INDEX 



Horse-foot crab (Limulus poly- 



pAemus), 71. 

 HOUND OF THE PLAINS, THE, 99- 



116. 



Jaguar (Felis onca), 33, 34, 37, 48. 

 Jaguarondi (Felis jaguarondi ) , 137. 

 Jerboa kangaroo, 75. 



Kangaroos, use of the tail, 75. 

 King-crab (Limulus polyphemus), 



Lion-taming and training, 165. 

 LITTLE BROTHER OF THE BEAR, 



A, 272-296. 



Lizards, fragile tails of, 83. 

 Lynx, the common (Lynx rufus), 



62.189. 



" Mammal," as a convenient term, 



119. 

 Mammals, effect of civilization on, 



lai ; fishing, 72, 73. 

 Margay (Felis tigrina), 37. 

 Marmot, the Maryland. See Wood- 



chuck. 



Melanism, 29. 

 Mice, tails of, 87; trained, 183; 



wild, 121. 



Migration of squirrels, 16. 

 Moles, American, 128. 

 Mollusks, as diggers, 72. 

 Monkeys, education, 161 ; prehen- 



sile tails of, 77. 

 Mountain lion. See Puma. 

 Mules, trained, 178. 

 Muskrat (Fiber zibetkicus), 71. 



NEW ENGLANDER, A NATURAL, 

 251-271. 



Ocelot (Felis par dalis), 37. 

 Opossum (Didelphys virginiana), 



7. 77- 

 Otter, the American (Lutra cana- 



densis), 132. 



Pangolin (Manis pentadactyld) , 67, 

 77 ; (Manis tricuspis), 6s. 



Panther. See Puma. 



Peacock-pheasants, 65. 



Pig, education of, 179. 



Porcupine, the Canada (Eretkizon 

 dorsata} , 188-206 ; European 

 (Hystrix cristatd) , 203 ; tree, 195. 



Porcupine-quills, in ornaments, 201. 



Porcupines, Old World, 205. 



Porcupines, tails of as weapons, 81, 

 191. 



Protective coloring, 37, 236. 



Puma (Felis concolor) , the, 33-58 ; 

 breeding of, 42 ; hunting methods 

 of, 46, 95, 189 ; origin of names 

 f. 35. 3 6 ! screaming of, 52. 



Rabbits, educated, 182. 



Raccoon, the common (Procyon 

 later), 272-296; the crab-eating 

 (Procyon cancrivorus) , 275. 



Raccoon-hunting, 290. 



Rats, trained, 183 ; use of tail by, 



73- 



Rattlesnake, rattling of, 95. 

 Recognition colors, 90, 147, 236. 



Sand-badger (Arctonyx collaris) , 

 137, 248. 



Sea-horses (Hippocampus), 78. 



Shrews, American, 127. 



SKUNK, THE, CALMLY CONSID- 

 ERED, 209-248; the North 

 American (Mephitis mephitica). 



