INDEX 



ABBOTT, C. C., 1653 

 Abdelrahman Sufi, 119 

 Acacia, 928, 950 

 Acalephian Hydroids, 459 

 Acalephs, 459 

 Acanth family, 483 

 Acephala, 459 

 Achenar, 57, 98, 147 

 Acorns, 1177 

 Acrogens, 455, 483, 1000 

 Adams, Prof., 431 

 Adanson, Michel, 994 

 Adanson's region, 940 

 Adelsberg, cave of, 617-20 

 ./Epyornis, 1524 

 Affinities, 1511-12 

 Afghans, 1672. 

 Africa, deserts of, 947 



fauna of, 1548-52 



races of, 1675 



vegetation in, 909-15 

 Agardh, 1266, 1267 

 Agassiz, 1213, 1297 

 Agriculture, progress of, 1091-99 

 Air, 773, 778-84 

 Airy, Sir George, 316, 806 

 Albatross, 1 523 

 Alcor, 67, 81, 126-27, 196-97 

 Aldebaran, 57, 63, 96, 116, 124. 152, 



187, 3i6 



Alga, red snow, 514-15, 93<> 



Algae, 454, 455, 7io, 712, 887, 888 



Algol, 85, ^28, 193, 208, 216-20 



Alhazan, 799 



Allen, Grant, 1003, 1104 



Alligators, 1392, 1557, 157, 1623 



Aloes, 953 



Alpha, Capricorn!, 127 



Centauri, 41, 57. 63, 99, 125, 134, 

 199, 204-5, 309 



Cruci, 57 



Eridani, 63 



Orionis, 63 

 Alphabet, Greek, 65 

 Alphard, 188 

 Alpine plants, 930 

 Alps, glaciers of the, 510-13 

 Al-Sufi, 60, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 163, 



188, 193, 2<> 6 , 219, 220 

 Altair, 57, 76, 85 



Alternate generations, 962, 964-65, 1329 



Amazon, the, 623, 625 



America, fauna of, 1540, 1552-57 



races of, 1672-73, 1677-78 



vegetation in, 915-26 

 American Indians, 1677-78 

 Ammonites, 672 

 Amoeba, 977-78 

 Anaxagoras, 376 

 Anchovy, 1544 

 Anderson, Dr., 68, 228-38 

 Andromeda, Constellation of, 78, 84 

 Andromedes, 281 

 Anemones, 1361 



Angiosperms, 455, 890, 891-92, 958, 967 

 A gler-fish, 1569 

 Angstrom, 818 

 Animal, kingdom, 1296-1300, 1535 



life, types of, 480 

 Animals, classification of, 1301-4 



death-feigning instinct of, 1577-82 



distribution of, 1520-35, 1561 



dwellings of, 1601-2 



fishing of, 1565-77 



fur-bearing, 1547, 1554 



hunting by, 1565-77 



invertebrate, 1536 



mimicry in, 1596, 1598-99 



and plants, 976-78, 979-84, H78 



vertebrate, 1535 

 Annelids, 1603 

 Annularia, 469 

 Anogens, 455 

 Antares, 57, 76, 188 

 Ant-eater, 1571 

 Antennae, 1439-45 

 Antherozoids, 1039 

 Anthers, 868, 1002 

 Antinous, 78 

 Ant-lions, 1417, 1568 

 Ants, 1408, 1409-11 

 Apes, 1626 

 Aphaniptera, 1419 

 Aphides, 1409-10, 1420 

 Apogamy, 967 

 Apospory, 967 

 Apothecia, 1212 

 Apple, of Carthage, 1095 



Persian, 1095 

 Apteryx, 1524, 1528, 1561 

 Aquarius, 78 

 Arabians, 986, 1672, 1675 



