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INDEX. 



Ateles pentadactylus, 269. 

 Auchenia llama, 222. 

 Auk, 133, 134; Great, 133. 

 Aurelia flavidula, 13. 

 Autolytus cornutus, 31. 

 Aves (birds), xiii., 124. 

 Avocet, 147. 

 Aye-aye, 265. 

 Ayrshire, 231, 232. 



BABIRUSA, 215; hog, 216. 



Baboon, 271. 



Badger, 247, 248, 249. 



Balaena mysticetus, 204. 



Balaninus nucum, 72. 



Balanoglossus minutus, 85. 



Balanus balanoides, 53. 



Baleen, 203. 



Baltimore Oriole, 172 ; Nest of, 172. 



Barbary Ape, 271. 



Bark-borer, 72. 



Barnacles, Acorn, 53 ; Stalked or Goose, 



53. 



Barramunda, 105. 

 Basket-fish, 21. 

 Bassaris asttita, 2-43. 

 Bat, 179, 198 ; Geoffrey's, 199 ; Skeleton 



of, 198 ; Big-eared, 200 ; Red, 200 ; 



Hoary, 200 ; Little Brown, 200 ; 



Silver Black, 200 ; Dusky, 200 ; 



Indian Fruit, 200. 

 V>atrachia, 105. 

 Batrachians, 104, 107, 116 ; Development 



of, 282. 



Beach Flea, 54. 

 Bear, 242, 243; Upper jaw of, 244 



Lower jaw of, 244 ; Black, 244, 245 



Grizzly, 244, 245; White, 244, 246 



Polar, 246. 



Beaver, 186, 192; American, 192. 

 Bed-bug, 71. 

 Bees, 79. 

 Beetles, 71, 75. 

 Bell Animalcules, 6. 

 Beluga canadensis, 201. 

 Bernicla canadensis, 141. 

 Bimana, 179, 276. 



Birds, Migrations of, 279; glacial mi- 

 gration, 280 ; Preserving skins of, 



281, 283. 



' Bison, 232, 235 ; Hunting of, 233. 

 Bivalves, 35, 40. 

 Blatta orientalis, 68. 

 Blepharis crinitus, 99. 

 Blue-bird, 177. 

 Blue-tabled Skink, 116. 

 Boa anaconda, 112. 

 Boas, 113. 

 Bobolink, 173. 

 Bob-white, 149. 



Bombus pratortim, 82. 



Bombyx mori, 77. 



Bonasa unibellus, 149. 



Bos taurus, 231 ; americanus, 232 ; 



bubalus, 234 ; grunniens, 234 ; indi- 



cus, 235. 



Box Tortoise, 122. 

 Brachiata, 18. 



Brachiopods (arm-footed), 32, 33, 35. 

 Brad y pus trydactylus, 184. 

 Branch, how formed, xiii. 

 Branching Coral, 16. 

 Branchiostoma lanceolatum, 86. 

 Branchipus vernalis, 52. 

 Broad-nosed Eel, 94. 

 Bubo virginianus, 158. 

 Buds, 9, 12, 84, 154. 

 Buffalo, 232, 237 ; Indian, 234. 

 Buffalo-bug, 73. 

 Bufo americanus, 109. 

 Bugs, 69. 

 Bull-frog, 110. 

 Bumble-bee, 81. 

 Burying-beetles, 73. 

 Butcher-bird, 175. 

 Buthus carolinianus, 58. 

 Butterfly, 77. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 155. 

 Byssus (fine flax), 39. 



CABBAGE BUTTERFLY, 77. 



Cacatua sulphurea, 160. 



Caddis-worms, 67. 



Caillette, 217. 



Calcareous (chalky), 3. 



Calcispongia, 8. 



Callorhinus ursinus, 263. 



Caloptenus spretus, 69. 



Calurus resplendens, 166. 



Camel, 210; Foot of, 218; Water-cells 



of, 218 ; Bactrian, 219. 

 Camelopardalis giraffa, 229. 

 Camelus dromedarius, 219 ; bactrianus, 



219. 



Campanularian (bell-like) Hydroid, 12,13. 

 Camphephilus principalis, 163. 

 Canadian Thousand-legs, 61. 

 Canis lupus, 252 ; familiaris, 253 ; au- 



reus, 254. 



Capra ibex, 240 ; asgagrus, 240. 

 Carapax, 119. 

 Carassius auratus, 96. 

 Caravan, 221. 

 Caribou, 223. 

 Carnivora, 179, 241. 

 Carpet-beetle, 73. 

 Cashmere, 241. 

 Castor canadensis, 192. 

 Catamount, 260. 

 Caterpillar, 75. 





