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Petromyzon : petros a stone ; muzo 



to suck 348 



PETROMYZONTID.E , . . . &48 

 Peucsea: peuke a pine tree, . 87 

 PHALACROCORACIIXE: phalakros 



bald ; korax a raven, . 147 

 PHALAROPODID^E, . . . 123 

 Phalaropus : phalaros shining ; 



pous foot 123 



Phenacobius: phenax deceptive; 



bios life 299 



Philohela: phileo to love; hele 



sunlight; ( hilus mud ?), . 125 

 Philomachus: phileo to love; 



mac Tie a fight, . . . 129 

 Photogenis: photogenis boru of 



light 294 



Phoxinus: phoxinos a minnow; 



(phoxos tapering), . . 302 

 Phrynosoma: phrune a toad; so- 



ma body 170 



Pica: L., a magpie, ... 94 

 PICARLE: L., picus a wood- 

 pecker 98 



PICID^E, 102 



Picoides: L., like a woodpecker, 104 

 Picus: L., a woodpecker, . . 103 

 Pileoma: pile ma something 



compact, 219 



Pimelodus:pimeloa'es fat, . 300 

 Pimephales: pimele fat; kephale 



-head, 288 



Pinicola: L., living among pines, 81 

 Pipilo: L., pipilo to chirp, . 89 

 PISCES: L., fishes, . . . 199 

 Pitymys: pitus a pine-tree ; mut 



mouse, 33 



Pityophis: pitus a pine-tree; 



ophis snake 178 



Placopharynx:plax anything flat 



and broad; pharunx pharynx, 296 

 Planesticus: Greek, planesticos 



wandering, vagabond, . . 47 

 Planiroslra: L., planus flat; ros- 

 trumsnout 344 



Plargyrus: pleura side; arguros 



silver, 293 



Platygobio: plains broad or flat; 



L., GoUo a gudgeon, . . 304 

 Plectrophanes: plektron a spur; 



phaneo to show, . . 83-354 

 Plestiodon: pleistos many; odon 



tooth, 171 



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Plethodon : plethos abundance ; 



odon tooth 193 



PLETHODONTIDJJ, . . . 192 

 PLEURODKLIO^E : Pleurodeles ; 



pleuron side ; deleeis destruc- 

 tive 190 



Pleurolepis: pleuron side; lepis 



scale, 219 



PLOTUXB. , 146 



Plotus: plos a swimmer, . 146 

 Podiceps: L., podex rump; pes 



foot 155 



PODIOIPID^, .... 155 

 Podilymbus : L., podiceps a 



grebe; colymbus a loon, . 156 

 Poecilichthys: poikilos varie- 

 gated; ichthus fish, . . 226 

 Polioptila: polios hoary; ptilon 



feather 50 



Polyodon : polus many ; odon 



tooth 344 



POLYODON TIDJZ, . . . 343 

 Pomolobus: poma opercle; lobos 



lobe, 279 



Pomotis: poma opercle; ous 



ear, 239 



Pomoxys: poma opercle; oxus 



Bliarp 247 



Pooecetes ; poa meadow-grass ; 



koite nest, ... 84 



Porphyrio ; porphurion a red 



water bird, from porphurios, 



purple, 136 



Porzana: meaningless, . . 136 

 Potamocottus: potamos a river; 



kottos a sculpin, . . . 254 

 Procyon: pro before; Ttuon dog 20 

 PROOYONID^B, .... 20 

 Progne: a daughter of Pandion, 



who was changed into a swallow 72 

 Prosopium: prosopeia a mask (in 



allusion to the broad preorbital), 362 



PROTEIDA 197 



PROTEID^E, 197 



Proteus: a name in mythology, 197 

 Protistius: protos before, in ad- 

 vance; histion sail (dorsal fin), 262 

 Protonotaria : L., noted above 



others: prothonotary, . . 60 

 Pseudemys: pseudos false ; emus 



a tortoise 164 



Pseudobrauchus: pseudos false; 



bragchos gills, ... 198 



