220 INDEX. 



Beetles, a ruminating insect, or seems to ruminate, ii. 225. 

 Their general characteristics, vi. 14-7. Their kinds distin- 

 guished from each other; description of the dorr-beetle, 

 or the May bug ; how the two sexes in the May bug are 

 distinguished from each other; season of their coupling; 

 the female bores a hole into the ground where to deposit 

 her burden, and when lightened of it ascends from the hole 

 to live as before ; their eggs ; description of the insect, and 

 its manner of life in the worm state ; continues in that state 

 for more than three years, changing every year its skin, and 

 living under the ground without eyes ; in what manner it 

 assumes the form of a chrysalis ; time when it becomes 

 winged and completely formed ; the old one never survives 

 the season, and dies from the severity of cold in winter; its 

 habits and food when completely formed; number of their 

 eggs ; rooks and hogs particularly fond of them, and devour 

 them in great numbers ; instances of great devastations 

 made by the May bug ; description and habits of that beetle 

 which the Americans call the Tumble-dung ; the insect 

 called the King of the Beetles ; description of the elephant 

 beetle, the largest of this kind hitherto known, 146, &c. 



Bell, the great diving-bell improved by Dr Halley ; he could 

 write or read in it when the sea was clear, and especially 

 when the sun shone, i. 249. 



Bell, when the stag cries, he is said to bell, ii. 317. 



Bells, their vibrations not heard under the receiver of an air- 

 pump, i. 285. 



Berries, the Laplanders drink water in which juniper berries 

 have been infused, ii. 76. 



Bewailer, or the Sai, a monkey of the new continent, iii. 318. 



Bezoar, its description, ii. 2S4. German bezoar, 279. 



Bezoar goat, the oriental bezoar, ii. 284. Cow bezoar, and 

 monkey bezoar ; hog bezoar, 285. 



Billiting, a name given by huntsmen to the excrement of the 

 fox, iii. 4-9. 



Birch, hares are particularly fond of it, iii. 122. 



Bird-catchers, sport by counterfeiting the cry of the owl, iv. 

 120. Nets for, and method of taking small birds, 246. 



Birds all produced from the egg, i. 368. Their lower eyelid 

 alone has motion, 415. Have the neck longer than any 

 other kind of animals; those which have short claws have 

 also short necks ; those that have long claws have the neck 

 in proportion, 428. Have a power of disgorging food to 

 feed their young ; ruminating birds, ii. 225. Many kinds 

 which the dog will not touch, iii. 29. Hunters often in- 

 formed by the birds of the place of retreat of the fox, 52. 

 A flock of small birds often alarms every thicket, and directs 

 the hunter to the martin, 87. Surpass fishes and insects in 

 structure of body and in sagacity; their anatomy and con- 

 formation ; compared to a ship making way through water ; 



