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Pelecanus: pelekan a pelican, 146 

 Pelidna: pelidnos livid, . . 127 

 Pelionetta: peleios blackish ; 



netta duck, .... 145 

 Perca: per fee a perch (perfeos 



dusky), 225 



PERCESOCES: L., perca perch; 



esox a pike 248 



PERCIDvE, 224 



Percina: dim. of Perca, . . 224 



PERCOPSID^E 258 



Percopsis: per fee a perch; opsis 



appearance, .... 258 

 PERDICID^E: L., perclix a part- 

 ridge, 119 



Perisoreus: peri around ; soros 



a hill, a heap, ... 95 

 Perissoglossa: perissos odd; glos- 



sa a tongue, .... 61 

 Petrochelidon: pefros a rock; 



chclidon a swallow, . . 71 

 Petromyzon : petros a stone ; muzo 



to suck 314 



PETROMYZONTID^E, . . . 314 

 Peucaea: pewfce a pine tree, . 87 

 PHALACROCORACID.*: phalakros 



bald; korax a raven, . 147 

 PHALAROPODIIMB, . . . 123 

 Phalaropus : phalaros shining; 



pous foot, .... 123 

 Phenacobius: phenax deceptive; 



bios life, . . . . . 280 

 Philohela- phileo to love; hele 



sunlight; (hilus mud?), . 125 

 Philomachus: phileo to love; 



mache a fight, . . . 129 

 Photogenis: pTios light; genus 



-cheek 288 



Phoxinus: phoxinos a minnow; 



(phoxos tapering), . . 284 

 Phrynosoma: phrune a toad; so- 



ma body, .... 170 

 Pica: L., a magpie, ... 94 

 PICARIJE: L., picws a wood- 

 pecker, 98 



PiciDvE: 102 



Picoides : L., like a woodpecker, 104 

 Picorellus: English, pickerel, . 255 

 Picus: L., a woodpecker, . . 103 

 Pileoma : pilema something 



compact, ..... 224 

 Pimelodus : pimelodes fat, . 300 

 Pimephales: pimele fat; kephale 



head, 275 



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Pinicola: L., living among pines, 81 

 Pipilo: L., pipilo to chirp, . 89 

 PISCES: L., fishes, . . . 199 

 Pitymys: pitus a pine-tree; mus 



mouse, 33 



Pityophis: pitus a pine-tree: 



ophis snake, .... 178 

 Placopharynx: plax anything flat 



and broad; pharunx pharynx, 296 

 Planirostra : L., planus flat; ros- 

 trumsnout, .... 310 

 Plargyrus: pleura side; arguros 



silver 287 



Plectrophanes: plektron a, spur; 



phaneo to show, ... 83 

 Plestiodon: pleistos many; oclon 



tooth 171 



Plethodon : plethos abundance ; 



odon tooth 193 



PLETHODONTID^E, . . . 192 

 PLEURODELID^E : Pleurodeles ; 

 pleuron side; deleeis destruc- 

 tive, .190 



Pleurolepis: pleuron side; lepis 



scale 221 



PLOTID^E, 146 



Plotus: plos a swimmer, . 146 

 Podiceps: L., podex rump; pes 



foot, 155 



PODICIPHXE, . . . . . 155 

 Podilymbus : L., podiceps a 



grebe; colymbus a loon, . 156 

 Pcecilia: poikilos variegated, 252 

 Pcecilichthys : poikilos varie- 

 gated; ichthus fish, . . 219 

 Polioptila: polios hoary; ptilon 



feather, 50 



Poly odon: poi-us many; odon 

 tooth, 310 



POLTODONTID^E, .... 309 



Pomolobus: porno opercle ; loftos 



lobe, 265 



Pomotis: poma opercle ; ous 



ear 239 



Pomoxys: poma opercle; oirws 



sharp, 230 



Pocecetes: pocs meadow-grass; 



koite nest, 84 



Porphyrio : porphurion a red 



water bird, from porphurios, 



purple 136 



Porzana: meaningless, . . 136 

 Potamocottus: potamosa, river; 



kottos a sculpin, . . . 244 



