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WEASELS. 



WHIP-POOR-WILL. 



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Carabuf elongates, Brod. 

 Cerylon striatum, Brod. 

 Acketa Sedffioickii, Brod. 

 Blatta SlHcklandi, Brod. 

 Cixiuf macwlattu, Brod. 

 Ricania fulgem, Brod. 

 Ariraco, Egertoni, Brod. 

 Aphis Valdcwis, Brod. 

 Cicada punctala, Brod. 

 Delpha;c pulcher, Brod. 



Termet grandcevus, Brod. 

 dBshna perampla, Brod. 

 Simulium Immidum, Brod. 

 Platyura Fittoni, Brod. 

 Tanypus dubius, Brod. 

 Sciophila defossa, Brod. 

 Macrocerca rmtica, Brod. 

 <7feE (?) fottttit, Brod. 

 Chironomus extinctus, Brod. 

 Rhiphm priacus, Brod. 



Cypris, 5 species. 



Corbula alata, Sow. 

 Cyclat, 7 species. 

 ifytihu Lyelli, Sow. 



Gryptucn ItUla, Sow. 



Otutaceo. 



Cmchifera Dimyaria. 



Psammdbia Tettitioidet, Sow. 

 ?">, 10 species. 



Aclteon Popii, Sow. 

 /?u#a, ifantelliana, Sow. 

 Afelanopiie, 2 species. 



Acrodiu ffirudo, Ag. 

 ffybodus, 6 species. 



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Tetragonolepis mastodontus, Ag. 

 Lejridotiu, 3 species. 

 Pholidophonu ornatui, Ag. 



Monomyaria, 



Ostrea distorla, Sow. 

 (rarferopocfa. 



Neritina Filloni, Sow. 



Palndina, 4 species. 



Potamidum carbonarium. 



Pisces. 

 * Placoides. 



Sphenonchus, 2 species. 



** Ganoides. 



Ophiopste penicitta'us, Ag. 

 Gyrodiui, 2 species. 

 Pymodus Mantelli, Ag. 



Cttiotaurui, 9. species. 

 Chelonia, 2 species. 

 Goniopholis crassidens, Owen. 

 Jfylccotaurus armatut, Maiit. 

 Iguanodon Mantelli, Meyer. 

 Megalosaurus BuMandi, Mant. 



Reptilia. 



Platemys Mantelli, Owen. 

 Poikiloplcuron Bucklandi, Desl. 

 Mreptospondylus major, Owen. 

 Suchoiaurui cwltridens, Owen. 

 Trionyx Bdkewelli, Mant. 

 Tratosternon punctatum, Owen. 



(Tennant, Stratigraphical List of British Fossils.) 



WEASEL& [MCSTELIDJS.] 

 WEAVER-BIRDS. 



WEBSTEKITE. [ALUMINITE.] 



WEEVIL. [CALANDRA; CUBCULIO.] 



WEINMA'NNIA, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 Ctmoniacece, named after John William Weinmann, a botanist. The 

 species are trees, and natives of South America and the Mauritius. 

 The leaves are compound or simple, with reticulated petioles; the 

 calyx is permanent and 4-parted ; the petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; an hypo- 

 gvnous, urceolated disc ; the fruit a many-seeded capsule, opening at 

 the dissepiments from the apex ; the seeds are roundish and reniform. 

 There are about 40 species of this genus described. 



W. tinctoria is a native of the Isle of Bourbon ; it has leaves with 

 man; pairs of leaflets, which are oblong, serrated, and smoothish ; the 

 joints of the rachis spatulate, and the fascicles of racemes many- 

 flowered. This tree is called by the natives of Bourbon Tan Rouge, 

 and is used for dyeing a red colour. 



Most of the species of Weinmannia possess astringent properties, 

 and may be used for dyeing. On this account they are also often em- 

 ployed in Peru to adulterate the various species of Cinchona barks 

 which are collected for medicinal purposes. 



WEISSITE, a Mineral, occurring in oblique rhombic prisms. Colour 

 ash-gray or brownish. Presents only feeble traces of cleavage. Frac- 

 ture even or coarse granular. Hardness, scratches glass, but is scratched 

 by ateeL Lustre pearly or hazy. Scarcely translucent. Specific gravity 

 2-80. Found at Fahlun, Sweden. 



WELD. [RESEDA.] 



WELLS. [8pniH(is; WATER.] 



WELLS, MINERAL. [WATER] 



WENLOCK ROCKS. [SILUBIAN SYSTEM.] 



WKNTLETRAP. [SCALABIA.] 



WERNERITE. [SCAFOLITE.] 



WKSTRl'NOIA, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 Lamiaata, named after Dr. Westring. The species are natives of 

 Australia. 



W KTHERE'LLIA, a genus of Fossil Fruits. 



WHALEBONE. [CKTACEA.] 



WHALES. [G'ETACBA.] 



WHEAT. [TRIIICUH.] 

 WHEATEAR. [SAXICOLA.] 

 WHEAT-FLY. [C'ECiDOMnA.] 

 WHEKf,. ANIMALCULES. [RoTIFEBA.] 



WHEKLE'ltA, a genus of Plants belonging to tho natural order 

 Lr'jv.m\wvx, named after Mr. Thomas Wheeler. There is only one 



species of this genus well made out, and this is a native of America. 

 It is a tree furnished with stipular spines, simple crowded leaves, or 

 trifoliate leaves, with the leaflets sessile. It is called American Ebony, 

 and has the name IF. Menus. It is chiefly a native of the West Indies, 

 and is cut and sent to this country under the name of ebony, though 

 it is a very different plant from the true ebony. The wood is very 

 hard, of a brownish-green colour, and bears a fine polish, and is much 

 employed by cabinet and musical instrument makers. 



WHELK. [BtJcciuuM.] 



WHETSTONE. [SLATE.] 



WHIDAH. [PLOCEIN*.] 



WHIMBREL. [SCOLOPACIDJE.I 



WHIN. [GENISTA.] 



WHINCHAT. [SAXIOOLA.] 



WHIP-POOR-WILL, the common name of the Caprimulrius 

 vociferus. 



This bird is tlie Wecoitlis of the Delaware Indians ; and Whippoo- 

 Will of Lawson, " so named," says the Utter, " because it makes those 

 words exactly. They are the bigness of a thrush, and call their note 

 under a bush, on the ground, hard to be seen, though you hear them 

 never so plain." 



Mr. Nuttall remarks, that in the lower part of the state of Delaware, 

 he found these birds troublesomely abundant in the breeding season, 

 so that the reiterated echoes of ' whip- whip-poor-will/ 'whip-peri-will,' 

 issuing from several birds at the same time, occasioned such a confused 

 vociferation as, at first, to banish sleep. This call, he adds, is con- 

 tinued, except ill moonlight nights, usually till midnight, when they 

 cease until again aroused, for a while, at the commencement of twi- 

 light. They pass the day in repose, retiring to the deepest and darkest 

 woods, usually those in elevated situations. 



Wbip-Poor-Will (Antrostomus (Caprimvlgus) mcifenu). 



Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Chuck-Will's-Widow, or Carolina (Joat- 

 Sucker, is another species, remarkable for the articular nature of the 

 sounds of its voice. It is also found in the United States. 



Flying low, and skimming a few feet above the surface of the 

 ground, it settles on logs and fences, from which it pursues the flying 

 moths and insects on which it feeds ; sometimes sailing nearer the 

 earth, it alights to pick up a beetle, or flutters round the trunk of a 

 tree in search of any insect that may be crawling on the bark. 

 Mr. Nuttall, who thus describes its mode of taking its prey, adds, 

 that, like the species above described, it commences its singular 

 serenade of ' chuck-will' s-widow' in the evening soon after sunset, 

 continuing the cry with short interruptions for several hours, and 

 renewing it towards morning till the opening dawn. The tones are 

 slower, louder, and more full than those of the Whip-Poor-Will, and 

 may be heard on a still eveniug for half a mile. " The species," says 

 Mr. Nuttall in continuation, " is particularly numerous in the vast 

 forests of the Mississippi, where, throughout the evening, its echoing 

 notes are heard in the solitary glens and from the surrounding and 

 silent hills, becoming almost incessant during the shining of the moon ; 

 and at the boding sound of its fine voice, when familiar and strongly 

 reiterated, the thoughtful superstitious savage becomes sad and 

 pensive." 



The same author states that in rainy and gloomy weather these 

 birds remain silent in the hollow log which affords them and the bats 

 a common roost aud refuge by day. When discovered in this situation 

 they ruffle their feathers, open their enormous mouths, and utter a 

 murmur, almost like the hissing of a snake, to intimidate the 

 intruder. 



