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INDEX 



barnacle goose, 178; cf. figs. 533, 534, 



p. 180 

 barnacles, 27, 173, 177, 178, 181, 193, 



215; fig. 524, p. 176; fig. 583, p. 



196; see also figs. 533, 534, p. 180 

 barnacles, acorn, 177; fig. 524, p. 176; 



fig- 583, P- 196 

 goose, 177; cf. figs. 533, 534, P- 180 

 barracoudas, 2,:^, 182 

 ' basket-stars, 13, 228; fig. 546, p. 188 

 basking shark, 164, 170 

 bat-fishes, 137; figs. 32, 33, p. 60; the 



flying bat-fish is a skate or ray 

 bats, 41, 61, 87, 95, 100, loi, 105, 116, 

 118, 120, 121, 127-129, 140, 183, 

 225 

 bats, fish-eating, 117, 183 



fruit, 18 

 beach-fleas, 235; cf. fig. 510, p. 174 

 beach-flies, 73, 183 

 bears, 18, 93, 140, 147, 243 

 beavers, 46, 91 



beche-de-mer, 23; cf. fig. 550, p. 188 

 bed-bugs, 41, 63, 65; fig. 445. P- 158; 



see also fig. 439, p. 156 

 bed-bugs, big, 41; fig. 439, P- iS6 

 bee, jungle, 32 

 bee-flies, 10, 13, 61, 63; fig. 288, p. 126; 



fig. 311, p. 130 

 bee-lice, 59 

 bees, I, 10, 13, 46, 51, 54, 55, 57. 59, 



61, 63, 65, 66, 100, 126, 128, 243 

 bees, bumble, 10, 51, 54, 61, 77 

 burglar, 52, 59 

 burrowing, 52 

 carder, 52 

 carpenter, 52, 59 

 cuckoo, 59, 77 

 honey, 10, 51, 122 

 mason, 59 

 social, 51 



solitary, 52, 57, 59, 61 

 stingless, 52 

 upholsterer, 52 

 beetle, cigarette, 67; fig. 168, p. 98; 

 fig. 208, p. 107; fig. 233, p. 112 

 Hercules, 149 

 longicorn, 149 

 saw-toothed grain, 67; fig. 159, P- 98; 



fig. 203, p. 107; fig. 223, p. 112 

 snail, 57 

 beetles, 13, 49, 5i-S3, 57, 59, 61, 64, 

 66-69, 77, 81, 117, 123-125, 128; 

 pi. IX, p. 38, upper left; figs. 159- 



170, p. 98; figs. 171-180, p. 102; 



figs. 181-186, p. 103; figs. 187-193, 



p. 104; figs. 194-201, p. 106; figs. 



202-221, p. 107; figs. 222-239, p. 



112; figs. 240-245, p. 114; figs. 



257-261, p. 116 

 beetles, black, 13 



blister, 57; fig. 199, p. 106 

 carabid, 53, 55, 57, 73; fig. 197, p. 



106 

 carrion, 64 

 elephant, 149 

 giant water, 53, 207 

 goliath, 149 

 hive, 59 



oil, 52, 57 

 rhinoceros, 31 

 tiger, 53, 61, 124 

 Bengal tiger, 140 

 betes-rouges, 42; fig. 471, p. 168 

 big bed-bugs, 41; fig. 439, p. 156 

 bird flies, 37, 61, 121; figs. 277, 279, 



p. 124 

 bird, secretary, 87 

 bird migrations, height of, 109 

 birds, 17, 18, 41, 46, 47, 52, 61, 64, 70, 

 82, 83, 85, 87-89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 

 98, 105, 118, 120, 121-123, 127-130, 

 139, 165, 182, 183, 209, 216, 225, 

 243, 251; pi. Ill, p. 12, fig. VII; 

 pi. IV, p. 16; pi. V, p. 22; pi. VI, 

 p. 26 

 birds, crocodile, 87, 161 

 frigate, 91, 115, 182, 216 

 gallinaceous, 86, 87 

 God, II 



humming, 85, 105, 106, 127, 128 

 luminous, 219-221 

 lyre, 127 

 parasitic, 89 

 sea, 153, 166 

 shore, 182 



speed of flight of, 108 

 tailor, 127 

 temperature of, 89 

 tropic, 127, 165, 182, 216 

 bison, II 

 biting midges, 40 

 bivalves, 27, 95, 178-181, 183, 185, 215, 



236, 249; figs. 612-616, p. 208 

 black-backed tern, 165 

 black-beetles, 13 

 blackbird, 11 

 black crab-hawk, 19 



