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INDEX 



Euplectella Imperialis, 35, 36 

 Eupodotis australis, 270 

 Exocatus, 237 



"Extinct Animals," by Sir E. Ray 

 Lankester, quoted, 262 



FABRE, M., on Sacred Scarab Beetle, 



quoted, 157-8 

 Fdbrus, 229 

 Falcon, Finch-, 301 

 FalconidcB, 301 

 Falconiformes, 299 

 Falco aBsalon, 301 

 Fells Caff r a, 381 

 concolor, 381 



leo, 382 



lynx, 381 



maniculata, 381 



onca, 381 



pardalis, 381 



pardina, 382 



pardus, 382 



tigris, 382 



uncia, 382 



Fer de Lance, 259 

 Fieldfare, 269 

 Finch, 313 



" Fingers and Toes," disease attacking 



vegetable crops, 12-4 

 " Firewood Gatherers," tropical birds, 



317 



Fishes, 202-40 ; experiments on, 203-4 ; 

 importance of study of, 202 ; label- 

 ling and liberation of, 203 ; nest- 

 building by, 228 ; sexual peculiar- 

 ities of, 209-10 ; structure of, 204-10 



Fissipedia, three sections of, 369, 373 



Flagellata, 18-9 



Flamingo, 298 ; nests of, 273 



Flat-fishes, 235-6 



Flounder, number of eggs produced by, 

 209 



Flower, Sir W., on the Horse, quoted, 

 349 ; on the Musk Deer, quoted, 362 



" Flowers of tan," 14 



Flustra foliacea, 89-90 



Flycatcher, Pied, 314; Spotted, 314 



Flying-fish, S. G. Hartwig on, 237 



" Flying Phalangers," 324 



Foraminifera, families of, 9 ; food of 

 Molluscs, 1 10 ; geological range of, 

 7-8 ; investigators of, 7 ; pelagic 

 forms of, 8 ; reproduction of, 10 ; 

 shells of, 8-10 



Forbes, Professor, captures two speci 

 mens of Lingthorn, 64-5 



Formica fusca, 167 



rufa, 165 



sanguinea, 167 



FormicidicB, 164-71 

 Fountain Shell, 102 



Fox, Arctic, 378 ; Fennec, 378 ; Kit, 

 378 ; Silver-backed, 378 ; Virginian, 

 378 



Fratercula corniculata, 290 



Fregatus aquila, 287 



FvegilincB, 315 



Frigate-bird, 286-8 ; Dr. Andrews on, 

 271 



FringilUda, 313 



Frog, Bull, 245 ; Common, 244 ; Dar- 

 win's, 245 ; Edible, 244 ; Flying, 

 245 ; Tree, 245 



Fuciformis, 144 



Fulgora, candelaria, 188; laternarea, 

 188 



Fulgorida, 188 



Fuli go varians, in tan- pits, 14 



Fulmer, 284 



Fulton, Dr., researches of, in repro- 

 duction of fishes, 209 



Funafuti, Island of, 46 ; experimental 

 borings in, 5 5 



GAD Fi/v, diseases transmitted by 



bites of, 185 

 Gadida, 230 

 Gadow, Dr. Hans, book of, on Amphibia 



and Reptiles, 260 ; on Frogs, 245 

 Gadus luscus, 231 



merlangus, 231 



morrhua, 231 



aeglefinus, 231 



pollachius, 231 



