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Procyon: pro before; Teuon^-dog 20 



PROCYONID.E 20 



Progue: a daughter of Pandion, 



who was changed into a swallow 72 



PROTEIDA, 197 



PROTEID^!: proteus a name in 



mythology, 197 



Protonotaria 60 



Pseudemys: pseudos false ; emus 



a tortoise, 164 



Pseudobranchus : pseudos false ; 



bragchos gills, .... 198 

 Pseudotriton : pseudos false ; 



triton a water Salamander, 194 

 PSITTACI: L., psittacus a parrot 105 

 Pteromys: pteron wing; mus 



mouse, 27 



Ptychemys: ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; emus a tortoise, . 164 

 Ptychostomus: ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; stoma mouth, . 295 

 Ptyonotus: ptuon a, fan; notes 



back 245 



Putorius: L., ill-scented, . . 18 

 PYGOPODES: puge rump; pous 



foot, 153 



Pygosteus: puge rump; osteon 



bone 249 



Pyranga: pur fire; tanagra 



tanager 70 



Pyrgita: purgites a house spar- 

 row 83 



Querquedula: L., a teal, . . 141 

 Quiscalus : quiscala a vernacular 

 name, ..,.,. 93 



RALLID^E, 135 



Rallus: L., a rail, ... 135 



Rana: L.. a frog 187 



RANID^E 187 



Rangifer: L., a reindeer, . . 21 

 RAP^TORES: L., robbers, . . 106 

 Recurvirostra: L., recurvus re- 

 curved; rostrum bill, . . 123 

 RKCURVIROSTRID^E, . . . 122 

 Regina : L., a queen, . . . 175 

 Regulus: L., a kinglet, . . 50 

 Reithrodon : reithron a channel ; 



odon tooth 32 



REPTILIA: L., repto to creep or 



crawl, 157 



Rhinichthys: rhin snout; ich- 



<7ms-fish 280 



Rhinogryphus : rhin snout; 

 grups a griffin, . . . 115 



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RHOMBOOANOIDEI: rhombos a 

 diamond -shaped figure, a 

 rhomb; ganoidei ganoids, . 306 



Rhyacophilus rhuax river; 

 pMleo to love. . . . 129 



Rhynchops: rhunchos snout; ops 



face [ 153 



Rhytidostomus : rhutis rough; 



stoma mouth 298 



Rissa: a Latin name (risus 



laughing) 150 



Roccus: from vernacular, Rock- 

 fish 226 



RODENTIA L., rodo to gnaw, 26 

 Rutilus : Latin, rosy, . . . 287 

 Salamandra: L., a Salamander, 193 

 Salar : L., a trout (salio to leap), 259 

 Salmo: L., a trout (saZio to leap), 259 



SALMONIDJE, 258 



Salvelinus : a Latin name, . 259 

 SarcMriis: sarx flesh; cheir 



hand, 308 



SAXICOLID^B: L., saxicola living 



among rocks, .... 49 

 Sayornis: to Thomas Say; ornis 



a bird 96 



Scalops: skalops a mole, from 



sfcao-todig ,25 



Scapanus : skapane a hoe or 



shovel, 25 



SCAPHIOPID^E, .... 188 

 Scaphiopus: skaphos spade; pous 



foot 189 



Scaphirhynchus: skaphos spade ; 



rJiuncfoos snout, . . . 312 



Sceloporus: skelos leg; poros 



pore, 169 



: scicena Latin name, 241 

 ^E: skigkos a kind of liz- 

 ard, 171 



SCIURID^B 26 



Sciurus: skiouros a squirrel; 

 (sfcia shade; oura tail), . 27 



Sciuropterus: skiouros a squir- 

 rel; pteron wing, ... 27 



Sclerognathus: skleros hard; 

 gnatTios-jaw 297 



Scolecophagus : skolex worm ; 

 phago to eat, .... 93 



Scolecosoma: skolex worm; soma 



body, 315 



SCOLOPACID^!, . . . 124 



Scolopax: skolopax a snipe, 126 

 Scops: skops a screech owl, 108 



