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INDEX. 



Mongra, 277. 



Monkey, The, 16. 



Monodon (one-tooth) monoceros (one- 

 horn), 85. 



Monotremata (one orifice), 16, 108. 



Monotremes, 108. 



Moose, 69. 



Morrhua americana, 193. 



Moschus (musk) moschiferus (musk- 

 bearing), 69, 73. 



Mosquitoes, 206, 213. 



Motacilla alba (white), 116. 



Mother Gary's chicken, 159. 



Moths, 206, 211. 



Mountain Goat, 59, 63 ; Sheep, 59, 67. 



Mouse, 95. 



Mud Eel, 183. 



Murex, 245, 246. 



Murex tenuispinue (tender spine), 245. 



Muricidae (shell-fish), 245. 



Muridae (Mus, gen. muris, a mouse), 95, 96. 



Mus decuinanus, large, 97 ; inusculus 

 (very small), 97. 



Muscidae (fly), 214. 



Mushroom Coral, 268. 



Musk Deer, 69, 73. 



Musk Ox, 59. 



Musk Rat, 97. 



Muscle-worm. 239. 



Mustek americana, 40 ; pennantii, 40. 



Mustelidae, 29, 40. 



Mya arenaria, 250. 



Mycetes ursinus, 25. 



Mygalidse (mouse), 227. 



Mygale, nest of, 228. 



Myiarchus crinitus, 125. 



Myriapoda (many-footed), 203, 225. 



Myrmecophaga (ant-devourer) jubata 

 (maned), 104. 



Myrmecophagidae, 104. 



Myrmeleonidae (ant-lion), 223. 



Myrmeleon obsoletus (hidden), 224. 



Mytilidae, 252. 



Mytilus edulis (edible), 252. 



Naja tripudians, 176. 



Narwhal, 84. 



NatatOres (swimmers), 151. 



Nauclerus (pilot) furcatus (forked), 135. 



Nautilidse (sailor), 244. 



Necrophorus (dead-carrier) vestigator 



(tracker), 217. 

 Nephila plumipes, 227. 

 Nereis, 236. 

 Nervous System, 13. 

 Neuroptgra (nerve-winged), 206. 253. 

 Neuro-skeleton (nerve skeleton), 165. 

 Newt, 183. 

 Night Hawk, 126. 

 Nightingale, 116. 

 Noctilionidse, 89. 

 Noctilus leporinus, 90. 

 Noctilucae (night-shiner), 275. 

 Noctiluca (night-shining) m i 1 i a r i s 



(pimply), 275. 

 Northern Hare, 102. 

 Nucleobranchiata, 245, 248. 

 Numida meleagris, 140. 

 Numididse, 140. 



Nummulites ataica, 276. 



Obsolete (obscure), 113. 



Odoutophora, 246. 



(Esophagus, 52. 



Operculum (cover), 191. 



Ophidla, 165. 



Ophisaurus (snake-lizard), 178. 



Opisthobranchiata, 245, 248. 



Opossum, 16. 107. 



Orang-outaug, 20, 22. 



Orchestia longicornis, 232. 



Orders, how formed, 12. 



Organ-pipe Ooral, 268. 



Onole, Baltimore, 121. 



Ornithorhynchus paradoxus (paradox 

 ical), 109. 



Ornithosaurla, 165. 



Orthoptgra (straight-winged), 206, 222. 



Orthopters, 222. 



Ortyx vi -^iuianus, 143. 



Osteological (bony), 39. 



Ostrea edulis, 253. 



Ostrich, 113, 143; African, 144; S. Amer- 

 ican, 145 ; Patagonian, 145. 



Otariidse, 29, 49. 



Otter, 40, 45. 



Ovibos (sheep-ox) moschatus (musk), 59. 



Ovipositor (egg-placer), 219. 



Oviparous, 15. 



Ovis arie^, 59, 68 ; montana, 59, 67. 



Owl, 1*3 : Burrowing, 101. 



Ox, 53, 60 ; Musk, 59. 



Oysters, 253, 253. 



Oyster-catcher, 146. 



Pachyglossa, 171. 



Palmate (palm-shaped), 69. 



Panther, 33. 



Paper Sailor, 242. 



PapilionidiB (butterfly), 211. 



Papilio machaon, 211. 



Paradiseidae (paradise), 124. 



Paradise-bird, Emerald, 124. 



Paradisea apoda (footless). 124. 



Parasitical (living on others), 129. 



Parthenogenesis, 221. 



Partridge, 142. 



Parrot, 113 : Carolina, 132. 



Passenger Pigeon, 138 



Passgres, 113, 114. 



Passerine, 112. 



Pastinaca hastata (spear), 186. 



Pavo (Peacock) cristatus (crested), 140. 



Pavonidae, 140. 



Peacock, 140. 



Pearly Nautilus, 244. 



Peccary, 53, 74. 



Pedipalpi (feel -feelers), 226, 228. 



Telagia cyanella, 270. 



Pelecanidae. 155. 



Pelecanus (Pelican) erythrorhynchns 



(red-beaked), 155; fuscus (brown), 155, 

 Pelican, 113 ; White, 155 ; Brown, 155. 

 Penguin, 113, 159; Jackass, 161; Pata- 



gouian, 161. 

 Pentacta frondosa, 259. 

 Pentacrinus asteria, 264. 

 Perca flavescens, 191. 



