INDEX 



147 



Cloudbelt 46 



Cobra 103 



Cockatoos 112 



Coloration, desert creatures 42 ; 



in tropical forests 24 

 Coloration, patterns 24 

 Convergent development 57 

 Cope, E. D. 60 

 Copper-head (Ancistrodon sp.) 



103 



Cormorants 105 

 Crab-plovers 107 

 Crabs 91 

 Cranes 108, 109 

 Crayfishes 91 

 Crocodiles 98 

 Cuckoos 111 



Dana, J. D. 5 



Darwin, Ch. 7 



Deer 132 



Density, areal d. of species 74 



Desert frogs 38 



Desert lizards 39 ; snakes 41 



Desert mammals 41 ; birds 42 



Deserts 30 



Desmoulins, Ch. 4 



Diprotodont marsupials 116, 117, 



118 



Distribution, vertical 43, 53 

 Divers 105 

 Djiggetai 137 

 Dodo 108 

 Dogs 128 

 Duck-bill 115 

 Ducks 106 

 Dugongs 138 



Eared seals 138 

 Earthworms 62, 87 

 Edentates 120 ; arboreal 28 

 Eels 93 



Elephants 128 

 Elephant shrew 41 

 Environment, features of 18 ; in- 

 fluence of 59 

 Eyelids of lizards 40 

 Eyes, protection of 40 



Fabricius, J. C. 4 



Fiji islands 92, 102 



Firebellied toad 97 



Fishes, migrations 69; distribu- 

 tion 93 



Flamingoes 106 



Flash-colours 24 



Flying dragon 28 



Flying foxes 126 



Flying frog 28, 98 



Flying insectivore 28 



Flying marsupials 116 



Flying rodents 28; phalangers 

 28; squirrels 28 



Forbes, E. 5 



Forests, tropical 18 



Fossa 127 



Frogs, marsupial 29 



Frogs 98 ; aestivating 38 ; ar- 

 boreal 26 



Frogs, care of young 29 



Frog-toads (Cystignathidae) 98 



Galapagos 86, 100, 102, 105, 



112 



Gallinaceous birds 110 

 Gaunets 105 

 Geckos 40, 101 

 Geological geography 76 

 Giraffe 132 

 Glacial epoch, effect of 55, 56, 



58, 66, 128, 133, 134, 137 

 Glass-snakes 101 

 Golden moles 125 

 Gondwanaland 81, 95 



