336 



INDEX. 



PAGB. 



cloaked; no to* back, from 

 scales on dorsal fin (more likely 

 haploos single ; noto* back, 

 i. e. dorsal fin), .... 241 



HAPLOMI: haploos simple; omos 

 humerus 251 



Harelda: L., a herald. . . 143 



Harporhynchus: harpe a sickle; 

 rhunchos a bill, ... 48 



Hedymeles: hedus sweet; melos 

 a soug, 88 



Helminthophaga: helmins a 

 worm ; phago to eat, . . 60 



Helmitherus: helmins a worm; 

 thereuo to seek, ... 60 



HEMIBRANCHII: hemi half; 

 bragchia gills, ... 247 



Hemidactylium: hemi half; 

 daktulos claw, . . . 193 



Hemioplites: hemi half; hoplites 

 armed 232 



Hemitremia: hemi half; trema 

 aperture (lateral line half 

 way) 283 



Herodias: herodios a heron, 132 



HERODIONES 130 



Hesperiphona: hesperos evening; 

 phoneo to sing 81 



Hesperocichla : hesperos even- 

 ing ; fcichle a thrush, . . 47 



Hesperomys : hesperos evening; 

 mus a mouse, .... 31 



Heterodon : heteros different ; 

 odon tooth 174 



Hierofalco : L.. hierax, a hawk ; 

 falco, a falcon Ill 



Himantopus : himantopous a 

 kind of water-bird (crook- 

 shanks) 123 



HlRUNDINIJXE, , 70 



Hirundo: L., a swallow, . , 71 

 Histrionicus: L., a harlequin, 144 

 Hololepis: holos entirely; lepis 



a scale, 220 



Hopladelus: hop leis armed ; de- 



los visible, .... 303 

 Hucho: a Latin name, . . 259 

 Mudsonius: Hudson River . 281 

 Huro: Lake Huron, . . . 229 

 Hybognathus: hubos gibbous ; 



gnathos jaw, .... 276 

 Hybopsis : hubos gibbous ; opsis 



face 281 



Hyborhynchus : hubos gi bbous ; 



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rhunchos snout, . . . 276 



Hydrargyra : hudor water; ar- 

 guros silver, .... 252 



Hydrochelidon : hudor water ; 

 chelidon swallow, . . . 153 



Hyla: hule forest, . . . 189 



HYLID^E: 189 



Hylocichla: hule forest; kichle 

 thrush .46 



Hylomyzon: hilus mud; muzo 

 to suck, ...... 293 



Hylotomus: hule wood; tomos 

 cutting 103 



Hyodon: L., os hyoides bone of 

 the tongue; odon a tooth (in- 

 tended for "toothed tongue " ), 264 



HYODONTID^E 263 



Hyostoma: hus swine; stoma 

 a mouth, 223 



Hypentelium: hupo under (lip?); 

 enteles-perfect 293 



Hypohomus: hupo beneath ; ho- 

 mosuniform 223 



Hyperistius: huper high; histi- 

 on a sail (dorsal), ... 230 



HYPEROARTIA: huperoa pal- 

 ate; artios perfect, . . 314 



HYPEROTRETA: huperoa pal- 

 ate; tretos perforate, . . 313 



Hypsilepis: hupsi high; lepis 

 scale 286 



Ibis: name in Greek, . . . 134 



Ictalurus: ichthus fish; ailuros 

 cat, 299 



ICHTHELIDJ3 227 



Ichthelis: ichthus fish; helios 

 the sun 235 



Ichthyobus: ichthus fish ; boats 

 buffalo 297 



Ichthyomyzon : ichthus fish ; 

 muse to suck, .... 315 



Ictinia: iktinos a kite. . . 112 



Icteria: ikteros a yellowish green 

 bird, the sight of which would 

 cure the jaundice (ikteros). In 

 the process the bird dies, . 68 



ICTERlDuE, 90 



Icterus, 92 



IGUANHXE: Iguana a vernacular 

 name, 169 



INSECTIVORA: L., insecta in- 

 sect; voro to eat, ... 24 



Ischnognathus : ischnos thin ; 

 gnathos jaw 176 



