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INDEX. 



tf, mouse, Mus nmsculus. The 

 Egyptian kind is probably Hierax, 

 those said to walk on two feet are 

 the Jerboa. The Pontic kind 

 said to ruminate. Mus Citillus, 

 Schneider, 5, 50 ; reproduction, 

 178 ; Persian, Egyptian, and 

 many other kinds, ib, ; manner of 

 drinking, 205 ; white mice in 

 Pontus, 216 ; Arabian mice, 226 ; 

 Lybian, ib. ; the Pontic mouse 

 is said to ruminate, 278. 

 De, a bivalve mollusk, perhaps Mi- 

 tylus, 82. 



uori/ejjroff, a whale, Balsena mys- 

 ticetus, 64. Balaenopterus mus- 

 culus or Boops. 



uwi//, horse-fly or gad-fly, Taba- 

 nus Csecutiens. T. pluvialis, 9, 83, 

 89; origin, 126; death, 127 j 

 sucks blood, 208. 



H 



N'ipicj/, torpedo, Raia Torpedo, 37, 

 10, 104 ; reproduction and young, 

 109, 150, 151 ; habits, 275. 



NauriXof, cephalopod, the species 

 adhering to its shell is probably 

 the Nautilus Pompilius, another 

 species Argonauta Argo, Owen in 

 Cyclopaedia of Anatomy, 76, 258. 



Nt/3piai -yaXtoi, dog-fish, Squalus 

 catulus, 149. 



N/3po, fawn, 71. 



N/3po0di/og, a name of the pygargus, 

 251. 



Kf/c^aXoc, the larva of the silk- 

 worm, Bombyx, 124. 



Nj?ptrj;, different littoral trochi, 

 Trochus, Nerita, Haliotis, 85, 

 86, 94, 117, 118. 



Nijrra, duck, Anas Boschas, 45, 

 203. 



Nj/rro^ovoe or Mop^vog, 251 ; a 

 name of the plangus. 



yiffffatot ITTTTOI, Niseean horses, 278. 



\yicrpi, bat, Vespertiiio, 4, 9, 50. 



NeicriKopa, Ardea Nycticorax. 

 Manibu, 45, 201, 210, 252. 



, sword-fish, Xiphias gladius, 

 38, 40, 219. 



uXo00dpo, insects in wood, Phry- 

 ganea, Tinea graminella, 136. 



"OloXtc, a cephalopod mollusk, the 

 same as bolitaena, 76. 

 dvQr), the flower of the vine, 121. 



QivdvOrj, probably the name of some 

 dark-coloured bird, 276. 

 vaQ, a wild pigeon, Columba mi- 

 gratoria, Struck, C. cenas, 111, 

 138, 203. 



tg, sheep, Ovis aries, 72 ; different 

 kinds, 208. 



ffrpof, gad fly, Tabanus corvinus, 

 3, 9, 83, 89 ; origin, 125 ; a blood 

 sucker, 208 ; the marine species 

 probably refers to certain parasites 

 on fish, Lernsea brachialis, Pha- 

 laugium balsenarum, 135, 208, 

 212,219. 



OZ<rrpof, a bird, perhaps Motacilla 

 sibilatrix, or Trochilus, 202. 



probably an alga 



Spongodium, Spratt's Lycia, Ho- 



lothuria or Salpa, 4. 

 Oi/og, ass, Equus Asinus, 27, 31, 



39, 68, 70 ; not infested with lice 



or ticks, 135 ; reproduction, 1 1 3, 



163, 171; food and drink, 207; 



diseases, 224 ; a foe to the ^Egi- 



thus, 232; eats thorns, 233. 

 "OvoQ 6 ayptoc, the wild ass, 178 ; 



in Epirus, 71; the Indian ass, per- 



haps Rhinoceros, 28. 

 "Ovoc, fish, perhaps Raia squatina, 



Struck, Gadus mustela, 214, 255. 

 "Ovog, woodlouse, Oniscus asellus, 



135. 

 'QpuvoQ, a species of titmouse, 



Parus Ater, 202. 

 'OpftTrsXapyoe, Grypaetus Barbatus, 



Struck, 251. 

 'Oocvf, mule, 5, 11, 27, 31, 39, 



females and reproduction, 163, 

 172, 173; food and drink, 207. 



