INDEX 



79 



EAIAE, rays, 6 



Rallus, 34 



Kana, 16 



Eangifer, French ranche rack, 



ladder, Lat. fero I bear, 9 

 Ranidens "frog-tooth," 13 

 Ratitae, rates a raft, flat-bottomed, 



keelless vessel, 30 

 Regalecus, Lat. rex king, and Latin- 

 ised halec a herring (in allusion to 



the popular name " king of the 



herrings"), 49 

 Reptilia, repere to creep, 17 

 Rhachiodon, 29 



Rhacophorus,paKos a rag, lappet, 16 

 Rhamphastus, pa//,<os a curved 



beak, 37 

 Rhamphorhynchus, pa//,<os strong 



bill, >vyxs snout, bill, 23 

 Rhea, mythological name, 30 

 Rhinoceros, pis nose, Kepas horn, 



47 

 Rhinochetus, pi's nose, oxero's a 



tube, 35 

 Rhinoderma, pi? nose, Sep/za skin, 



16 



Rhinolophus, pisnose, Aoc/>ostuft,52 

 Rhinophis, pis nose, 6'<is snake, 



28 



Rhizomys, pi fa root, 43 

 Rhodeus, poSeos rose-coloured, 9 

 Rhombus, 10 

 Rhynchaea, 35 

 Rhynchocephali, p^yxos strong 



snout, Ke<aA7? head, 18 

 Rhynchops, contracted from pv 



bill, i//d\L<$ scissors, 35 

 Rhynchosaurus, 18 

 Rhynchotus, pvyxs bill, 33 

 Rhytina, pun's a wrinkle, fold. In 



allusion to the bark-like skin, 45 

 Rhytiodus, pirns wrinkle, 45 

 Ribodon, 46 



Rodentia, rodere to gnaw, 42 

 Ruminantia, ruminare to chew, 48 

 Rupicapra, 49 

 Rupicola, rupes rock, colere to 



inhabit, 38 



SALAMANDRA, 13 



Salamandrella, 13 



Salmo, salmon, 9 



Sarnotherium, the island of Samos, 



49 



Sauria, cravpos lizard, 24 

 Sauropoda, 22 

 Scarus, wrass, 9 

 Scelidosaurus, o-KeAis rib, 22 

 Scelidotherium, o-KeAi's rib, 41 

 Scincidae, ovayKos some lizard, 



26 



Sciuroides, 43 

 Sciuromorpha, 43 

 Sciurus, squirrel, 43 

 Scolopax, o-KoAo7ra the woodcock, 



a-KoXoi// a pole (the long bill), 35 

 Scomber, mackerel, 9 

 Scombresox, scomber mackerel, 



esox pike, 9 

 Scopelus, (TKOTreAos a rock in the 



sea, 9 

 Scopus, O-KOTTOS inspector, sentinel, 



32 

 Scyllium, O-KV\LOV some shark or 



dogfish, 6 



Sebastes, o-e/^acrros august, 9 

 Selachii, TO, (reAax*? the sharks, 5 

 Selenidera, creA^v?/ moon, Seip^ 



neck, 37 



Selenodonta, (re\i/jv^ moon, 48 

 Semnopithecus, o-e/^vos sacred, 



TTI^KOS monkey, 53 

 Sepedon, cr^TreScov putrefaction, 29 

 Serranus, serra a saw, 9 

 Siluridae, o-iAovpos the sheat fish, 



9 



Simaedosaurus, 17 

 Simia, monkey, 54 

 Simiae, 53 

 Siren, 14 

 Sirenia, 44 

 Sirenoidei, 11 



Sivatherium " Shiva's beast," 49 

 Smilerpeton, cr/xiA^ knife, 17 

 Smilodon, 51 

 Solea, sole, 10 

 Solenodon, crcoATJi/ tube, runnel, 51 



