INDEX. 



A. 



Absorbent system, 46. 

 Absorption, "10. 

 Acalephae, 456. 

 Acanthocephuli, 385. 

 Acanthopteri, 266. 

 Acarinn, 340. 

 Acephala, 419. 

 Actinaria, 476. 

 Actinea, 477. 

 Actinophrys, 494. 

 ^Epyornis, 191. 

 Agouti. 128. 

 Albatross. 205. 

 Alcyonaria, 473. 

 Alectoridea, 198. 

 Allantois, 59. 

 Alligators, 223. 

 Alternation of generations, 



329. 



Amblystoma, 242. 

 Amtnonitidffi, 39!l. 

 Amnion, 59. 

 Amoeba, 8, 494. 

 Amphibia. 23. r ). 

 AmphioxilB, 280. 

 Amphipoda, 363. 

 Anacanths, 272. 

 Animal Kingdom, 5. 

 Animals, 23. 

 Annelida, 372. 

 Annulata, 370. 

 Annnloida, 374. 

 Anomoura, 359. 

 Anonra, 238. 

 Ant-eaters. 129. 

 Antelopes, 101. 

 Ant-lions, 337. 

 Ants, 304. 

 Ants, white, 334. 

 Apes, 74. 

 Aphnniptera, 318. 

 Aphidse, 328. 

 Apoda, 243. 

 Arachnida, 339. 

 Archfeopteryx, 211. 

 Armadillo, 129. 

 Arteries, 47. 

 Arthropoda. 284. 

 Articulata, 22, 282. 

 Artiodactyls, 95. 

 Ascidians. 429. 

 Assimilation, 11. 

 Asterioidea, 449. 



Astnea. 480. 

 Astrophyton, 432. 

 Atoll, 4S2. 

 Auks, 208. 

 Aurelia, 451. 

 Aves, 137. 

 Avocets, 192. 

 Axolotl, 242. 

 Aye-aye, 79. 



B. 



Baboons, 76. 

 Badgers, 88. 

 Bark- lice, 330. 

 Barnacles, 369. 

 Bass, 271. 

 Bathybius. 494. 

 Batrachia, 38. 235. 

 Bats, 118. 

 Bears, 90. 

 Beavers, 125. 

 Bedbugs, 331. 

 Bees, 302. 

 Beetles, 319. 

 Bimana, 70. 

 Birds, 38, 137, 148. 

 Birds, classification, 149. 

 Birds of Paradise, 165. 

 Birds of Prey, 175. 

 Bivalves, 419. 

 Blackbirds. 161. 

 Blindfish, 278. 

 Blindworm, 244. 

 Blood, 34. 



Blood. Circulation, 47. 

 Blood Corpuscles, 36. 

 Bluebirds, 154. 

 Bluefisties. 268. 

 Bobolinks, 161. 

 Bones, 31, 145. 

 Brachiopods, 370, 432. 

 Brachyura, 357. 

 Branches. 20. 

 Branchial fissures, 50. 

 Breams, 271. 

 Brevipennes. 189. 

 Bristle-tails, 337. 

 Bruta, 129. 

 Bryozoa, 435. 

 Buntings-. 159. 

 Bustards, 192. 

 Butterflies, 307. 



c. 



Caddice-flies, 337. 

 CiBcilians, 243. 

 Camels, 9s. 

 Campanularia, 463. 

 Can idie, 85. 

 Capillaries. 43. 

 Capybara, 128. 

 Carnivora, 80. 

 Carp, 277. 

 Cat-fish, 276. 

 Cats, 81. 

 Cells, 12. 



Cellular-tissue, 16. 

 Cephalization, 339. 

 Ceplialopods, 394. 

 Cephalo-thprax, 349. 

 Cerebro-spinal system, 27. 

 Cestoidea, 382. 

 Cetacea, 115. 

 Cluetodonts, 269. 

 Chaetognatha, 374. 

 Chsetopoda, 374. 

 Chalk, 487. 



Chambered shells, 399. 

 Chelonians, 217. 

 Chewinks, 159. 

 Ctiickadees, 155. 

 Chilo^natha, 348. 

 Chilopoda, 347. 

 Chimreras, 261. 

 Chimpanzee, 74. 

 Chiropt.era, IIS. 

 Chorda-dorsalis, 32. 

 Chrysalis, 297. 

 Chyle, 44. 

 Chyme, 44. 

 Cicadas, 325. 

 Ciliata, 4HO. 

 Cirripedia, 369. 

 Civet-cats. 92. 

 Civets, 85. 

 Cladocera, 3H7. 

 C'lamatorcs, 154, 165. 

 Classes, 20. 

 Cnid:r. . 

 Cochineal. 330. 

 Cocoon. 299. 

 Cod, 272. 

 Crelcnterata. 284. 

 Coleoptera. 319. 

 Columbir, 184. 

 Comatula, 454. 



