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INDEX. 



Cats, why do they lap fluids 

 slowly 232 



Cats, why said to have "nine 

 lives" 233 



Cats, why have they great diffi- 

 culty in masticating vegetables 302 



Cattle, why is it customary in 

 Switzerland to bell their necks 543 



Cattle, why when flying from the 

 hunter do they keep to the sides 

 of copses 549 



Cattle, why, when wild meditate 

 an attack do they approach in 

 circles 550 



Cattle, why is the hair of tame, 

 softer and smoother than that 

 of wild 552 



Cattle, why are the horns of tame, 

 generally shorter than those of 

 wild 554 



Cattle, why do wild, feed in herds 556 



Cattle, why when feeding do they 

 scatter, and graze separately ... 556 



Caucasian, kau-kas'-si-an, why is 

 the race so called 2 



Cetacea, se-ia'-ce-a, ... ... ... 577 



Cctacca, habits und structure of ... 578 



Cetacea, why separated from fishes 579 



C}uv\odons,'chet'-o-rloiis, why are 

 they so brilliantly coloured ... 1106 



Chameleon, why has it the power 

 of changing its colour 1014 



Cheeks, why do they turn pale or 

 red through fear or rage ... 79 



Cheek, why is a pale one an indica- 

 tion of disease 80 



Chest, why does it heave when we 

 breathe 86 



Cheiroptera, ky-rop'-ter-a, ... 184 



Chelonia, kel-lo'-ne-a, why is the 

 first order of reptiles so called... 1002 



Chinche, kin'-tche, animals with 

 an offensive smell 243 



Chondrostea, k-m-drost'-e-a, why 

 is the second sub-order of 

 ganoidca so called ... ... 1123 



Civet, why called the civet cat ... 319 



Civet perfume, how is it produced 320 



Classification of animals, why 

 adopted .". 161 



Classification of animals, significa- 

 tion of terms in 162 



Classification of animals, principles 

 of 325 



Climbing animals, how is xhe 

 supply (>f blood in the legs of, 

 regulated 412 



Coati, ko'-a-te, why does it burrow 

 beneath trees 234 



Cockatoos, why so called 815 



Cod, why does it abound on tie 

 Newfoundland coast 1091 



Cold, why does it purple the skin 35 



Cold, why does moderate, stimulate 

 the system 78 



Conirostres, con-c-ros' -trees, why 

 is the sub-order so named ... 726 



Conirostres, why are the hea.ds of, 

 disproportionately Jfirgp ... 7?8 



Cormorant peculiarity in the struc- 

 ture of its foot ..'. 936 



Coughing, why docs it increase 

 headache 81 



Coursing, why are two dogs em- 

 ployed 263 



Cow, anecdote of a ... ... 544 



Cow, why has it four or more teats 547 



Cows, management of the teats of 

 when sucking 548 



Coypou, koy-poo, why, though 

 identical with the beaver in 

 habits, has it a dissimilar tail ... 382 



Creeper, why are its feet long and 

 powerful 780 



Crocodile, why does it allow the 

 xic-zac to be familiar with it ... 1009 



Crocodile, why do both of its jaws 

 move 1011 



Crows, why erroneous to suppose 

 that they destroy grass 763 



Crossbill, why is the beak of, 

 peculiarly constructed 749 



Crows, why said that they can 

 smell gunpowder ... ... ... 741 



Crows, why wrong to destroy them 744 



Cuckoo, why does it deposit eggs 

 in nests of other birds 821 



Cuckoo, why does it drop its eggs 

 in the nests of smaller birds . . . 822 



Cuckoo, why does it deposit its 

 eggs in the nests of sparrows, 

 wagtails, &c 823 



Cuckoo, why does it deposit its 

 eggs with its foot 825 



Cuckoo, why does it cause injury 

 to the eggs of other birds ... 826 



Cuckoos, why do they perch on 

 the backs of oxen while grazing 827 



Cursores, kur-so'-rees, why is the 

 order so named* 873 



Cuticle, why is it slightly rough ... 33 



Cuticle, special provisions for, in 

 various parts of the body ... 34 



Cuvier, anecdote of 646 



Cyclostomata, sy-klos-tom'-a-ta, 

 why is the second sub-order of 

 fishes so called 1039 



Deaf persons, why do they place a 

 hand behind their ears 148 



Deaf persons, why do they hear 

 more readily if addressed in a 

 moderate tone 149 



Deer, why furnished with supple- 

 mentary breathing organs ... 536 



Dentirosties, tlfH-te-rot' -trees, why 

 is the sub-order so called ... 686 



Diaphragm, di-a-fram 87 



Dog and wolf, points of similarity 

 between 263 



Dog and wolf, why a difference in 

 the pupils of their eyes 225 



Dogs, why may it be supposed 

 that all the varities of, spring 

 from a common origin ... ... 258 



Dogs, influence of climate upon ... 257 



Dogs, Isle of, why so called ... 258 



Dogs, why are two employed in 

 coursing 2G? 



