INDEX 



All numbers refer to pages. Words in italics are names of families, genera, 

 species, or of higher division .. Numbers in thick type are numbers of pages on 

 which there are figures. 



Aard varks, 644. 



Absorption, 482. 



Acanlhiidce, 348. 



Acanthocephala, 180. 



Acanthodaclylus, 538. 



Acanthopterygii, 444. 



Acarina, 379-381. 



Accipitcr, 605, 606. 



Accretion, 10. 



Acetabulum, 404, 496. 



Achoruks, 338. 



Achthcres, 294. 



Acicula, 235. 



Acinonyx, 656. 



Acipenscr, 453; Acipenseridce, 443, 453. 



Acmaa, 258. 



Accelomata, 241. 



Acontia, 136. 



Acraspedote, 129. 



Acridiidm, 345 ; Acridium, legs, 332. 



Acris, 512, 519, 520. 



Actiniaria, 135, 141. 



Adinomma, 40. 



Adinophrys, 40. 



Adinospluvrium, 40. 



Actinozoa, 133. 



Actitis, 607, 608. 



Adductor muscles, 244, 245. 



Adelortwrda, 386. 



Adephaga, 360. 



Admetus, 381. 



Adrenals, 492. 



jEpyornis, 589; jEpyornithiformes, 589, 



508. 

 Agamidm, 537, 553. 

 Agelenidee, 377. 

 Agkistrodon, 539; /l. contortrix, 566; /I. 



piscivorus, 565, 566. 



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Aglossa, 512, 518; Aglossida, 512, 518. 



Aglypha, 539, 560. 



Air-bladder, 433, 439; -sac, 585. 



.4 m-, 603. 



Aland ids, 591. 



Albatross, 590, 600. 



Alcedinidce, 591, 611; Alces, 644; 

 Alcida, 590, 607, 609. 



Alces, 669. 



Alcyonacea, 139, 140. 



Alcyonaria, 139. 



Alcyoniion, 139, 140. 



/Ifefo'a, 354. 



Alimentary canal, 405 (see digestive 

 system). 



Allantois, 680, 681. 



Alligator, 536, 547, 54S, 549. 



Allogromia, 41. 



Alloloboplwra, 215, 236. 



Aloualta, 664. 



Alphcus, 297. 



Alternation of generations, 81, 122, 

 132. 



yl/yfes, 512, 522. 



Ambloplilcs, 467. 



AmblyoposidcE, 444, 462 ; Amblyopsis, 462, 

 463. 



Amblyrhynchus, 554. 



Ambulacral grooves, 191. 



4 mbystoma, 511,516; ^4 mbystomida, 511, 

 516. 



Amcba proteus, 27-39; anatomy, 28; 

 behavior, 33 ; locomotion, 35 ; metab- 

 olism, 29; reproduction, 32. 



Amciurns, 457. 



Antrim, 538. 



/I metabola, 334. 



^Iww, 454, 455; AmiidcE, 443, 454. 



