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INDEX 



Musk Deer, 362 



Musophagid& , 305 

 Musquash, 387 

 Mussel, 113 

 Mustelus lavis, 216 

 Mycetes, 404 

 Mycetozoa, i, 14 

 MyliobatidcB, 221 

 Mylodon, 334-5 

 Myopotamus coypus, 388 

 My oxides, 387 

 Myriapoda, 138-9 

 Myrmecophaga jubata, 329 

 Myrmeleontida , 197 

 Mystacoceti, 341 

 Mytilus edulis, 113 

 Myxine glutinosa, 212 

 Myxinidce, 211, 213 

 MyArowycetes, 13 



N 



NAGANA, disease transmitted by biting 



flies, i, 24, 25, 185 

 Naked-gilled Molluscs, 106-7 

 Nandu. (See Rhea.) 

 Narwhal, 341 

 Natica, 102, 115 

 "Natural History of the Quadrupeds 



of Paraguay," quoted, 329 

 'Naturalist on the River Amazon," 



quoted, 143-4 



"Nature Book, The," quoted, 227 

 Nautilus, 93-4, 97-8 

 Nebalia, 117 

 Necrophorus vespillo, 159 

 Nelson, Mr., on Cranes, 273 

 Nematoidecs, 77-8 

 Neophron percnopterus, 300 

 Neornilthus carinata, 282 

 Nepa cinerea, 187 

 Nephthys margaretacea, 85 

 Nepida, 187 

 Nereis cultrifera, 85 

 Neridee, 84-5 

 Nests, of birds, 273-5 ; of fishes, 225, 



227-9 

 Neuroptera, Ant-lion, 195-7 ; Ascala- 



phus, 195-7 ; Caddis-fly, 195-7 ; 



Dragon-fly, 195-7 ; Lacewing-fly, 

 195-7; May-fly, 195-7; Termites, 



195-7 



Newt, 242 



Nightingale, 311 ; migration of, 269 

 Nightjar, 308 

 Noctiluca miliaris, 21 

 Noddy, 292 

 Nordenskjold, Dr., and discovery of 



skin of Mylodon, 335 

 Nummulites, in Eocene limestone, 8. 

 Nutcracker, 315 



Nutting, Mr., on the Manakin, 272 

 Nyctea scandiaca, 307 

 Nycterentes, 377 

 Nymphalida, 145 

 Nyroca ferina, 299 



alter- 



181 



OAR-FISH, 239 



Obelia, hydroid colony, 42-4 ; 

 nation of generations of, 44-5 



Ocapia johnstoni, 364 



Ocelot, 381 



Octopus, 94-7 



Odynerus parietum, 



Oedemia nigra, 299 



Okapi, 364 



Onager, 350 



Oniscida, 123 



Ophiocephalus, 237 



Ophiuroidea, 65-7 



Opiliones, 137 



Opisthobranchiata, 



Opossum, 325-6 



Orang-Utan, 408-9 



Orca, 340 



Orca gladiator, 340 



Orgyia antiqua, 148 



Ormer, 104 



Ornithorhyncus, 318 et seq. 



Orthoptera, Cockroach, 190 et seq. ; 

 Cricket, 190 et seq. ; Earwig, 190 et 

 seq. ; Grasshopper, 190 et seq. ; Leaf 

 and Stick Insect, 190 etseq. ; Locust, 

 190 et seq. ; Mantis, 190 et seq. 



Orton, J. H., on the American Slipper, 

 104-5 



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