INDEX. 



661 



Thermometer, i. 69; principle of the, ib. 



Thirst, causes and consequences of, i. 1 85, n. 



Thoracic fish, what, ii. 294; prickly-finncd, 295; soft- 

 finned, 299. 



Thornback, a species of skate, ii. 277, n. 



T/mtshki?id,Urdsof the, ii. 137; different species of 

 thrush, their habits, &c. 1 38, n. ; their prppertres, ib. ; 

 the song thrush or mavis, 1 39, n. ; the missel thrush, 

 its size and distinctions, ib. and n. ; the punctated 

 thrush, 141, n.; the rock thrushes, 142, n. ; the mock- 

 ing thrush, 143, .; other varieties, 145; the fieldfare, 

 blackbird, &c. See Fieldfare, Blackbird, 



Thumb-footed shell-fish, account of the, ii. 374. 



Thunder, phenomena of, i. 1 33, n. 



Thyroid cartilage, seen in men, i. 1 75. 



Tides of Hie ocean, i. 90; description of the, ib.; precise 

 account of the manner in which they are caused, 90, 

 91; affected by the channel of the sea, 91,92; the 

 greatest where, 92; an effect of the, ib.; 



Tiger, the, its beauty, i. 369; fierceness, ib.; distinctions 

 of the, ib ; relative position, ib ; where found, ib. and 

 n.; tiger hunting in India, 370, 371, n.', habits, 371; 

 strength, ib. and 372; combat of one with three ele- 

 phants, ib. ;the three kinds of the, in SundahRajah's 

 dominions, 373; scarceness of the real species, ib.; 

 how far tameable, 369; tigress and her young, 373; 

 their skins, 374; clouded tiger, ib., n. 



Tinea. See Moths. 



Tipitla, the, gnat, described, ii. 553. 



Titmice, account of the various species of, ii. 151, n.', 

 bottle tit or long-tailed titmouse, 154, n. 



Toad, the, distinguished from the frog, ii. 334 ; hideous 

 to the imagination, ib. ; resemblance to the frog, ib. ; 

 propagation and assistance of the male, 385; food, 

 ib.; account of the habits of one tamed by Arscott, 

 ib. ; instance of Germans eating the, without injury, 

 386; another instance of its wholesoineness, ib. ; fables 

 concerning the, ib. ; its real character, ib. ; torpidity, 

 in winter, ib. ; account of several instances of its being 

 found in the heart of trees and stones, ib.; experi- 

 ments regarding this singular phenomenon, ib., n.', 

 account of their sucking cancerous sores, 388; varie- 

 ties, the water, ib.; the pipal or Surinam, 389; the 

 honied toad, ib. 



Tococo, the flamingo, why so called by the natives of 

 Canada, ii. 188. 



Tones, how produced, i. 196; their succession in propor- 

 tion make music, ib. 



Tongue or proboscis of insects, ii. 615; of the house-fly, 

 ib.; of the honey bee, 616. 



Tonquin, extraordinary tides there, i. 92; how accounted 

 for, ib. 



Tornado, description of the, i. 125, 126. 



Torpedo, a kind of ray, described, ii. 278 ; its electrical 

 shock described, by Kempfer, ib. ; causes ascribed 

 for the effect, 279 ; its power declines with its vigour, 

 ib. ; where the power resides, ib.; other fishes pos- 

 sessed of the same power, 280. 



Torsk, a species of cod, described, ii. 300, n. 



Tortoise, its superiority to the fish tribe, ii. 337; why 

 ranked among them, ib.; land and water, ib.; differ- 

 ence between the, and the turtle, ib., 338 ; habits of the 

 ib. ; shell, ib. ; the body described, ib. ; various species 

 of, ib., n.\ internal structure, ib. ; its organs described, 

 339 ; difficult to be killed, lives with the brains out 

 and the head off, ib.; longevity of the, ib.; account 

 of one at Peterborough which lived above 200 years, 

 ib., 72.; food of the, 340; motion of its blood, ib.; dor- 

 mant state, ib.; slowness of all the actions, and 

 changes of the, ib. ; eggs, ib. ; nest, ib., 341 ; shell com- 

 posed of several pieces, ib. ; habitudes, ib., 432, n. 

 Sea Tortoise, see Turtle. 



Toucan, account of its extraordinary conformation, ii. 

 99 and n. ; of the red-beaked, 1 00 ; food or prey, ib. 

 and ra.; tongue of the, and its use, 101; how it pro- 

 tects its young, ib. ; where found, ib. 



Touch, sense of, corrects sight, i. 193; its utility, 202; 

 widely diffused, ib.; affected by habit, ib.; where 

 chiefly seated, ib.; importance of, ib. 



TrctchmUB, or ivcevcr, a kind of fish, described, ii. 295; 



pain of the sting of its back fin, 324. 

 Trachipterus, or sabre, the fish, noticed, ii. 298. 

 Trade-winds, i. 117; history and theory of, 1 1 8, n. ; in the 



Atlantic, 122; off Nova Zembla, &c. ib. 

 Traydaphns, the stag of Germany, i. 327. 



Transformation of insects, ii. 437. 



Tne wasp. See Wasp. 



Tree-hoppers, Rennie's name for the ancient cicada, how 

 applicable, ii. 476; their instrument of sound, ib. 



Trees, formation of, ii. 602. 



Trembley, the discoverer of the reproduction of zoophy- 

 tes from cutting, ii. 567 ; his classification of the poly- 

 pus, 570. 



Trichoda ycnus of infusoria, ii. 633. 



Trichurus, a prickly-finned fish, ii. 294. 



Trigla, properties of the fish, ii. 298. 



Trochus, a peculiar kind of snail without mouth, ii. 3(>3; 

 preys on other snails, ib.; all sea-snails liable to its 

 attacks, 364. 



Troglodyte , described, i. 491. 



Trogons, e. family of birds peculiar to warm climates 

 described, ii. 101, 102, n. 



Tropics, constancy of winds there, in certain seas, i. 117; 

 luirricanes at the, 125; atmospheric phenomena of 

 the 133135. 



Trout, description of the, ii. 302, n. ; how angled for, 

 323, .; the great gray trout of Loch Awe, 302, n.; 

 salmon trout, 303, n. 



Trunk of the elephant, account of the, i. 518. 



Tumble-dung, a kind of beetle, described, ii. 546; its 

 sense of smelling, ib. ; kings of the class, 547. 



Tumbler, a kind of dog, described, i. 394. 



Tunny fish, described and tunny fisheries, ii. 297, 298 

 and n. 



Turbinated shellfish, ii. 352359. 



Turbotfish, described, ii. 300, n. 



Turkey, its original country, ii. 66 and n. ; the American 

 wild, 67; Prince Charles Lncian Bonaparte's account 

 of the, ib., n. ; habits in the wild state, ib.; how hunt- 

 ed, ib. ; habits, animosities, and antipathies of the 

 tame, 70; cowardice, ib.; female and young, 71; 

 screams and agitation of the female when the young 

 attacked, ib. 



Turnstone, described, ii. 194, n. 



Turtle, the, whence its difference from the tortoise 

 arises, ii. 337; the, described, 341 ; the great Mediter- 

 ranean, or coriaceous, its great size and uselessnees, 

 ib.; poisonous, ib. ; account of one of this species, 

 ib.; of one caught near Scarborough, 342; those of 

 the Indian ocean, the trunk, ib. ; the loggerhead des- 

 cribed, ib. and n. ; hawksbill or imbricated, 343 and 

 342, n. ; the green, its estimation, 343 and n. ; quali- 

 ties of the, as food, 344; why called the green turtle, 

 ib.; its size, ib.; where most numerous, ib. ; comes 

 from the sea to fresh water, and to deposit its eggs, 

 ib.; breeding, ib.; eggs, ib.; hatched by the sun, 

 345; how taken, ib., 347; harpooned, ib ; how taken 

 by divers, ib. ; Audubon's account of the habits of 

 turtles and the methods of taking them, ii. 345347, 

 n. 



Turtle-do-cQ, its fidelity, ii. 126; collared turtle, 125, n.\ 

 the bird described, 129; a bird of passage, ib.; ne&ts 

 and food, ib. 



Turtle eaters, a people of Ethiopia, described, by Diodo- 

 rus Siculus, ii. 344. 



Tusks of the hog kind, their connection with their venery, 

 i. 352; of the elephant, 519, 520; trade in the, 527,5l'8. 



TypJtons,or water-spouts, seen at land, i. 144; descrip- 

 tion of one at Hatfield, 1687, ib.; conjectures concern- 

 ing, ib. 



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Unan, a kind of sloth, i. 557. 



Unicom, animals found in Africa and Asia resembling 

 the fabulous unicorn, i. 532, n. ; whence the origin 

 of the stories concerning it, ii. 262; the sea or nar- 

 whal, described, 260. 



Univalve, or turbinated shcll-Jish, ii. 359. 



Uranoscopus, the fish, described, ii. 295. 



Urchin, Sea, the proper class of the, described, ii. 373 

 and n. its horns and spines, ib.; its swiftness not- 

 withstanding its many spines, ib. ; what sort of food 

 it is, ib. 



Urson, distinguished from the porcupine, and describ- 

 ed, i. 467. 



Urus, white, the, or wild bull, where found, i. 276; dcs- 

 cribcdj ib. 



