INDEX. 



315 



Lynx, Canada, 261. 

 Lynx canadensis, 362. 

 Lyre-birds, 169. 



MACAQUES, 271. 



Mackerel, 100. 



Macropus major, 182. 



Madagascar Cat, 265. 



Maggots, 74. 



Malleus (hammer) vulgaris, 38. 



Mammalia, 179. 



Mammals, 179 ; Tabulation of, 179 ; 



Preserving skins of, 280, 283. 

 Man, 179, 276 ; Hand and foot of, 276 ; 



Common origin of, 277. 

 Manatee, 179, 205. 

 Mandrill, 271. 

 Manis longicauda, 185. 

 Mantle, 34, 39. 

 Marine-worms, 30. 

 Marmoset, 267. 

 Marsupialia, 179, 181. 

 Marsupials, 181. 

 Marten, 252. 

 Mastiff, 253. 

 May-beetle, 72. 

 May-flies, 66. 

 Measly Pork, 27. 

 Medusa, 12, 13. 

 Meleagrina margaritifera, 37. 

 Meleagris, ocellata, gallopavo, mexicana, 



150. 



Melospiza melodia, 174. 

 Menobranehus, 107. 

 Menura superba, 168. 

 Mephitis mephitica, 248. 

 Mergus americanus, 140. 

 Merostomata, 57. 

 Mesenterial folds, 14. 

 Mesentery (intestinal membrane), 15. 

 Metamorphosis (change of form), 51. 

 Metazoa, 7. 



Metridium marginatum, 15. 

 Mice, 190. 



Millipeds (thousand-footed), 61. 

 Mimus polyglottus, 178. 

 Mink, 247, 250. 

 Mites, 57, 58. 

 Mocking-birds, 178. 

 Mole, 179, 196 ; Habitation of, 197 ; 



Common, 197 ; Star-nosed, 198. 

 Mollusca (soft), xiii., 34, 53. 

 Molluscoidea (mollusk-like), 32. 

 Molothrus pecoris, 170. 

 Monkey, 179, 273 ; New World, 268 ; 



Cebus, 269 ; Spider, 269 ; Hand and 



foot of, 270 ; Old World, 269 ; Group 



of, 270; Howling, 268, 273. 

 Monodon monoceros, 202. 

 Monopneumonia, 106. 



Monotremata, 179, 180. 



Monotremes, 180. 



Moose, 223, 227. 



Morrhua americana, 102. 



Moschus moschiferus, 223, 228. 



Mosquito, 74. 



Mother Gary's Chicken, 136. 



Moths, 76. 



Mountain Goat, 238. 



Mountain Sheep, 238, 239. 



Mouse, 186 ; Meadow, 190 ; Deer, 190 : 



White-footed, 190; House, 191. 

 Mud-eel, 107. 

 Mud-fish, 93. 

 Mud-hen, 143. 

 Murex tenuispinus, 45. 

 Musca domestica, 74. 

 Mushroom Corals, 16. 

 Musk Deer, 223, 228. 

 Musk Ox, 232, 241. 

 Musk Rat, 191. 



Mus musculus, 191; decumanus, 191. 

 Mussels, 38. 

 Mustela, pennantii, 251 ; americana, 



252. 



Mutella cephalotos, 80. 

 Mya arenaria, 39. 

 Mycetes ursinus, 268. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, 168. 

 Myriapoda (many-footed), 61. 

 Myriapods, 61. 

 Myrmecia forficata, 80. 

 Myrmecophaga jubata, 185. 

 Myrmeleon formicarius, 67. 

 Mytilus edulis, 38. 



NARWHAL, 202. 



Nauclerus furcatus, 156. 



Nauplius (young stage of some crusta- 

 ceans), of cyclops, 51; of barnack-, 

 53. 



Nautilus, 33, 46. 



Nautilus pompilius, 46. 



Necturus maculatus, 107. 



Nemathelniinthes, 27. 



Nematoda (thread), 27. 



Nematognathi (thread-jaw), 96. 



Nematus ventricosus, 78. 



Nereis pelagica, 30. 



Neuroptera (nerve-winged), 64, 67, 78. 



Newt, 108. 



Night-hawk, 167. 



Nightingale, 177. 



Noctiluca miliaris, 6. 



Nomenclature, binomial (two-named), 

 xii. 



Notochord (back-chord or string), 86. 



Nucleoli, xi. 



Nucleus, xi. 



Nudibranchiata (naked-gilled), 42. 



