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INDEX. 



work, 443 — 449 ; remarks on iti utili- 

 ty, ii. 166, and 167 n. ; of fish, remarks 

 on the, It. 37. 



Cyavioles, or collar bone?, towliat ani- 

 mals peculiar, i. 326. 

 "leopatra, what serpent caused lier 

 death, iv. 181— 2 n. 



Climate, effects of, i. 215- its influence 

 on animals, 459, 461; ii. 141. 



Clouds, how produced, i. 250 — 252 ; 

 how converted into rain, 25a, 253- 



Cluster polypes, iv- 425 n- 



Coal pit, its origin, i. 34 n. ; in England 

 abounds in petrified plants, 34, 35 n. 



Coan, a dwarf, account of, i. 421. 



Coati, a kind of monkey, ii. 440. 



Coatimondi, a kind of weasel, ii. 531 

 n.; its description, 531 ; is tamed, 532 ; 

 mode of sleeping, ib. 



Cobra di Capello, or hooded serpent, 

 account of the, iv- 181 and n. ; its poi- 

 sonous bite, ib- ; remedies for the, 181 

 n- ; the petro de cobra, or serpent 

 stone, 182. 



Cochineal, the insect described, Iv. 390 ; 

 food, 391 ; how taken care of and 

 nursed, ib. ; whence the different co- 

 lours, ib. ; uses of the, ib. ; the male 

 a fly, ib. 



Ci clilearia, the snail sties of the Ro- 

 mans, iv. 56. 



Coi-k, early domestication and varie- 

 ties of the, iii- 107, 108; original coun- 

 try, lOS ; where found wild, ib. ; an- 

 cient estimations of its colour, ib. 109j 

 boldness of several breeds, 109 ; sa- 

 lacity of the, 110; varieties of the do- 

 mestic, the crested, 113 n. ; Turkish, 

 andBHntam,ib-; theDwarf, ib.; Jago, 

 114n. Paduan, ib. ; other varieties, ib- 



Cock of the wood, iii. 134 — 141 ; see 

 Wood-cock. 



Cock-fighting, early practised, iii- 109 ; 

 an ungenerous amusement, ib. 



Cockatoo, kind of parrot, iii. 203 n. 



Cockchaflier, eaten by the crow, iii. 157 

 n. ; its manner of laying its eggs, iv. 

 378 n. ; injuries caused by it in the 

 grub state ib. 380 u. See May-bug 

 and Grub. 



Codfish, the, discriminated, iii. 537 ; its 

 peregrinations, 549, 530; easily tak. 

 en, 564. 



Cold, effects of, on water, i. 127, 129; on 

 the atmosphere, 219 ; how it acts in 

 increasing and refining fur, ii. 265. 



Collar bones, peculiar to mai, i. 326. 



C olounng of shells, how accounted for, 

 iv. 40. 



Colours, aid our ideas of distance, i. 

 355 ; the variable, of the cameleon, 

 described, iv. 140, and 141 n. 



Cokibri, the venemous ai ri the inoffen- 

 sive discriminated, iv. 165 u. 



Comets, i. 7 ; their phases, 7, 8 n.; 

 opinions concerning, 8 n. ; concern, 

 ing the tails of comet;, 9 n. 



Compagnol Econo'Tiic, a kind of nioii.se, 

 described, ii. 333 n.; wherefound, ib.; 

 habits; ib. migrations of the, 334 n ; 

 venerated by ihe Kamtchadales, ib. ; 

 how it croses the rivers of Iceland, 

 ib. 



Complexion, different, of the human 

 race, i. 404; which colour preferable, 

 ib. ; how pruduced, 405, 406 and n ; 

 four varieties of the complexion of 

 the skin, 406, 407 n.; other gradations, 

 407 n.; darkened by cold, &c. 407— 410i 



Compression of water, i. 128 ; experi. 

 ments on compression of fluids, by 

 Mr Canton, and results, 129 anJ n. 



Condoma, or striped antelope, de- 

 scribed, iL 47, 48 and n. 



Condor of America, whether of the 

 eagle or vulture kind, iii. 62; size and 

 strength, 63, 64; description of, as seen 

 by Condamine, 65; Labat's account, 

 66 ; account of one by Mr Strong, 67 ; 

 by p. Feuille, 63, 69; whether the same 

 as the Arabian Rock, and olhers, 69, 

 70 ; corrections of mistakes concern, 

 ing the, 64 n. ; Dumeril's division of 

 the class, 65 n. ; effects of age on the, 

 ib. ; the parts of the animal described, 

 ib. and 66 n. ; its real size, 66 n. ; be- 

 longs to the chain of the Andes, 67 

 n. ; its eggs, ib. ; prey 68 n.; tenacity 

 of life, ib. 



Coiiepate, a variety of the stinkard, ii. 

 279. 



Coot, the, discriminated from the 

 water-hen and other birds, iii. 358, 

 359; habitudes of the, 360. 



Coral, what kinds found in a fosfil 

 state, i. 33 ; islands, 96 n.; plants, 

 where found, iv. 420 ; their ap- 

 pearance, ib. ; to what kingdom they 

 belong, ib ; different opinions, ib. ; 

 the plant examined, 421 ; its inhabit- 

 ants, ib. ; experiments on the forma- 

 tion of the, ib. 422 ; varieties, ib. 

 and n. 



Coralline genus of insects described, 

 iv. 424 n.; the pencil, 425; the map.ib. 



Corbet, Peter, superintended the de- 

 struction of wolves in England, ii. 2,31, 

 and 235 u. 



Corbrechtan, a whirlpool, i. 183 n. 



Cordier, M- his investigation concern, 

 ing subt< rraneous heat, i. 81, 82 n- 



Corin, a kind of gazelle, ii. 42. 



Cormorant, size and description of the, 

 iii. 373; appetite, ib. ; fetid odour, ib 

 374 ; how used in fishing, ib. ; how 

 used for fishing in China, 373 n. and 

 376 — 8 ; account of the Chinese, 375 a 

 common on our sea coasti, ib. 376 n.; 

 how it dries itself, 376 n. ; the lesser 

 and other varieties described, 376, 

 377 n ; bird's activity in pursuing its' 

 prey, 378—9. 



Cornaro, his life prolopged by tcm; er. 

 aiice, i. 382. 



