INDEX 



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UGANDA, sleeping sickness in, 185 

 Umbrella-bird, 317 

 Umbrella mediterranea, 106 

 Umbrella Shell, 99, 106 

 Ungulata, 346-68 ; mammals com- 

 prised in, 346 

 Uria troile, 289 

 Urochordata, 201 

 Urodela, 242 

 Ursus arctos, 377 



labiatus, 377 



malayanus, 377 



ornatus, 377 



pruinosus, 377 



Vacca marina, 343 



Vanellus cristatus, 294 



Velella, 46 



Venus' s Girdle, 49 



Vertebrates, characteristics of, 198-9 



Vespa crabro, 180 



Vespida, 180-2 



Victoria Nyanza, sleeping sickness on 



shores of, 185 

 Viper, Common, 258 ; Horned, 258 ; 



Pit, 258 ; Puff Adder, 258 ; River 



Jack, 258 

 VivervidcB, 379 

 Volvox globator, interesting points in 



life history of, 22-3 ; death through 



modification of cells of, 29 

 Vorticella, 28 

 Vulture, 299 ; Egyptian, 300 ; Great 



Eared, 300 ; Great Bearded, 300 ; 



Griffon, 300 ; King, 300 



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WAGTAII,, 314 ; Water, 273 

 Walking-fish. (See Jumping-fish.) 

 Wallace, Sir A. R., on Frogs, 245 ; on 

 Leaping Spiders, quoted, 133; on 

 mimicry, 144-145 ; on number of 

 species of Murida, 387 ; on Parrots, 

 quoted, 303 



Wallace, W., discovery of Reibisch, 



confirmed by, 207 

 Walrus, 369-71 

 Wapiti Deer, 361 



Warbler, 311; Garden, 312; Grass- 

 hopper, 312; Reed, 312; Sedge, 



312 ; Willow, 312 

 Wart Hog, 355 

 Wasp, 180-2; Solitary, 181-2; Wall, 



181 



Waterbuck, 364 

 " Water-flea," 40, 124 

 Waterhen, 273 

 Waterhouse, on Kangaroo, 322 ; on 



Opossum, 326 ; on Sloth, quoted, 



327-8 



Water Mole. (See Ornithorhyncus.) 

 Water Scorpion, 187 

 Water Stick Insect, 187 

 Waterton, on Red Howler, quoted, 



404 



Weaver-bird, 274 

 Whale, 336-42 ; Bottlehead, 338 ; 



Greenland or Right, 338-9, 342 ; 



Narwhal or Sea-Unicorn, 341 ; Pilot, 



339 ; Sperm, 336, 338 ; Whalebone, 



336, 34i 

 Wheatear, 311 

 Wheat Midge, crops ravaged by larvae 



of, 185 



Whelk, 102, 115 

 Whinchat, 311 

 White, Gilbert, on earth-worms, quoted 



81 



"Whitebait," 230 

 Whitethroat, 311 

 Whiting, 231 

 Williamson, investigations of Fora- 



minifera, by, 7 

 Wing Shell, 99-102 

 Wireworm, 161 

 Wolf, European, 378 ; Japanese, 378 ; 



Prairie, 378 ; Red, 378 

 Wolf -fish. (See Catfish.) 

 Wolverene, (See Glutton.) 

 Wombat, 323 



"Wood-Hewers," tropical birds, 317 

 Woodpecker, 273, 309 ; Great Spotted, 



310; Green, 310; Lesser, 310 



