714 



INDEX. 



Octopus Bairdii, 262 

 Odonatn, 348 

 Odontophore, 256 

 Odontornithes, 537, 557 

 (Ecodoma, 382 

 Oligochaeta, 216 

 Onchidium, 257 

 Ouiscus murarius, 287 

 Operculum of gastropoda, 261 

 Ophidia, 496, 517 

 Ophiocoma vivipara, 110 

 Ophiopholis bellis, 110 

 Ophiuridea. 109, 116 

 Opisthodelphys ovifera, 485 

 Opisthomi, 446 

 Opossum, 575 

 Orang, 622 

 Orca gladiator, 595 

 Oreort}'x pictus, 546 

 Organisms, 6, 23 

 Organs, comparative anatomy of, 

 631 



of circulation. 635 



of digestion, 631 



of respiration, 637 



of sense, 640 



of smell. 642 



nature of, 4. 6. 8, 9 

 Origin of species, 671 

 Ornithodelphia. 571, 628 

 Ornithosauria, 516 

 Orohippus, 602 

 Orthagoriscus oblongus, 462 

 Orthoptera, 345 

 Oscines. 552, 553 

 Oscula of sponges, 43 

 Osmerus eperlanus, 452 



mordax, 452 

 Osprey, 548 

 Ostracoda, 279 

 Ostrich, 539 

 Otocyst, 270, 641 



of clam, 245 



of worms, 143 



Ova, winter, of plauarians, 145 



of polyzoa, 187 



of Rotatoria, 178 

 Ovibos moschatus, 610 



priscus, 610 

 Ovis argali, 610 



aries, 610 



montana, 610 

 Owl, 548 

 Ox, 612 



Oxyuris vermicularis, 167 

 Oyster, pearl, 232 



PADDI E FISH, 427 

 Palseocm'is typus, 272 

 Palaeontology, 16 

 Palamedea coruuta, 546 

 Palapteryx, 538 

 Palecliinida, 123, 126 

 Palisade worm. 168 

 Paludicella, 182 

 Pandion haliae'tus, 548 

 Pangolin, 580 

 Panopoea arctica, 230 

 Paragorgia arborea, 86 

 Paramecium caudatum, 35 

 Parr, 452 

 P{irroquet, 550 

 Parrot, 550 

 Parthenogenesis, 54, 652 



in ascidians, 403 

 Partridge, 546 

 Passeres, 551 

 Patella vulgata, 248 

 Pauropoda. 336, 366 

 Pauropus Lubbockii, 336 

 Pearl oyster. 232 



shell, 232 

 Pedicellaria. 97 

 Pediculati, 460 

 Pedipalpi. 342 * 

 Pelagic molluscs, 238, 249 

 Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, 535 

 Pelican, 542 



