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INDEX 



Perissodactyla, 264 



Peris tome, 21 



Permanent teeth, 205 



Pernicious fever, 6 



Persian lamb, 215 



Petroleum, discovery, 280 



Petromyzon, 108-10, see Lamprey. 



Phosphorus as rat poison, 241 



Physeter macrocephalus, 277 



Pigs, 264 



Pilchard, 116 



Pine mouse, 209, 246-51 



burrows distinguished from those of 

 mole, 248 



destructiveness, 248-49 



distribution and habitat, 248 



rate of increase, 249 

 Pinnipedia, see Seals, 212, 223 

 Pin worm, 39 

 Pisces, 107-22 



classification, 108 

 Pithecus, 263 

 Pituophis, 167-68 



sayi, 1 68 

 Pit viper, 154 



effect of poison, 155 



the pit, 154 



skull, 155 



Pitymys, see Pine mouse. 

 Placuna placenta, see Window shell. 

 Planaria, 26 



Plant lice and ladybird beetles, 106 

 Plasmodium, 4 



cyst, 7 



spores, 6 



sporulation, 7 

 Platyhelminthes, 26 

 Platypus, 206 

 Pocket gopher, damage by, 258 



destruction of, 258-59 



distribution, 258 



traps, 259 



tunnels, 258 

 Poison for ground squirrels, 253 



protection of birds from, 250 



for rats, 241 



Poisonous fish, 113, 114 

 Poland, P. R. & Son, 226 

 Polyp, 1 6 

 Pony skin, 222 

 Poor whites, 33, 34 

 Porcelain shells, see Cowries. 

 Porcupine, 205, 259 



as food, 260 

 Pores of sponge, 1 1 

 Porifera, n, see Sponge. 

 Pork tapeworm, 27, 28 

 Porpoises, 277 

 Potassium permanganate for snake 



bites, 157 



Potato formula for rodent pests, 249 

 Power and hand looms, 104 

 Prawns, 78 



Precious coral, see Coral. 

 Predatory animals, destruction of, 212 



mammals, value of skins, 212 

 Pribilof Islands, 224 

 Primates as food, 263 



characteristics, 262 

 Prince Edward Island, 218 

 Proboscidea, 264 

 Procyonidae, 212 

 Proglottid of tapeworm, 27 

 Progne subis, 201 , see Purple martin. 

 Prototheria, 206 

 Protozoa, i 



Psoroptes communis, 83 

 Ptomain poisoning from fish, 114 

 Pup seals, 224 

 Puppy skins, 222 

 Purple martin, value of, 201 

 Pusher for scallops, 56 

 Putorius vison, 220 



Quadrumana, 263 



Quahog, see Little-neck clam. 



(Quahang), meaning of word, 55 

 Quail, California, 188 

 Quartan fever, 6 

 Quartz, 3 



