INDEX OF POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES 



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GENERAL INDEX 



Abdomen, fleas, 64 

 Abortion, 173 

 Abscesses, 93 



Abstinence, 73, 75, 97, 209 

 Acanthella, 189 

 Acid-fast bacteria, 236 

 Activity of flea and louse, 58 

 Adaptation, 4, 43-46 : 

 to brood-parasitism, 260; 

 to climatic conditions, 70; 

 confused views on, 1 79 ; to 

 clinging to feathers, 132; 

 of cuckoo's egg, 262; to 

 ecological niches, 131, 139; 

 of ectoparasites, 44; of 

 follicle-mites, 227; to hab- 

 its of host, 45, 46; of Icie, 

 126, 129; of mouth parts, 

 73» 139; mutual, 35; of 

 parasites, 35, 43, 69; to 

 pH, 192; of Protozoa, 

 159; to sedentary habit, 



93 

 Adhesive discs, 1 1 

 Afterbirth, 13 

 Air-sacs, 3, 8, 207, 226, 232, 



243 



Alimentary canal, 3, 192 



Ambulatory processes, 53 



Ancestors, fleas', 63, 93, 118 



Ant-birds, 254 



Antennae : 



fleas, 62, 64; lice, 122, 

 140; modified, 57, 64 



Ant-hills, 14 



Antibiotics, 243 



Anting : 



active, 127; functions of, 

 128; origin of, 127; pas- 

 sive, 127; soldiers', 127 



Appetite, 72, 74 



Asexual : 



generations, 54; reproduc- 

 tion, 39, 41, 160, 173, 176, 

 200 



Association : 



nesting, 16, 23, 26; origin 

 of, 26; predator and prey, 



137 



Balance, host and parasite, 35 

 Bams, 16, 21 

 Bathing, 126 

 Beauty, 3, 198 



Main Sections are in heav^ type 



Behaviour, 18, 28, 36 : 

 mosquitoes, 215; sym- 

 biotic, 24 



Bible quoted, i, 11, 15, 19, 

 33» 4i> 72, 158, 190, i93> 

 235> 256 



Bile-duct, 3 



Black Death, i 



Blackhead, 172, 183 



Blindness, 43 : 



birds', 232; fishes', 207 



Blinking, 33, 37 



Blood, 3 : 



clotting, 42, 74, 182, 209; 

 composition, 137; depend- 

 ence on, 46, 48; food of 

 fleas, 73; food of leeches, 

 31, 41, 209; food office, 

 121; food of mites, ticks, 

 225, 230; food of worms, 

 182, 198; quantity im- 

 bibed, 74; rat flea's, 72; 

 stimulus of, 68, 112, 216 



Blood-letting, 210 



Body-fluids, 44, 48 



Bone-marrow, 171 



Book-lice, 138 



Bottles, milk, 18 



Bracts, 217 



Brain, flea's, 64 



Bristles : 



flea's, 78; -formula, 81; 

 reduced, 96 



Bronchi, 3 



Brood-parasitism, 9, 36, 38, 

 256 268 : 



characteristics of, 267; 

 lice in, 137; origin of, 265; 

 rare, 265; specialisation 

 in, 268 



Bubonic plague, i, 70, 98, 

 238 



Budding of larvae, 39, 1 76, 

 182 



Bush fires, 13, 25 



Butter, 236 



Canal, gynaecophorus, 39 



Cannibalism, 121 



Carriers, see Vectors 



Carton nests, 14 



Castration, parasitic, 31, 35, 



103 

 Caterpillars as food, 256 

 Cathedrals, 84 



Cave-dwelling, 42, 97, 109 



Cercaria, 32, 42, 200-207 



Chance, 38 



Chitin, 62 



Cigar-butts, 127 



Classification, 104-108: ar- 

 bitrary, 10, 105 ; of 

 bacteria, 236; of cestodes, 

 194; of fleas, 62, 107; of 

 Ischnocera, 139; of lice, 

 129, 148; objects, in 

 science, 105; of parasites, 



io> 59 

 Claws, 41, 78, 121 

 Clepto-parasitism, 10, 25, 



253-255 : 



frigate bird's, 253 ; cock- 

 erel's, 253; skua's, 10,254; 

 thrush's, 254; incipient, 



253 

 Climbing, fleas', 78; lice, 



122 



Clotting of blood, 42, 74, 

 182 



Cocoons, 72 



Colds, 235 



Collection, fleas, 61; lice, 

 147 



Colour : 



cuckoos' eggs, 259, 262; 

 fleas', 62; fleas' eggs', 70; 

 leeches' blood, 209; lice, 

 126; worms, 184, 198, 



Combs, 52, 62; lost, 96 



Commensalism, 4, II-19 : 

 ants', 14, 51; arthropods, 

 19; bacterial, 239; birds', 

 12,19; dangers of, 49 ; de- 

 fined, 11; fish's, 12; fish- 

 ermen and, 16; flies', 11; 

 fungal, 242; incipient, 15; 

 insects, 19; nidicoles, 245- 

 252; psychological ele- 

 ment, 16; rove beetles, 

 50; termites, 51 



Communities, 109 



Competition, 137 : 



inter-specific, 35, 52, 128, 

 intra-specific, 35; spatial, 



Conchiolin, 31 

 Convergence, 96 

 Coprophagy, 13, 28, 50 

 Copulation : 



