INDEX. 



English names of animals are followed, in most cases, by the 

 Aristotelian names apparently equivalent, e.g. Alpine swift (Apous). 

 Separate entries are also made for Aristotelian names of animals of 

 special interest, e.g. Aspalax, Glanis, SJcaros. 



Absorption of light, 64-5 



Achaia, earthquakes in, 44, 59 



Achelous, river, 48, 235, 259 



.ZEgean Sea, 54 



JEgocephalos, 157 



yEgon, river, 56 



^Egospotamos, 51 



yElian, 8, 10, 134, 231, 232, 235, 236, 



243, 254, 256, 259, 262 

 JEolian Islands, 59, 60 

 ^Esop, 186, 243, 262 

 Either, 29, 30, 31, 43, 62, 88 

 ^Ethiopia, 101, 241, 256 

 Agassiz, L., 82, 208, 211, 213, 221, 



234, 235 



Air-bladder of fishes, 161 

 Air, colour of, 67 ; none in water, 



according to A., 81, 148; weight 



of, 60 



Aithyia, 242-4 

 Akalepliai (ccelenterates), 84, 215, 



217 



Albertus Magnus, 186, 207 

 Albinos, 135 

 Alchemy, 50, 91 

 Alcrnseon, 14, 173, 183 

 Aldrovandi, 186, 207, 221, 236, 237 

 Alexander the Great, 7-9, 11, 61 

 Alhazen, 66 

 Alimentary canal, 24, 25, 102, 103, 



130, 144, 153, 158-164, 169, 171, 



203, 206 

 Allamand, 253 



Allantois and its blood* vessels, 205-7 

 Alloys, 91 



Alpine swift (Apous), 245 

 Amia, 156, 233-4 

 Ammon, 205-7 



Amphibians, 75, 103, 106, 111, 112, 



135, 154, 156-7, 165, 166, 170, 



214, 229-30, 234, 236, 237, 



240-1 



Amphodonta, 128, 208 

 Anaima, 127, 179, 215-28 

 Anaklasis (of light), 34, 64 

 Analogy (analogia), 135, 209-11 

 Anaxagoras, 14, 33, 34, 43, 95, 97, 



148, 198 



Anaximander, 31, 32 

 Anaximenes, 43 

 AnepallaUa, 128, 208 

 Angel-fish (Rhine), 152-3, 232 

 Angora goats, 133, 253 

 Anhomceomeria, 19, 90, 92, 93, 94, 



118-187, 196 

 Animal heat, 70, 74, 75, 158 



motion, 188-94 

 Antelopes, 115-6, 132, 254-6 

 Anthrakeutic substances, 72 

 Anthropoid apes, 261, 262 

 Anticipation of modern discoveries, 



alleged, 5, 62-3, 128, 168-9, 197-8, 



201-2, 231, 236, 263 

 Antipater, 7-8, 10 

 Aorta, 6, 102, 109, 110, 113, 125, 



138-41, 143, 145-7, 165, 194 

 Aphides, 201 

 Aplysia, 216 

 Aquinas, Thomas, 6 

 Arabia, 100, 241, 249 

 Arabs and A. s writings, 1 

 Arachnoid membrane, 178 

 Arachosia, 253-4 

 Araxes, river, 56 

 Archimedes, 65 

 Arcynian mountains, 56 



