INDEX. 



399 



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Pseudotriton: pseudos false: tri- 



tona, water Salamander, . 194 

 PSITTAOI: L., psittacus a parrot, 105 

 Pteromys : pteron wing ; mus 



mouse, 27 



Ptychemys : ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; emus a tortoise, . 164 

 Ptychostomus: ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; sterna mouth, . 312 

 Ptyonotus: ptuona, fan; notos 



back, 256 



Putorius: L., ill-scented, . 18 

 PYGOPODES: puge rump; pous 



foot, 153 



Pygosteus: puge rump; osteon 



bone, 260 



Pyranga : pur fire ; Ictnugra, 



tanager 70 



Pyrgita: purgites-z house sparrow, 83 

 Quassilabia: L. quassus broken 



or torn; labia lip, . . . 402 

 Querquedula: L., a teal, . . 141 

 Quiscalus: quiscala a vernacular 



name 93 



R4LLID.E, 135 



Rallus: L., a rail, . . . 135 

 Raua: L., a frog, . . . 187-357 



RAXID^fi 187 



Rangifer: L., a reindeer, . . 21 

 RAPTORES: L., robbers, . . 106 

 Recurvirostra: L., recurvus re- 

 curved; rostrum bill, . . 123 



RECURVIROSTRID.fi, . . . 122 

 Regina: L., a queen, . . . 175 

 Regulus: L., a kinglet, . . 50 

 Reithrodon: reithron a channel ; 



odon tooth 32 



REPTILIA: L., repto to creep or 



crawl 157 



Rheocrypta: rheo to flow rapidly ; 



kruptos hidden (hiding in the 



rapids) 222 



Rhinichthys: rhirir snout; icMhus 



fish 307 



Rhinogryphus : r h i n snout ; 



grups a gi iffln, . . . 115 

 RHOMBOGANOIDEI : rhombus a 



diamond - shaped fi g u r e , a 



rhomb; ganoidei ganoids, . 340 

 Rhyacophilus : rhuax river ; 



phileo to love 129 



Rhynchophanes : rhunchos bill ; 



phaneo to show, . . . 354 



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Rhynchops: rhunchos snout: ops 

 face, 153 



Rhytidostomus: rhutis rough ; 

 stoma mouth, .... 320 



Rissa: a Latin name (ri*us 

 laughing) 150 



Roccus : from vernacular, Rock- 

 fish, 231 



RODENTIA: L., rodo to gnaw, 26 



Salamandra: L., a Salamander, 193 



Salar : L., a trout (s olio to 

 leap) 271-357 



Salmo : L., a trout (salio to 

 leap) 271-356 



SALMONID^B, . . . 270-355 



Salvelinus: German, salbling a 

 small salmon, . . . 271-359 



Sarchlrus : sarx fish; cheir 

 hand 342 



Sarcidium : sarkidion a little 

 lump of flesh .... 299 



SAXICOLID^E: L., saxlcola living 

 among rocks 49 



Sayornis: to Thomas Say; ornis 

 a bird 96 



Scalops: skalops a mole, from 

 skallo to dig 25 



Scapanus : skapane a hoe or 

 shovel, 25 



SCAPHIOPID^B, .... 188 



Scaphiopus: skaphos- -spade ;pou* 

 foot, 189 



Scaphirhynchus : skaphos spade; 

 rhunchos snout, . . . 346 



Scaphirhynchops : Scaphirhynch- 

 us; ops appearance, . . 346 



Sceloporus : skelos leg; poros 

 pore 169 



Schilbeodes : from Schilbe, a for- 

 eign genus of SiluridcB, . . 335 

 : sclcena Latin name, 250 

 : skigkos a kind of liz- 

 ard 171 



SCIURUXE, 26 



Sciurus : skiouros a squirrel ; 

 (sfcio shade; oura tail), . 27 



Sciuropterus : sfeiouros a squir- 

 rel; pteron wing, ... 27 



Sclerognathus : skleros hard ; 

 gnathos jaw, . . . 322 



Scolecophagus : efcoJex worm ; 

 phayo to eat 93 



