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Hyla: TiitZe— forest, . . . 189 



Hyud.e: 189 



Hylocichla: 7iuie — forest; kichU'— 



thrush 4(3 



Hylomyzon: hilus — n\m\: muzo— 



to suck 319 



Ilylotomus: hule — wood; tomos— 



cutting, 10;5 



Hyoclou: L., os huoides — hone of 

 the tongue; odon—a, tooth (in- 

 tended for " toothed tongue "), 277 



HYODONTID.^5: 



rf) 



7ms — swine; stoma— a 



Hyostoma: 

 mouth, 222 



Hypenteliuni: Ziujjo— under (lip?); 

 enfeJes— perfect (more likely— 

 7mpo— under (lip); pente — five; 

 the lower lip was said by Rafiu- 

 esque to l)e five-lobed), . . 319 



Hypnhoiiius: liupo — beneath; ho- 

 mos— unitovm 2x'l 



Hyperistius: /luper— high; Mstion 

 — a sail (dorsal), . , , 247 



H YPEROAUTiA : Tiitperoa— palate ; 

 artios— perfect 347 



H YPEROTRETA : 7iupe/oa— palate ; 

 tretos— perforate. . . . 347 



Uypsifario: 7iiipsi— deep ; L., Fario 

 —a trout, 357 



Hypsilepis: hupsi — high; lepis— 

 scale, 293 



Ibis: name in Greek, . . 134 



Ichthaelurus: ic7it/u(s — fisJi; ailu- 

 ros— cat, 328 



Iclithelis: ichthus — fiah ; helois— 

 the sun 239 



Ichthyobus: ic7i(/nis— flsli; bous— 

 bulfalo, 322 



Ichthyomyzon: ichthus — fish; 

 muso— to suck, . , . . 349 



Ictinia: ifctijios— a kite, . . 112 



Icteria: ikteros—a yellowish green 

 bird, the sight of which would 

 cure the jaundice (.iktcros'j. In 

 the process the bird dies, . 68 



ICTERID^E, 90 



Icterus: same as Icteria, . . 92 



IGUANICE: Iguana — a vernacular 



name 169 



Iniostoma: ei)/u— to move; stoma 



mouth (mouth protractile), . 222 

 Insectivora: L., insecta— insect; 



varo— to eat, 24 



Isclmognathus : 

 giiatlios-ydw, 



ISOSPONDYLI: i^os- 

 didos — a vertebra, 



page. 



ischnos — thin; 



176 



equal ; spon- 



. ■ . 270 



IspUla: a Latin name, . . 101 

 Jaculus: L., something thrown, 30 

 Junco: meaningless, . 88-354 



Labidesthes: Zabis— a pair of for- 

 ceps; esthio— to eat, . . 261 

 Labracid^e, , . . . 231 

 Labrax: 7(f Z>r«j; — name of some 



voracious sea-fish, . . . 231 

 Lacertilia: L., lacerta— a lizard 168 

 Lagochila: lagocheilos — hare-lip- 

 ped 311 



Lagopus: lagopous ^ a ptarmigan 

 from lagos—n hare; pons —foot 

 (rough-fooled like a hare), . 119 

 Lamellirostres : L., lamella— 



a thin plate; rostr ((??i— bill, 137 



Larnpropeltis: lampros — shining; 



pelte— shield 180 



Laniid^ : L., lanius — a shrike 



(butcher) 76 



Lanivireo: lanius-vireo, , . 76 



Larid^, 148 



Larus: 7a?-os— a seagull, . . 150 

 Lasiurus: 7asios — hairy ; aura- 



tail, 24 



Lcpibema . lepis — scale ; bema— 

 step, " in allusion to the scaly 

 basis of the unpaired fins," . 231 

 Lepidosteid.k, .... 341 

 Lepidosteus: iepis— scale; osteon— 



—bone, 343 



Lepiopomus ; lepion — a scale ; 



ponia — opercle, .... 239 

 Lepomis : lepis — scale ; poma — 



opercle, 239 



Leporid^, 34 



Leptocardu: leptos— thin; kar- 



fZia— heart, . . . , . 347 

 Leptophis : leptos — slender ; ophis 



—snake, 179 



Lepus: L., a hare, ... 34 

 Lestris : lesfris— a robber, . 149 



Leuciscus : 



white), 

 Leucosomus: 



—body, 



LlMICOL^ 



L.. a dace (leukos- 



295 



leukos — white; soma 



304 



L., limus — niutl ; culo 

 —to inhabit, . . . . 120 

 Liniosa: L., Ji7nosus — muddy, 128 



