INDEX 



AARD-VARK, 331 



Aard-Wolf, 373, 379 



Acanthophis antavcticus, 257 



Acari, 137 



Accipiter nisus, 301 



Accipitres, 299 



Achatina fulva, no 



Acinetaria, encystment and repro- 

 duction of, 26 



Acredula caudata, 273 



Acridiida, 194-5 



Acromyodi, 310 



Adder, Death, 257; Puff, 258 



Adephaga, 1^4 



JEgialitis cantiana, 294 



hiaticola, 294 



JEgyptius pluvialis, 275 



JEluroidea, 373 



Aepyornithes, 277 



Agassiz, Professor, dredges up Bathy- 

 nomus, 1 24 ; on classification of 

 fishes, 208 ; investigates Hydro- 

 corallina, 45 ; on Polyzoa, 91 



Air-breathing molluscs, 107 



Alauda arvensis, 314 



Alaudidcs, 314 



Albatross, weight and spread of wings 

 of, 284-5 



Alcedo ispida, 306 



Alcidas, 288 



Alcyonaria, 49 ; characteristics of , 55-7 



Alcyonium digitatum, 57 



Alecdinida , 305 



Alligator Mississippiensis , 252 



Alligators, 251, 252 



Alopecias vulpes, 217 



Alytes obstetricans, 247 



Ama, or Hoatzin, remarkable bird in 

 Valley of the Amazon, 302 



Amblystoma tigrinurn, 243 



Amia calva, 224 



Amiidte, 224 



Amoeba, i, 27 ; microscopical examin- 

 ation of, 3-4 ; rejuvenescence of, 5 

 growth and reproduction of, 5, 6, 29 



Amcebula, 12-14 



Amphibia, 241-7 ; characteristics of, 

 241 ; orders of, 242 



Amphiglena mediterranea, 86-7 



Amphineura, 101 



Amphioxus, cranium of, 204 



Anabas scandens, 237 



Anas boscas, 299 



Anaiidce, characteristics of the, 298 



" Anbury," disease attacking vegetable 

 crops, 12-14 



Anchovy, 230 



Andrena, 178 



Andrews, Dr. C. W., on the Frigate- 

 bird, 271 ; discovers fossil remains 

 of Meritherium, 348 



Angel-fish, 218 



Anguilla vulgaris, 233 



Animal kingdom, divisions and sub- 

 divisions of the, 7 



Annelida, 80 et seq. 



Annulata, classes of, 80- 1 



Anomoura, 120 



Anopheles, infection conveyed by, 17-8 



Ant, Amazon, 167 ; Driver, 170 ; Fire, 

 171; Foraging, 170; Garden, 166 ; 

 Honey, 171; Jet, 167; Meadow, 

 1 66 ; Sauba, 169 ; Warrior, 167 ; 

 Wood, 165 ; Yellow, 168 ; charac- 

 teristics of, 164 ; their communities, 

 164-6; "cows" of, 1 68 



Ant-eaters, Cape, 331 ; Great, 329-30 

 Scaly, 331-2 ; Tamandua, 330 ; Two- 

 toed, 330-1 



Ant-lions, 197 



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