INDEX. 



305 



Percidae, 191. 



Perdicidae, 142. 



Perdix cinerea, 142. 



Peripatidae (walk-around), 235. 



Peripatus juliformis, 235. 



Perissodactyls, 52, 53. 



Perodicticus potto, hand of, 28. 



Petrel, Stormy, 158. 



Petromyzonidae, 198. 



Phalangidae, 228. 



Pharyngobranchii, 199. 



Phasianidae, 140. 



Pheasant, Argus, 139. 



Philohela minor, 146. 



Philomela (song-lover) luscinia, 116. 



Phoca vitulina, 50. 



Phocidaa, 29, 50, 51. 



Phocsena communis, 84. 



Phoeuicopteridae (red-winged), 151. 



Phcenicopterus ruber (red), 152. 



Phrynosoma (lizard-body) c o r n u t a 



(horned), 172. 

 Phyllostoma (leaf-mouthed) Bpectrum, 



89. 



PhyHoBtomidae. 89. 



Physalia (bubble) utriculus (bladder), 271. 

 Physeteridae, 84, 87. 

 Physeter macrocephalus (large-headed), 



87. 



Picariae, 113, 125. 

 PichiciSgo, 106. 

 Picidse, 130. 



Picoides hirsutus (hairy), 131. 

 Pickerel, 196. 

 Pike, 196. 



Pimelodus atrarius 195. 

 Pinnipeds, 49. 

 Pinnigrades, 49. 

 Pinotheres ostreum, 254. 

 Pipe-fish, 190. 

 Pi pa americana, 181. 

 Pipidae, 181. 

 Pieces, 184. 

 Planaridae (flat), 240a. 

 Planocera nebulosa, 238. 

 Plantigrade (t-oie-walker), 45. 

 Plant-lice, 220. 

 Plastron, 166. 

 Plutaleidae, 147. 

 Platalea ajaja (a-fidha), 147. 

 Platessa plana, 193. 

 Platydactylus (wide-fingered) seychellen- 



sis, 173. 



Plutyrhine, 19, 25. 

 Pleurobranchia pileus, 265. 

 Pleuronectidae, 194. 

 Ploceidae, 123. 

 Ploceue socius, 124. 

 Plotidae, 156. 

 Plotus anhinga, 156. 

 Plover, 113, 145. 

 Plumage, 111. 

 Podicipidae, 159. 

 Podiceps cornutus, 160. 

 Polyborus (very greedy) tharus, 135. 

 Polyp (many-footed), 266. 

 Polypidom (house of the polyp), 266. 

 PolyzOa, 242, 257. 

 Porcupine, 95, 101 ; Ant-eater, 108. 



Porpoise, Common, 84. 



Pouched Gopher, 97. 



Powder-down, 147. 



Preening (dressing its plumage), 110. 



Pristis antiquorum (of the ancients), 187. 



Proboscis Monkey, 20, 24. 



Proboscidfia (proboscis), 16, 79. 



Procellariidae (tempest), 158. 



Procyon lotor (washer), 48. 



Procyonidae, 29, 48. 



Prong-horn, 53, 68. 



Prosobranchiata. 245. 



Protamoeba (first-changing), 277. 



Proteus anguinus, 183. 



Protoplasm (first-form), 274. 



Protozoa (first-life), 274. 



Pseudogryphus (false-beaked) california- 



nus, 137. 



Pseudopodla (false-footed), 277. 

 Psittaci, 113, 131. 

 Psittacidae, 131. 



Pteromys (winged-mouse) volucella, 100. 

 PteropOda, 249. 

 Pteropodidae, 91. 

 Pteropods, 245, 249. 

 Pteropus edulis, 91. 

 Puffer, 190. 

 Puffin, 159. 

 Pulicidae, 215. 

 Pulex irritans, 215. 

 Pulmonifgra, 245, 246. 

 Puma, 31, 33. 

 Pupa, 205. 



Purple Gallinule, 151, 

 Putorius ermineus, 40 ; cut of, 42 ; lutre- 



olue, 40 ; cut of, 43. 

 PygopOdes, 113, 151, 159. 

 Pyranga rubra, 118. 

 Python, 177. 



Quadrumana, 16 ; Dental formula of, 19. 

 Quail. Common, 143 ; European, 143. 



Rabbit, Gray, 102 ; Jackass, 10a 



Raccoon, 29. 



Raiidae, 186. 



Rail, 113 : Virginian, 149. 



Rallidse, 149. 



Rallus virginianus, 149 ; elegans, 149. 



Rana pipiens, 180; hyla, 180; tempo- 



raria, 180. 

 Ranidse, 180. 



Rangifer tarandus, 69 ; caribou, 69. 

 RaptOres (robbers), 113, 132, 133. 

 Rat, 16. 



Rattlesnake, 175. 

 Raven, 122. 



Rays, 186 ; egg of, 189. 

 Razor-shell, 251. 

 Recurvirostra (recurved-beak) ameri* 



cana, 146. 



Recurvirostridae, 146. 

 Red Coral, 267. 

 Reindeer, 69, 70. 

 RemOra, 193. 

 Reptilia (creeping), 165. 

 Resplendent Trogon, 127. 

 Respiration of a bird, 112. 

 Reticulum, 52. 



