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INDEX. 



Curdicr, M. lus investigation concerning subterraneous 



heat, i. 48. 



Conn, a kind of gazelle, i. 308. 



Cormorant, size and description of the, ii. 206 and n. 

 appetite, ib. ; fetid odour, ib. ; how used in fishing, ib.; 

 bird's activity in pursuing its prey, 208. 



Comaro, his life prolonged by temperance, i. 205. 



Corn-crake or land-rail, described, ii. 197, n. 



Cor rira t a bird of the crane kind, its long legs, ii. 190. 



Corruption of dead bodies, how caused, i. 226; how pre- 

 vented, ib. 



Cnrri/phcena, or Razor fish, noticed, ii. 296. 



Cotinyas, birds of South America, ii. 165, n. 



Cotopam, volcano of, i. 45. 



Coitus or Bullhead, a prickly finned fish, ii. 298. 



Couando, distinguished from the porcupine, i. 467. 



Cougar or Red Tiger of America, described, i. 374; for- 

 midable nature', ib. ; its habits, 375 ; how encountered, 

 ib. ; combats witli the crocodile, 376; where found, 

 375, 376; flesh of the, 376. 



Counting, how caused, i. 171, n. 



Coulterneb, the puffin, why so called, ii. 219. 



Cow kind, animals of the, i. 269; usefulness, 270; food, 

 ib.; teeth, ib.; age, how known, ib.; horns, 271; 

 native wild breed, description of, ib. n\ English breed 

 of the cow, how improved, ib. ; how affected by its 

 pasture, ib.; differences in its size, ib.; form, 272; 

 originally of a common stock, ib.; different breeds of 

 the, ib. n.; in Tartary, Egypt, Abyssinia, Denmark, 

 the Crimea, Germany, France, &c. ib.; different breeds 

 in Britain, ib.; the long-horned or Lancashire breed, 

 ib. ; the short-horned, ib. ; the middle-horned, 273, n. ; 

 the Devonshire cattle, ib. ; the Sussex and Hereford- 

 shire cattle, ib.; the polled or hornless breed, 274, n.; 



Orkney and Zetland, ib.; the Fifeshire cattle, ib.; 

 cattle of Aberdeenshire, 276; Welsh cattle, ib.; 

 Aldemey cattle, ib.; Irish cattle, ib.; in Iceland, 277 ; 

 other countries, ib.; that with the hump, ib. (See 

 Bison) ; how to distinguish the classes of this kind, 

 285; an animal uniting the characters of the hog and, 



Crab, the resemblance of its habits to those of the 

 lobster, ii. 327; where found, 332; the, described, ib.; 

 account of the violet land-crab, ib. ; strength of its 

 claw, 334; orderly society and march, ib.; casting of 

 the spawn, 335; return, ib.; casting of the shell, ib. 

 and 329, w.;in the mountains impregnable, 335; uses 

 of, ib. ; general characteristics of the crab, 332, n., and 

 ^34, n.\ the fleet running crab, 332, n.; the land crab, 

 333, n. the soldier crab, ib., and 337, 338; modes of 

 taking crabs, 335, 336, n. 



Crabs-eyes, improperly so called, what they are, ii. 330. 



Crane kind, birds of the, ii. 171 ; their distinctive quali- 

 ties, ib.; legs, ib.; bill, ib.; not domesticated and 

 why, 172; food, ib.; tribes, ib.; smaller birds of the, 



of taking, 197. 



- real dimensions of the, ii. 172; different species, 

 ib. n.; fables concerning the, and their origin, 173; 

 countries of the, ib. ; migrations, ib. ; scarcely ever 

 seen with us, and the reason why, ib.; favourite cli- 

 mate of the, ib. ; depredations, ib. ; aerial journeys, 

 174; loud cry and its use, ib.; the wind-pipe, tamed, 

 175; affection for man, ib.; popular respect for the, 

 ib.; Balearic, doubts concerning the, 178; its remark- 

 able appearance, 179; its country, ib.; habitudes, ib. ; 

 cranes distinguished from storks and herons, 180, 181. 

 n.; Numidian, the Demoiselle, 180. 



Cray or crawfish, a species of lobster, described, ii. 331 

 ^andw. 



Creepers, birds resembling woodpeckers, ii. 108, n. 



tncctusoT German rat, the, described,!. 454; its pouches, 

 ib.; voracity, ib.; construction of its abode, 455, 456; 

 its stores, 456; propagation, ib.; fur, ib. 



, account of the, ii. 481, 482 and n.' the mole- 

 /neket, 482, 483. 



Crocodil^ distinguished from the alligator, ii. 392, 393, 



double-crested crocodile, ib.; its resorts 30,5- 



where largest and fiercest, ib., two varieties, ib'.; size 



of the, ib. ; description taken from one, ib.; the iu 



ternal parts, 3yo; its naoitudes, ib.; strength, ib.; on 

 what occasions it seeks the land, ib.; manner of 

 seizing its prey, ib.; contest with the tiger, 397; how 

 killed by the negro, ib. ; how taken by the Siamese, 

 ib ; managed like a horse, ib. ; Waterton's ride on a 

 crocodile's back, noticed,ib. n.', how taken in Africa, 

 ib.; state of the, in Egypt, 398; accounted for, ib.; 

 where inoffensive, ib.; musky smell of the, ib.; flesh, 

 ib.; eggs, and manner of breeding, ib.; whether it de- 

 vours its young, 399; age of the, ib.; produced in the 

 Roman amphitheatres, ib. and 395. 



Crow, the, its characteristics, ii. 87 96 ; different species 

 of crows, 87, n. ; carrion crow, 89, n. and 93; hooded 

 crow, ib. ; rook, 90, n. and 93 and 94, n. 



Crustaceous shell-fish characterised, ii. 326; classified, ib. 

 and 575 578. 



Crystalline lenses of animals, ii. 605. 



Crystallization, ii. 589. 



Cuckoo, the, described, ii. 1 1 0, 1 1 1 and n. ; habits of 

 the, ib. n.\ its call, ib.; female makes no nest, 112; its 

 food, ib.; its migration, ib.; varieties, 113; the honey 

 guide, ib. and n. 



Cuckoo spit or Froth worm, account of the, ii. 275, 276. 



Cud, class of animals that chew the, i. 268. See Ritmin- 

 ating animals. 



Curas'sows, American birds of the poultry kind, ii. 71, 

 n.; the crested curassow, ib.; the galeated curassow, 

 72, n. ; the razor-billed curassow, ib. 



Curleiv, description of the common curlew and little 

 curlew, ii. 190, n. 



Currents oftlie ocean, their causes,!. 92; where most vio- 

 lent, 93; that in the Mediterranean, ib.; various, 96. 



Currents of air, some double, i. 124. See Wind. 



Cuticle of plants, ii. 597. 



Cuttle fish, the, described, ii. 561, 562; spurts forth a 

 dark liquor when pursued, ib. 



Cuvier, his classification of dogs. i. 38; the same explain- 

 ed, 388. 



Cyclidium genus of infusoria, ii. 630. 



Cyclosis or circulation in plants, ii. 596, 597. 



D 



Dab fish, described, ii. 301, n.; lemon dab, ib. 



Dace, dart, or dare, how fished for, ii. 321, n. 



Dayenham in Essex, trees discovered by an inundation 

 of the sea there, i. 100. 



Damp or deleterious air, fatal effects of, in mines, i. 37. 

 See Gas. See Lamp Safety. 



Danube, its course and depth, i. 77; rivers received by, 

 80. 



Darkness, how far the eye accommodates to, i. 195; 

 story illustrating the subject, ib. 



Deafness, causes of, i. 199; perceptions of one recover- 

 ed from, ib. ; state of one born deaf, ib. ; case of James 

 Mitchell, born blind and deaf, 200, n. 



Dead Sea, its saltness, i. 85. 



Death, many causes of, i. 207; generally calmly endured, 

 ib.; not really terrible, 208; reflection in the article 

 of, ib.; gradual approach of, ib.; uncertainty of the 

 signs of, ib. 



Death-watch, beetle, described, ii. 552, n. 



Decoys for ducks, how managed, ii. 235; value of some, 

 236 ; those in China, ib. 



Deductor or casing ivhale, ii. 261 ,n. 



Deer kind, properties of the, i. 319; the stag, ib. &c. ; 

 red, or wild stag, 322 ; red deer in Scotland, 323, n. ; 

 fallow deer in ditto, 324, n. ; axis deer of the East In- 

 dies, 327, n. See Stag, Falloiu deer and Rein deer. 



Defence, methods taken by animals for their, i. 240. 



Demoiselle, why a kind of crane so called, ii. 180; account 

 of the, ib. 



Depona, a great serpent of Mexico, the mouth des- 

 cribed, ii. 427; the body, 430; harmless, ib. 



Description of animals, its utility and method, i. 235. 



Desman, the, a kind of musk rat, i. 454. 



Dew, how produced, i. 1 30 and n. ; how its remaining on 

 bodies is affected by their conducting powers, ib. 



Di:iMcr,-t, fall of a part of the mountain of, i. 63. 



Diamond, microscopic examination of, ii. 592. 



Diamond beetle, wing case of, ii. 617 



Digester, ascertaining the elasticity of ah-, i. 108. _ 



Diseases from Jieat, i. 1 1 1 ; from cold, 112; from moisture, 



