INDEX. 



293 



Mud-fish, the, 169. 



Musical Fish of the East, 220. 



Mutual attachment, a case of, 148. 



NAUTILUS, the Paper. See Argo- 

 naut, 100, 107, et seq. 



Nautilus, the Pearly, 100 Its cap- 

 ture by Dr. Bennett, 102 Struc- 

 ture of shell, 103. 



Nest-building Ape, the, 276. 



Newts, the Water, 162, 171, 172. 



Newt, the Gigantic, 171 In Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, Regent's Park, 224, 

 225. 



New Zealand, great extinct birds of, 

 234. 



Nudibranchs, extreme beauty of the, 

 134 Their habits in the aqua- 

 rium, 135 Carnivorous propensi- 

 ties of, 136. 



OUANG-OUTANG, the, 270 At home 

 in the woods, 271 Chase of, 272 

 Mr. Wallace on young of, 273. 



Ostrich, the, 234. 



Oyster-eating extraordinary, 118. 



Our feathered friends, 189, et seq. 



PARTNERSHIP, a dissolution of, 145. 



Paternal nursing extraordinary, 158. 



Penguin, the, 194. 



Periwinkle, the, 134. 



Petrified Snakes, 101. 



Philippine Islands, Snails of the, 86. 



Piece-meal reproduction, 145. 



Pike, the, 218. 



Pipe-fish, the, in the aquarium, 157 

 Ova of, transferred to male, 158. 



Plants and animals, distinction be- 

 tween, 7. 



Physalia, the, 39. 



Pliny on rapacity of Jelly-fish, 31 

 Polypus, 106 Venomous nature 

 of Salamander, 173 Medicinal 

 quality of Frogs, 185 Habits of 

 Cuckoo, 202. 



Poisonous powers of Sea-anemones, 

 141. 



Polygastric Infusoria, 4 Designation 

 inadmissible, 6. 



Polyps, Plydroid, 114 Hogarth on 

 cells of, 115 Composite nature 

 of, 115 Reproduction of, 116. 



Polypus of the ancients, 96 Its rapa- 

 city, 97 Pliny's account of, 106. 



Porcelain Crab, the hairy, 153. 



Portuguese Man-of-war, the, 39 

 Its stinging powers, 40 Errors 

 respecting it, 41. 



Proboscis Monkey, the, 266. 



Proteus, the, 170, 



Protophyta, the, 11. 



Protozoa, the, 15. 



Pteropus, the, 242, 248, 249. 



Pythoness, an incubating, 224. 



QUATA, intelligence and docility of 



the, 260. 

 Questionable sport, 266. 



RAILWAY colony, a, 197. 



Railway, an invisible, 129. 



Ransacking the deep, 92. 



Raven, the, and the Toad, 177. 



Razor-grinder Bird, the, 232. 



Robin, the, and the Wren, 211. 



Roosting, curious method of, in Bers, 

 59. 



Sot if era, the, 4, 22 Apparent rota- 

 tion of ciliated lobes, 23 Tube- 

 making species of, 24. 



SACRED MONKEY, the, 267. 



Satin Bower Bird, the, 229. 



Sagartia dianthus fond of an air- 

 bath, 144 Is reproduced from 

 toin-oft' fragments, 145 Double- 

 disked individuals, 146. 



Sagartia parasitica and the Hermit 

 Crab, 147, 148. 



Saint Patrick and the varmint, 181. 



Saint James's Park Water- fowl, 189 

 Assistance wanted respecting, 

 190. 



Salee-men, 38. 



Salamander, the Gigantic, 171, 221, 

 225. 



Salamander, the, 172 Pliny, on ib 

 venomous powers, 173 Invulne- 

 rability to fire, 174. 



