INDEX 



1703 



Lindley, classification of, 1000-2 



Linnaean region, 939 



Linnasus, 990, 1043, 1216, 1266, 1296, 



1403, 1466 

 Lion, 1546, 1548 



th (constellation), 78 

 Lister, Sir Joseph, 1134 

 Liverworts, 455, 887 

 Lizards, 1390-91, 1544, 1551 

 Llama, 1554 



Llanos, the, 646, 918, 1143 

 Lobster, 1377-78 

 Lockyer, 342, 345, 346 

 Loess, 499 



Lowell, Percival,, 388-89, 390 

 Lowlands, 634-48 



Lubbock, Sir J., 1457, 1656, 1657, 1661 

 Lucifer, 359 



Lycopodiaceae, 455, 470, 472 

 Lycopods, 468, 961-63, 1229-30 

 Lyell, Sir Charles, 627, 1466 

 Lynx, the, 78 

 Lyre, the, 85 



M 



MACAQUES, 1 529 



Macassar-poison tree, 1 1 72 



Mackerel skies, 823-24 



Macrospores, 962, 965-66, 1365-67 



Magellan, 1098 



Magellanic clouds, 147-48, 167 



Magnol, 992-94 



Magnolias, 906, 916 



Magpies, 1630 



Maguey-plants, 1140 



Magyars, 1672, 1674 



Maize, 944 



Malays, 1676-77 



Malpighi, 988 



Malvaceae, 950 



Maraillaria, 1182, 1187 



Mammals, herbivorous, 886 



Mammalia, 1513-20, 1535, 1552 



protective colors, 1598-1600 

 Mammoth Cave, 615 

 Man, 1518, 1679 



birthplace of, 1654, 1682 



brain of, 1689 



cranium of, 1692 



definition of, 1679 



facial angle of, 1692-94 



first appearance of, 1647-56 



hand of, 1691 



migration of, 1680-86 



primitive, 1656-67 



senses of, 1690-92 

 Manchineel, the, 1164-65 

 Mandioc, 1164 

 Manioc, 945 

 Mankind, distribution of, 1667-68 



ethnological division of, 1669-71 



races of, 1667-78, 1682, 1685-89 

 Marco Polo, 986 



! Mare's tails. See Equisetacea 

 . Mariotte, 804 

 Marmosets, 1555 

 Marmots, 1615 

 Mars, 131, 312, 313, 331, 340, 385-96 



atmosphere of, 393-94 



canals on, 388-91 



climate of, 394 



diameter of, 385 



"Eye of," 388 



Hour Glass Sea, 392 



lakes of, 388 



moons of, 395 



rotation of, 386 



seasons of, 386 



spectrum of, 392 

 Marshes, 628-34 

 Marsupialia, 1534-35, 1536 

 Marsupials, 1539, 1558 

 Martins, Ch., 814-16 

 Martius, 899-902, 921, 1165 

 Martius's region, 941 

 Maskelyne, 426 

 Mastodon, the, 492-93. 533 . 

 Ma-tuan-lin, annals of (Chinese), 221, 



222, 226 



Mauna Loa, 557 

 Maury, 301, 730, 840, 842, 1266 

 Maxwell, Clerk, 419 

 Mayflies, 1415-16 

 Medusa, Head of, 85 

 Medusae, the, 962. See Jelly-fish 

 Megalichthys, 470, 474 

 Megalonyx, 1533 

 Megatherium, 1 533 

 Melocactus, 1182, 1187 

 Mercury, 130-31, 311, 326, 33 1, 34$, 

 353-58 



atmosphere of, 354 



diameter of, 354 



elongations of, 354 



orbit of, 353-54 



phases of, 354'55 



revolution of, 353-54 



and Venus, 355 

 Mer de Glace, 512-13 

 Mesozoic, flora, 871-77 



Ocean, 672-74 

 Messier, 35, 130, 426 



the "Comet Ferret," 426 

 Messophyll, 864 

 Metamorphosis of insects, 1461 

 Metazoa, 1299 

 Meteorology, science of, 786, 788, 791. 



991 



Meteors, 266-82 

 Mexican hand-tree, 950 

 Mexico, agriculture in, 1094 

 Meyer, Hans, 1598 

 Miasma, 634 

 Michaux's region, 940 

 Microspores, 961-62 

 Mildew, 1200 

 Milk-tree, 1167, 1170 



