INDEX. 



399 



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 Pseudotritori: pseudos false: tri- 



ton a water Salamander, . 194 

 PSITTACI: L., p*iftacs-a parrot, 105 

 Pleromys : pteron wing ; mus 



mouse, .... 27 



Ptychemys : ptuche A fold or 



wrinkle; emits a tortoise, . 164 

 Ptychostomus: ptuche a fold or 



wrinkle; stoma mouth, . 312 

 Ptyonotus: ptuona fan; notos 



back, 256 



Putorlns: L., ill-scented, . 18 

 PYGOPODKS: puge rump; pous 



foot 153 



Pygosteus: puge rump; osteon 



bone, 260 



Pyranga : pur fire; lanagra 



tanager, 70 



Pyryita: purgites-a, house sparrow, 83 

 Quassilabia: L. quassus broken 



or torn; labia lip, . . . 402 

 Querquedula: L., a teal, . . 141 

 Quiscalus: quiscala a vernacular 



name, 93 



R4LLID.JE 135 



Rallus: L., a rail, . . . 135 

 Rana: L., a frog, . . . 187-357 



RAXID^, 187 



Rangifer: L., a reindeer, . . 21 

 RAPTORES: L., robbers, . . 106 

 Recurvl rostra: L., recurvus re- 

 curved; rostrum bill, . . 123 

 RECURVIROSTRlD.fi, . . . 122 

 Regina: L., a queen, . . . 175 

 Regulus: L., a kinglet, . . 50 

 Reithroclon: reithron a channel; 



odo?i tooth, .... 32 

 REPTILIA: L., repto to creep or 



crawl 157 



Rheocrypta: r/ieo to flow rapidly; 

 kruptos hidden (hiding in the 



rapids) 22'2 



Rhinichthys: rhin snout; ichlhus 



-fish 307 



Rhinogryphus : rhin snout ; 



grups agiiffin. . . . 115 

 RHOMBOGANOIDEI : rhombus a 

 diamond - shaped fi g u r e , a 

 rhomb; ganoi-dei ganoids, . 340 

 Rhyacophilus : rhuax river ; 



phileo to love, .... 129 

 Rhynchophanes : rhunchos bill; 

 phajieo to show, . . . 35 1 



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Rhynchops: rhunchos snout : ops 

 face 153 



Rhytidostomus: rhutis rough ; 

 stoma mouth 320 



Rissa: a Latin name (risus 

 laughing), 150 



Roccus : from vernacular, Rock- 

 fish, 231 



RODKNTIA: L., rodo to gnaw, 26 



Salainandra: L., a Salamander, 193 



Salar : L., a trout (salio to 

 leap) 271-337 



Salino : L., a trout ( s a 1 1 o to 

 leap), 271-356 



SALMOKID.B, . . . 270-355 



Salvelinus: German, salbling a 

 small salmon, . . . 271-359 



Sarchirus : sarx flsh; cheir 

 hand 342 



Sarcidium : sarkidion a little 

 lump of flesh .... 299 



SAXICOLID^E: L., saxicola living 

 among rocks, .... 49 



Sayornis: to Thomas Say; ornis 

 a bird, 96 



Scalops: skalops a mole, from 

 skaUo to dig, .... 25 



Scapanus : skapane a hoe or 

 shovel, 25 



SCAPHIOPID^B 188 



Scaphiopus: skaphos- -spade; pous 

 foot 189 



Scaphirhynchus : skaphos spade; 

 rhunchos snout, . . . 346 



Scaphirhynchops : Scaphirhynch- 

 us; ops appearance, . . 346 



Sceloporus : skelos leg; poros 

 pore 169 



Schilbeodfs : from Schilbe, a for- 

 eign genus of Siluridiv, . . 335 



SCI.EXID.E: sciojna Latin name, 250 



SCINCID^E: skigkosA kind of liz- 

 ard 171 



SCIL'RID^B, 26 



Sciurus : skiouros a squirrel 

 (sfci<fr-shade;oura tail), . 27 



Scluropterus : skiouros & squir- 

 rel; pteron wing, ... 27 



Sclerognathns : skleros hard ; 

 gnathos jaw, . . . 322 



Scolecophagus : skolex worm ; 

 phago to eat, .... 93 



