INDEX 



425 



Orycteropus~capensis, 331 



Osmia, 179 



Ossifraga gigantea, 285 



Ostracoda, 124 



Ostrich, 275, 280-1 



Otaria ursina, 371 



Otogyps auricularis, 300 



Otter, 374 



Ounce. (See Snow Leopard.) 



Ourebi, 364 



"Our Insect Friends and Foes," by 



F. M. Duncan, quoted, 188-9 

 Oven-bird, 317 

 Owl, 273 ; Barn, 307 ; Brown, 308 ; 



Burrowing, 307 ; Eagle, 308 ; Little 



308 ; Long-eared, 308 ; Snowy, 307 ; 



Tawny, 307 

 Oxen, 362 ; Wild, 366 ; Banting, 367 ; 



Gayal, 367 ; Gour, 367 

 Oxyurus vermicularis, 78 

 Oyster, 112; eggs of the, 115; enemies 



of the, 36-7, 62-3, 102 



Pachytylus, 194-5 



Paguridea, 210 



Palceomastodon, 348 



Palinurus, 123 



Palmipes membranaceus , 64 



Panama Canal, cutting of, made pos- 

 sible by discoveries of L aver an and 

 Ross, 17-8 



Panda, 373 



Pangolin, 331-2 



Papilio cenea, 146 



machaon, 146 



Paradoxure, 380 

 Paramcecium, 26-8 

 Parida, 312 

 Paripatus, 138 



Parker, Professor T. J., writings of, on 



the Carnivora, 369 

 Parker, Professor W. K., writings on 



the Carnivora, 369 

 Parrakeet, 302 

 Parrot, 302-4 



Parthenogenesis, 79, 189-90 

 Parus cceruleus, 312 



major, 313 



Paseng, 366 



Passer domesticus, 313 



Pas seres, 299, 310 



Patella, 103-5 



Pavoncella, 271 



Peccary, Collared, 355 ; White-lipped, 



355 



Pecten, 113 



Peewit. (See Lapwing.) 

 Pelecypoda, 111-5 

 Pelican, 286-8 



Pelmatozoa, 60 ; classes of, 71-2 

 Peneus, 117-8 

 Penguin, 293 

 Perameles, 325 

 Perennibranchiata, 243 

 Perforata, 58 

 Periophthalmus, 236 



schlosseri, 236 



Perissodactyla, 349 



Periwinkle, 103 



Petaurus australis, 324 



Petrel, Giant, 285 ; Storm, 285-6 



Petromyzonts , 211, 213-4 , 



Petromyzon ftuviatilis, 214 



marinus, 214 



Phalacrocorax carbo, 286 



graculus, 286 



Phasmidce, 192 



Phenacodus, five-toed ancestor of the 



horse, 349 

 Phoca vitulina, 373 

 Phocidce, 372 

 Pholas, 114, 227 

 Pholis gunnellus, 227 

 Phyllodoce laminosa, 85 

 PhyllodocidcB, 85 

 Phylloxera vastatrix, 188-9 

 Phrynida, 128 

 Physalia, 46 

 Pica rustica, 316 

 Picus viridis, 310 

 PieridcB, 144 

 Pier is brassica, 146 

 Pigeon, Carrier, 295 ; Fantail, 295 ; 



Fruit, 294 ; Ground, 294 ; Nutmeg, 



294 ; Painted, 295 ; Passenger, 295 ; 

 Pouter, 295 ; Rockdove, 295 ; Stock, 



295 ; Tooth-billed, 295 ; Wood, 294 



