INDEX 



2Q7 



Chiggers, destruction of, 82 



Chills, 6, 7 



Chimpanzee, 262 



Chincha Island, guano of, 86-87 



Chioptera, 210 



Chitons, see Amphineura, 45, 60 



Chlorine for destruction of rats, 241 



Choleopus didactylus, 260 



Cholera and fleas, 92 



Chorda ta, characteristics of, 107 



Cistudo (Terrapene) Carolina, 147 



Citellus beecheyi, see Ground squirrel. 



Clam, 44 



bakes, 53 



chowder, 53 



culture, 54 

 Clean cultivation to prevent field mice, 



250 

 Clothes moths, 100-02 



case-making, 101 



distribution- of , 100 



life-history of, 100 



protection against, 101, 102 

 Clupea cacruteus, 116 



harengus, see Herring. 



pilchardus, see Sardine. 

 Clupeidae, see Herring. 

 Cobra, 153, 156 

 Cod, breeding habits of, 116 



drying, 116 



eggs, 116 



fisheries of Iceland and Newfound- 

 land, 116 



-liver oil, 1 13 



size and importance, 116 

 Ccelenterata, 15 

 Coendidae (Hystricidae), 228 

 Cold storage and moths, 102 

 Collette, 19 

 Coluber emoryi, 116 



gattatus, 1 66 



obsoletus, 1 66, 167 



yulpinus, 166 



Columbia River salmon, 116-17 

 Comb jellies, 16 

 Common swift, 151 



Comstock, C. J. H., 80 

 Condor, see California vulture, 189 

 Coney, see Hyracoidea. 

 Copperhead, see Snake. 

 Coral, 17 



fisheries, 19 



islands, 18 



limestone, 18 



precious, occurrence of, 18, 19 

 use of, 1 8, 19 

 value of, 19 



reefs, 17 



snakes, 153, 154 

 bite of, 154 

 characteristics of, 154 

 distinguished from scarlet king 



snake, 154 



Cotton mouth, see Snake. 

 Cottontail rabbits, 254, 255 

 Coureurs des bois, 213 

 Cowries, 60 

 Cow seals, 224 

 Cox, Alvin, 59 

 Coyote, 212, 222 



and field mice, 251 



and ground squirrels, 254 

 Crab, 69 



cooking of, 77 



exhaustion of supply, 77 



hard-shell, 76-77 



laws for protection of, 77 



soft-shell, 76, 77 



use for food, 76 

 Crawfish, see Crayfish. 

 Crayfish, 68, 69, 71, 74-76 



canning of, 75 



for chicken feed, 88 



damage to crops, 75-76 



habits and cultivation of, 75 



methods and cost of extermination, 

 76 



number per acre, 76 

 sold, 74, 75 



poisons for, 76 



use as food, 74, 75 

 Crete, sponges of, 12 



