INDEX. 



299 



Ass, Wild, 77. 



Astacidae, 281. 



Astacus fiuvialis, 231. 



Asterla, 261. 



AsteroidSa (star-like), 261. 



Astrophyton agassizii, 262. 



Astur atricapillus (black-headed), 134. 



Ateles pentadactyliis, 25. 



Auchenia (neck) llama, 56. 



Auk, 159; impennis, 160. 



Aves (birds), 110, 113. 



Avocet, 146. 



Axolotl, 183. 



Aye-Aye (at 



Ayrshire, 61. 



Bab-i-rous-sa, 74. 



Baboon, 25. 



Bactrian Camel, 54, 55. 



Badger, 40, 43 ; cut of, 44. 



Balanidae (acorn), 234. 



Balanus crenatus, 233. 



Balsena mysticetus, 86 ; skeleton of, 83. 



Balaenidae (whalebone), 85. 



Baleen (whalebone), 85. 



Barbel, 197. 



Bark-borer, 218. 



Barnacle, 229 ; Stalked, 234 ; Acorn, 234. 



Barn Swallow, 117. 



Bascanion constrictor, 176, 178. 



Bassaridae, 29. 



Bassaris astuta (fox-cunning), Civet 



Cat, 49. 



Bathybius, 277. 

 Bat, 16; Vampire, 89; Horse-shoe or 



Geoffrey's, 88, 89 ; Hare-lipped, 89, 90 ; 



Wing-footed, 89, 91 ; Puff, 89 ; Common 



or Little Brown, 89, 90. 

 Bear, 29 ; Black, 46 ; cut of, 47 ; Grizzly, 



46 ; cut of, 47 ; White, 46 ; cut of, 48 ; 



cut of Brown, 278. 

 Bear Howler, 25 ; cut of, 26. 

 Bear Monkey, 24. 

 Beaver, 95 ; American, 98. 

 Bee, Honey, 206 ; Humble, 207. 

 Bee Lice, 215. 

 Beetle, 206. 

 Beetle, Stag, 216 ; Burying, 217 ; Striped 



Squash, 217 : Long-horn Musk, 218. 

 Beluga canadensis, White Whale, a 



species of porpoise, 84. 

 Bernicla canadensis, 153. 

 Birnana, 16. 

 Bird, plumage of, 111. 

 Bird of Paradise, 124. 

 Bison, American, 59, 61. 

 Blepharidse, 192. 

 Blepharis crinitus, 192. 

 Blue-bird, 115. 

 Blue Hen-hawk, 135. 

 Blue Jay, 123. 

 Bobolink, 120. 

 Bob- white, 143. 



Boa anaconda, 177 ; hooks of, 177. 

 Boidae, 177. 

 Bombus (buzz), 208. 

 Bombycidae. 212. 

 Bombyx mori, 212. 

 Bonasa umbellus, 142. 



Bos taurus, 59; americanus, 59: buba- 

 lus, 59, 62 ; grunniens, 59, 62 ; mdicus, 

 59,63. 



Bovidae (ox), 53, 58, 59. 



Bowerbankia, 257. 



BrachiopOda, 242, 255. 



Brachyurus cacajao, 25. 



Branchiata, 235. 



Branchiates, 235. 



Branchiostoma lanceolatus, 199. 



Bradypodidse (slow-footed), 105. 



Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed), Com- 

 mon Sloth, 105. 



Brenthus nasicus, 218. 



Brevipennes (short-winged), 113, 143. 



BryozOa (moss animals), 257. 



Bubo virginianus, 133. 



Buffalo, 59. 



Bufonid83 (toad), 180. 



Bufo americanus, 181. 



Bnll-frog, 180. 



Burying-beetle, 217. 



Bush-dog, 28. 



Butcher-bird, 118. 



Buthus carohuianus, 228. 



Butterflies, 206, 211. 



Buzzard, Turkey, 136. 



Byssus (fine flax), 252. 



Cacatua sulphurea, 132. 



Caillette, 52. 



Callorhinus ursinus, 49. 



Camelidse, 53, 54. 



Camelus dromedarius, 54 ; bactrianns, 54. 



Camel, 53 ; foot of, 54 ; water-cells of, 54. 



Camelopardalis giraffa, 58. 



Campanularia volubilis, 272. 



Campephilus principalis, 130. 



Canada Goose, 153. 



Cancridae, 231. 



Cancer pagurus, 230. 



Canidae (canis. dog), 29, 37. 



Canis aureus (golden), 37, 39 ; lupus, 37 : 



familiaris, 37, 38. 

 Capra cegagrus (wild), 59; cut of. 66; 



ibex, 59 ; cut of, 66. 

 Caprimulgidae (goat-suckers), 126. 

 Caracara Eagle, 135. 

 Carapace, 166. 

 Cardiidte, 251. 

 Caribou, 69. 



Carinaria. 245 : mediterranean, 248. 

 Carinaridae, 249. 

 CarnivOra (flesh-devouring), 16 ; order of, 



Carnivorous tooth, 29. 



Carp, European, 197. 



Castoridse, 95, 98. 



Castor canadensis, 98. 



Cattle tick, western. 229. 



Cat, Wild, 31; Domestic, 31, 35; out 



of, 34. 



Catamount, 33. 

 Cat-monkey, 92. 

 Catarhine, 19. 

 Catharista atrata, 137. 

 Cathartidse, 133, 136. 

 Cat-fish, 195. 

 Cat Owl, 134. 



