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INDEX. 



MCc, mouse, Mus musculus. The 

 Egyptian kind is probably Hie rax, 

 those said to walk on two feet are 

 the Jerboa. The Pontic kind 

 said to ruminate. Mus Citillus, 

 Schneider, 5, 50 ; reproduction, 

 178; Persian, Egyptian, and 

 many other kinds, id. ; manner of j 

 drinking, 205 ; white mice in 

 Pontus, 216; Arabian mice, 226; 

 Lybian, ib. ; the Pontic mouse 

 is said to ruminate, 278. 



Mf/c, a bivalve mollusk, perhaps Mi- 

 tylus, 82. 



Mi irrtK-jjroc, a whale, Balaena mys- 

 ticetus, 64. BaJaenopterus mus 

 culus or Boops. 



MMtf4/, horse-fly or gad-fly, Taba- 

 nusCfecutiens. T. pluvialis, 9, 83, 

 89; origin, 126; death, 127; 

 siioks blood, 208. 



N 



Npirij. torpedo, Raia Torpedo, 37, 

 40. 104 ; reproduction and young, 

 109, 150, 151; habits, 275. 



NuuriXoj, cephalopod, the species 

 adhering to its shell is probably 

 the Nautilus Pompilius, another 

 species Argonauta Argo, Owen in 

 Cyc opeelia of Anatomy, 76, 258. 



Nt/jptai yoXtoi, dog-fish, Squalus 

 catulus, 149. 



Nt/3poc, fawn, 71. 



Ne^po^oi/og, a name of the pygargus, 

 251. 



NuciidrtXov, the larva of the silk 

 worm, Bomhyx, 124. 



N7pirjjc, different littoral trochi, 

 Trochiis, Neiita, lialiotis, 85, 

 86, 94, 117, 118. 



Nijrrcr, duck, Anas Boschas, 45, 

 203. 



N;rro06i 0i or Mop0vof, 251; a 

 name of the plangus. 



Kiff (Taint twot, Nissean horses, 278. 



Nwicrtjiig, bat, Vespertiiio, 4, 9, 50. 



Nnk-rik:6p&amp;lt;:i, Anlea Nycticorax. 

 Murabu, 45, 201, 210, 252. 



Stpi ae, sword-fish, Xiphias gladius, 



38, 40, 219. 

 3v\o(f&amp;gt;66pof, insects in wood, Phry- 



ganea, Tinea graminella, 136. 



0?oXtf, a cephalopod mollusk, the 

 same as bohtajna, 76. 



yivdvQr), the flower of the vine, 121. 



^ivdvQr), probably the name of some 

 dark-coloured bird, 276. 



)ivdc, a wild pigeon, Columba mi- 

 gratoria, Strack, C. oenas, 111, 

 138, 2U3. 



Off, sheep, Ovis aries, 72 ; different 

 kinds, 208. 



Oltrrpoc, gad fly, Tabanus corvinus, 

 3, 9, 83, 89 ; origin, 125 ; a blood 

 sucker, 208 ; the marine species 

 probably refers to certain parasites 

 on fish, Lernaea brachialis, Pha- 

 langium balaenarum, 135, 208, 

 212,219. 



, a bird, perhaps Motacilla 

 sibilatrix, or Trochilus, 202. 



0\o9ovptov, probably an alga 

 Spongodium, Spratt s Lycia, Ho- 

 lothuria or Salpa, 4. 



Qi&amp;gt;0, ass, Equus Asinus, 27, 31, 

 39, 68, 70; not infested with lice 

 or ticks, 135; reproduction, 113, 

 163, 171; food and drink, 207; 

 diseases, 224 ; a foe to the yEgi- 

 thus, 232 ; eats thorns, 233. 



*Oi 6 ayptoc, the wild ass, 178 ; 

 in Epirus, 71; the Indian ass, per 

 haps Rhinoceros, 28. 



&quot;Oi-of, fish, perhaps Raia squatina, 

 Struck, Gadus mustela, 214, 255. 



&quot;Oi/oe, woodlouse, Oniscus asellus, 

 135. 



Opttvog, a species of titmouse, 

 Parus Ater, 202. 



OpMTTtXapyot, Grypaetus Barbatus, 

 Struck, 251. 



O Df f, c , mule, 5, 11, 27, 31, 39. 

 females and reproduction, 163. 

 172, 173; food and drink, 20? 



