INDEX 



Dodo, extinction of, 278 ; kinship of 

 tooth-billed pigeon to the, 295 



Dog, 373 



Dog-fish, characteristics of, 205, 208, 

 21 5 I e gg s f, 226; are oviparous, 

 218 



Dolphin, Inia, or Amazon, 337 ; Susu, 

 or Gangetic, 337 



Doras, 229 



D'Orbigny, on Foraminifera, 7 



Doris, 1 06, 115 



Dormouse, 387 



Dory tides, 170 



Dourine, disease attacking horses and 

 mules in North Africa, 24 



Dracunculus medinensis, 78 



Dragon-fly, 196 



Dromaus nova hollandics, 280 



Dromia, 37 



Dryopithecus, 410 



Dubois, M., discovers fossil remains of 

 anthropoid in Java, 410 



Duck, 273 ; Eider, 299 ; Mallard, 299 ; 

 Pochard, 299 ; Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser, 299 ; Scoter, 299 ; Shoveller, 

 299 



Duck-billed Platypus, extraordinary 

 characteristics of, 319-20 



Dugong, 344 



Dujardin, investigates Foraminifera, 



7 

 Duncan, F. Martin, on insects, 149-52 ; 



on ravages of Phylloxera, 188-9 \ on 



Spiders, 136-7 ; on the Stickleback, 



227 

 Duncan, Dr. P. Martin, Writings of, 



on the Gorilla, 410 

 Duncania, 58 

 Dynastes Hercules, 159 

 Dytiscus marginalis, 155 



E 

 BAGI<E, 301 ; Golden, 301 ; nests of, 



273 



Bar-shell, 100, 104 

 Barwig, 190-1 

 Bchidna, 318-20 

 Echinocardium cordatum, 70 

 2 B 



Echinoderma, 59-72 ; characteristics 



and structure of, 60-2 ; subdivisions 



included in, 59, 60 

 Echinoidea, 67-70 

 Echinozoa, 60 

 Echinus esculentus, 67-9 

 Edentata, animals comprised in, 327-35 



characteristics of, 327 ; extinct 



species of, 334-5 



Bdwards, Tickner, on Bees, 163 

 Bel, Common, 233 ; Conger, 233 



"Snub-nosed," 234 

 Bft. (See Newt.) 

 Egret, Little, 297 ; Plumed, 297 

 Bhrenbaum, Dr., on " Lump-suckers," 



229 



Bhrenberg, C. G., on Bryozoa, 89 

 Eland, 362, 365 



Elasmobranchii, 205-8 ; 214-22 ; Dog- 

 fishes. 208, 216; Rays, 208, 219-21 



Sharks, 214-8 

 Elaterida, 161 

 Elephant, African, 346-7 ; Indian, 



346-7 ; characteristics of, 346-7 ; 



evolution of, 348 

 Elephas primigenius, 348 

 Elk, 361 



Elliott, on the Walrus, 370 

 Elmhirst, on Lobsters, 122 

 Bmerton, book of, on Spiders, 133 

 Emu, nesting habits of, 275 ; wings of, 



279-80 



Encrinites, 72 



Engraulis encrasicholus, 230 

 Entomostraca, 117 

 Epeira diademata, 129 

 Epeirida, 131 

 Ephemera, 196 

 Equida, 349 

 Equus Africanus, 350 



Caballus, 349 



Grevyi, 350 



Onager, 350 



Erinaceida, 393 

 Erinaceus europceus, 393 

 Errantia, 82 



Euglena, microscopical examination of, 



19-20 

 Euplectella aspergillum, 35 



