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INDEX. 



Bat caves of Jamaica, 242 

 Australia, 246. 



Bathing companion, an unpleasant 

 32. 



Batrachians/general antipathy to the, 

 161 Are little understood, 162 

 Proper rank of, 163 Tail-less sec- 

 tion of, 175 Vocal performances 

 of, 182. 



Bee, the, and the Sea-Anemone, 140. 



Bees, habits of wild, 58, 59 boost- 

 ing by mandibular process, 59 

 Mr. F. Smith's catalogue of British 

 species, 57. 



Bell Bird, the, 232. 



Beetles in Ants' nests, 62. 



Bell animalcule, the, 18, 19, 20. 



Bhunder Monkey, the, reverence oi 

 Hindoos for, 264. 



Birds of song, 207 Experiments in 

 training of, 208 Peculiar notes of, 

 not the result of education, 209. 



Birds, reckless destruction of small, 

 215. 



Blackbird snail gathering, 87. 



Black-faced Baboons, the, 261, 2G2. 



Black Swan, the, 193. 



Border land of the organic world, 

 the, 7. 



Bower Bird, the, 229. 



British Snails, 82, 83. 



British Bats, 244, 245, 246. 



Brittle Stare, 119. 



Brush Turkeys, the, 230. 



Bryozoa, the, 132 Structure and 

 habits of, 133. 



Buckland, Dr., his experiments on 

 Toad-in-hole question, 186. 



Budding, or gemmation in Jelly- 

 fish, 41. 



Bull-frog, the, 183. 



Butterfly battle, a, 65. 

 Butterflies, eagerness of the collectors 

 of, 67. 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE Nightingales, 183. 

 Canary, a talking, 209 The, and 



the Sparrow, 215. 

 Capture of a prize, 102. 

 Cat, the, and the Frog, 181. 



Cephalopod, a pet, 105. 



Cephalopods, the, 93 Locomotion 

 and respiration of, 94, 98 Struc- 

 ture of sucking discs of the arms 

 of, 97 Of vast size, 99 Zoologi- 

 cal position of, 99 Two great sec- 

 tions of, 100 Ancient forms, 101. 



Chacma Baboon, the, 261, 262. 



Cheap revenge, 268. 



Chimney Swallow, the, 195. 



Chimpanzee, the, 274 Native stories 

 respecting, 275 M. da Chaillu 

 on, 276. 



Chinese delicacies, 125. 



Chitons, the, in the aquarium, 134. 



Clare, John, the peasant poet, 237. 



Coach-whip Bird, the, 232. 



Cobra, death from bite of a, 223. 



Colony of Frogs, the, 182. 



Conger, the, in the aquarium, 156. 



Crasslcornis buries itself in sand, 

 139 Appropriately named the 

 Dahlia, 140 Its extraordinary 

 gastronomic performances, 142 

 Fastidity of, 143. 



Croakers and croaking, 182. 



Crustacea, predilections of, in matter 

 of food, 149 Their carnivorous 

 habits, 150 Motley assemblage 

 of, 153 Their moulting, 154, 

 155. 



Cuckoo, the, 199 Its habits, 200 

 Pliny on, 201. 



Cuming, Mr. Hugh, his collecting 

 voyages, 84. 



Curassow, the, 223. 



Cuttle-fish, the, 93 Its peculiar loco- 

 motive and respiratory apparatus, 

 94 Its agility, 95, 

 !uttle-fish, encounter with a, 95. 



Cyancca capittata, Professor Forbes 

 on, 32. 



'ydippe, structure and habits of, 35, 

 Its belts of paddles, 36 Mode 

 of procuring food, 36 Its remark- 

 able tenacity of life, 37. 



OKATH of a favourite, 218. 

 Defence ofFrogs, 179. 

 Desmids and Diatoms, the, 12. 



