420 



INDEX 



Harmer, Professor Sidney F., on the 



Chordata, 198-^9 

 Harp Shell, 100 

 Harriotta, 221 

 Harris, Sir Cornwall, on the Quagga, 



quoted, 350-1 

 Hartwig, Dr., on Coral reefs, 54-5 ; on 



the Flying-fish, 237 

 Hawk, 270 ; Kestrel, 301 ; Merlin, 



301 ; Sparrow, 301 

 Hawk-Moth, Bee, 144; Clearwing, 



144 ; Death's Head, 147 ; Elephant, 

 147 ; Hornet Clearwing, 144 ; Hum- 

 ming Bird, 143 ; Pine, 145 ; Privet, 



145 ; Sharp- winged, 147 

 Hedgehog, 393 

 HelicidcB, no 

 HeliconidcB, 143 

 Heliopora carulea, 55 

 Helix aspersa, 99, no, 115 



desertorum, 108 



lactea, 109 



pomatia, 109, no. 



Helmet Shell, 101 



Hemichordata, 201 



Hemiptera, 186 



Heron, 297 ; Night, 297 



Herring, 230; eggs of, 210, 226 



Hessian Fly, 185 



Hexactinellida, 35-6 



Hickson, Professor, investigations of, 

 into Hydrocorallina, 45 



Hincks, Professor, on the Hydroida, 45 



Hippocampus, 238 



Hippopotamus, 356 



Hippopotamus amphibius, 356 



Hirundinea, 88-9 



Hirundo rustica, 315 



"Historic of Four-Footed Beastes," 

 quoted, 392 



Hoatzin. (See Ama.) 



Holothuria nigra, 71 



Holothurian, I^udwig on, 59 



Holothuroidea , 70-1 



Holt, E. W. Iv., on the Purple Egg- 

 Urchin, 69 



Homarus vulgaris, 122 



" Honey Badger," (See Ratel.) 



Hoplocephalus curtus, 257 



Hormiphora plumosa, 48-9 



Hornet, 180, 181 



" Horn- wracks," 89 



Horse, 349 



Howler, 404 



Humming-bird, characteristics of, 309 ; 



nests of, 273 



Hunting Leopard. (See Cheetah.) 

 Huxley, T. H., on the Apoda, 242 ; on 



common points of Birds and Reptiles, 



261-2 ; on the genus Canis, 377 ; on 



the Cetacea, 329 

 Hycsna striata, 380 

 Hydra, 40-2 

 Hydra viridis, 40 

 Hydrochcerus capybara, 389 

 Hydrocorallina, 45 

 Hydroida, 44, 45 

 Hydrophilus piceus, 156 

 Hyena, Spotted, 380 ; Striped, 380 

 Hyla arbor ea, 245 

 Hylobates, 408 



Hymenopter, Fossorial, 181-2. 

 Hymenoptera, architectural ability of, 



154; characteristics of, 163, 164; 



species of, 163 

 Hypolimnas misipus, 144 

 Hyracoidea, 348 

 Hyrax Syriacus, 348 



lanthinida, 115 



Ibex, 366 



Ibidida, 298 



Ibidina, 298 



Ibis, 298 ; Sacred, 298 



Ibis JEthiopica, 298 



Ichneumon, 373, 380 



Ichneumon Fly, 142, 183 



Illiger, on classification of Manatees, 

 343 



Inachus Dorsettensis, 119 



" Industrial Entomology," lecture de- 

 livered before Royal Society of Arts, 

 24 



Infusoria, 25-6 



Inia Geoff rensis, 337 



Insects, 149-52 



