INDEX AXD GLOSSARY. 



321 



Madrepore coral, its formation, 

 124. 



Madreporiform tubercle of Star- 

 fishes, 175. 



Maia squinado, \ 96. 



Mangrove swamps, 27. 



Marine grapes, 306. 



Masked Crab, 197. 



Medusae, 218221. 



Melanospermice (olive-coloured 

 sea-weed), 88, 95103. 



Melobesia lichenoides, 109 ; other 

 kinds, 154. 



Mergansers, 287 ; Red-breasted, 

 287. 



Mergus allellus ( Smew), 287 ; M. 

 merganser (Goosander), 288. 



Mermaid's Head, 73. 



Mermaid^s Purse, 61. 



Mesembryanthemum, a genus of 

 plants with succulent leaves and 

 starry flowers, often called Fi- 

 coides, 123. 



Migrations of fishes, 239. 



Milkwort (Poll/gala), 278. 



Mollusca Mollusc and Molluscs 

 (the name given to a large class 

 of invertebrate animals,contain- 

 ing most shell-fish, slugs, &c.) 

 described,! 32; Testaceous Ace- 

 phala,or Bivalve Mollusca, 66; 

 Tunicated Mollusca, 129 ; Gas- 

 teropodous, 137. 



Moon (surface of), 51. 



Mother Carey's Chicken, 297. 



Mussels, their habits, 137. 



Mya (a genus of shells), 69, 72. 



N. 



Nassa reticulata, 144. 

 Natica monilifera, 65. 

 Natatores (Swimmers, an order of 



birds), 284. 

 Nautilus, 310, 31 1 ; fossil species, 



311. 



Nereocystis (a great sea- weed), 



101. 



Nets (fishing), 240. 

 Nets, making and mending, 254, 



255. 

 Northern Diver (ColyrnJjus glaci- 



alis), 289. 

 Nudibrancldata (an order of Gas- 



teropodous Mollusca), 140. 

 Nullipores, 154. 

 Nutriment in various articles of 



food, 264. 



0. 



Oarweed, root of, 85, 101. 

 Oidemia niyra (Scoter), 285. 

 Old oyster-shell, history of, 60. 

 Ophiocoma (a genus of Star-fishes), 



170. 

 Ophiura (a genus of Star-fishes), 



170. 

 Opliiuridce (a family of Star-fishes), 



170. 



Orchis morio, 283. 

 Ornithology, the history of birds, 



16. * 



P. 



Padina Pavonia, 102. 

 Pagurus (Hermit-crab), 144. 

 Palmipes (Bird's-foot Sea-star), 



173. 

 Parasite, a vegetable or animal 



which draws its nourishment 



from another. 

 Patella (Limpet), 132 ; P. pellu- 



cida and P. Icevis, 153. 

 Pavonaria quadrangularis, 187. 

 Pecten (the Scallop), 71 ; animal 



of, 67. 

 PectinibrancMata (an order of Gas- 



teropodous Mollusca), 141. 

 Pedicellaria, 177. 

 Pelicanidas (a family of sea-birds), 



292. 



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