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Procyon: pro before; Tcuon^-dog 20 



PROCYONIL&amp;gt;, 20 



Progue: a daughter of Pandion, 



who was changed into a swallow 72 



PROTEIDA 197 



PuoTEiD.fi: 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: puryites 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 

 RAPTORES: L., robbers, . . 106 

 Recurvirostra: L., recurvus re 

 curved; rostrum bill, . . 123 

 RECURVIROSTRID^E, . . . 122 

 llegina: 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- 



tftus-fish 280 



Rhinogryphus : rhin snout; 

 grups a griffin, . . . 115 



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: rTiombos a 

 diamond- shaped figure, a 

 rhomb; ganoidei^ganoids, . 306 



Rhyacophilus rhuax river; 

 phileo to love. . . . 129 



Rhynchops: rhunclios snout; ops 



face f. . .... 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 (saiio to leap), 259 

 SALMONID-E, ..... 258 



Salvelinus : a Latin name, . 259 

 Sarchirus: sarx flesh ; cheir 



hand, ...... 308 



SAXICOLID.*;: L., saxicola living 



among rocks ..... 49 

 Sayornis: to Thomas Say; ornts 



a bird, ...... 96 



Scalops: sfcaZops a mole, from 



sfcao-todig ..... ,25 

 Scapanus : skupane a hoe or 



shovel ....... 25 



SCAPHIOPHXE, .... 188 



Scaphiopus: skaphos spade ;pous 



foot, ...... 189 



Scaphirhynchus: skaphos spade; 



rhunchos snout, . . . 312 

 Sceloporus: skelos leg; poros 

 pore ....... 169 



: scicena Latin name, 241 

 : skiykos a kind of liz 

 ard, ...... 171 



Sciurus: skiouros a squirrel; 



(s/cia shade; oura tail), . 27 

 Sciuropterus: skiouros a squir 



rel; pteron wing, ... 27 

 Sclerognathus: skleros hard; 



ynathos jaw ..... 297 

 Scolecophagus : sTcolex worm ; 



phago to eat ..... 93 

 Scolecosoma: skolexworm; soma 



body ...... 315 



SCOLOPACID^E, . . . 124 



Scolopax: skolopax a snipe, 126 

 Scops: skops a screech owl, 108 



