruptos hidden (hiding in the 



rapids) 222 



Rhinichthysir&in^-snout; icMhus 



fish, 307 



Rhinogryphus : r h 4 n snout ; 



grups a gi iffln, . . . 115 

 RHOMBOGANOIDEI : r hombus a 

 diamond - shaped fi g u r e , a 

 rhomb; ganoidei ganoids, . 340 

 Rhyacophilus : rhuax river ; 



phileo to love, .... 129 

 Rhynchophanes : rhunchos bill; 

 phaneo to show, . . . 354 



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 Rhynchops: rhunchos snout: ops 



face 153 



Rhytidostomus: rhutis rough ; 



stoma mouth, .... 320 

 Rissa: a Latin name (rtsus 



laughing) 150 



Roccus : from vernacular, Rock- 

 fish 231 



RODENTIA: L., rodo to gnaw, 26 

 Salamandra: L., a Salamander, 193 

 Salar : L., a trout (saiio to 



leap) 271-357 



Salmo : L., a trout (salio to 



leap) 271-356 



SALMONHXB, . . . 270-355 

 Salvelinus: German, salbling a 



small salmon, . . . 271-359 

 Sarchirus : sarx flsh; cheir 



hand 342 



Sarcidium : sarkidion a little 



lump of flesh .... 299 

 SAXICOLID-B: L., saxicola living 



among rocks 49 



Sayornis: to Thomas Say; ornis 



a bird, 96 



Scalops: skalops a mole, from 



skallo to dig, .... 25 

 Scapanus : skapane a hoe or 



shovel, 25 



SCAPHIOPID^B, .... 188 

 Scaphiopus: skaphos- -spade; pom 



foot, 189 



ScaphirhyncTius : skaphos spade; 



rhunchos snout, . . . 346 

 Scaphirhynchops : Scaphirhynch- 



us; op* appearance, . . 346 

 Sceloporus : skelos leg; poros 



pore, 169 



Schilbeodes : from ScUilbe, a for- 

 eign genus of Silurlda, . . 335 

 : scicena Latin name, 250 

 : skigkos a kind of liz- 

 ard 171 



SCIURLD^E, 26 



Sciurus : skiouros a squirrel ; 

 (sfcia shade; ouro tail), . 27 



Scluropterus : skiouros a squir- 

 rel; pteron wing, ... 27 



Sclerognathus : skleros hard ; 

 a nut has jaw, . . . 322 



Seolecophagus : skolex worm ; 

 phago to eat, .... 93 



