INDEX. 



671 



i'emale sex, how treated by savdgi;s, 

 i. 310 — 312; their privileges in polish, 

 ed couiitrifS, 312; shape of Hie, 311 ; 

 their coinpiiiativB weakness, 33f) ; in 

 general live hmger than men, wliy, 

 SSI. 



Fi?rret, its country, ii. 267 ; the, des- 

 cribed, ib. ; its climate, 2Gb; prey, 

 ib. ; how nsed in hunting rabbits, 

 ih. ; parturition of the, ib. and 2(5'J ; 

 shep of the, 26S ; its smell and bite, 



'^m. 



Field-fare, its migratory habits, iii. aTl 

 n. 2;i5 n. ; haunts and disposition, 23o 

 u. 210. 



Figure, human, its proportions, i. 3iSI, 

 330. 



l-ile.fish, the long, described, iii. 521, 

 bii n. ; its singular tin, b2.i n ; va- 

 rieties, ib. ; the, described, iv 83 — SO. 

 See Pliolas. 



Finch, the i-itril, where found, iii 278 

 n. ; note of the, ib. ; repiodurtion ol, 

 with caiiaries,279n : for otii'-rtiuches, 

 see Goldri.ich, Chafft:icli, && 



Kingal, cave ot, i. b2 n. 



Fins of tishe.s described, with their uses, 

 ill. 441—413. 



Fire, supp'otej by air, i. i-3. 



Fires of St Helnio, nietems in Jarnaica, 

 description of, i. 2jS. 



Fire.flare ray, iii. 500; its spine, ib. ; 

 t^rriblt! to hsherinen, oOi, ouj; aiicieul 

 fiibles conieriittig it, iO,') ; used ro 

 Ik-ad arrows, ib. ; whether veneiii. 

 ons, ib. 



Fire-fly, the glow worm of tropical 

 cliniaes, iv. 3SS n. ; describe.i by 

 Snntliey, ib. ; anecdote concefning 

 the, lb. 



Fijaes, their abodes, iii. 440; numbers, 

 ib ; form, 441 ; tins, ib. ; gluiinons 

 covering and .scales, 443; smelling, 

 ib. and n. ; tasting, 444; beariii;,'. 

 ib. ; account of the ori^aii by Honier, 

 4t.T n. ; seeing, 445 ; eye described, 

 ib ; their adaptations coinpand wish 

 birds, 446 n. ; appetite, 4S7; maws 

 and digestion, ib ; Can eiulore want 

 of food, US; yet voracious, ib. ; 

 their h.istility to one another, ib ; 

 migrations, 449; require air, ib. ; 

 proofs. 450; u.^e of t!ie gills, ib. ; tin- 

 air bladder and iis u,-e, ib. 451, 452 ; 

 their age. 452, 45 i ; Uiethods of deter- 

 niiuing, 4.53; e.ttrenie fecundity of, 

 451; aeiuratioii, 455; spawn, ib. ; 

 clas.sification. 450; wiiether nuurish- 

 in<?, ib. ; «hy not salt to the taste, 

 457 and n. 

 Fi.otularia, the fi-h described, iii. 6tl. 

 Flamingo, it^ class, ii'. '.!?<6 ; p' operties, 

 337 ; haiL'its, ib. ; in whiit>tate louud 

 by the Europeans in America, ib. ; 

 dispositiou now, 3,')S; veneraied by 

 the negroes, ib. ; mitameable, 33i' ; 

 fiash, ib; Cocks of tue, .3:i8, 35!l , 



niamier of feed.ng, 310 ; liesta and 



young, ib. 341. 

 Flat fish, cartilaginous, iii. 49a Se« 



Ray kind, the, or Pleuronectes, ,537. 

 Flatterers, likened by Shakspeare to 



the halcyon, iii. 437 n. 

 Flea, its agility, &c. iv. 219 ; its remark. 



able streUKth, ib. n. ; appearance 



through the microscope, 219; eggs 



and young, 2i(l. 

 Flea, "water, the abore^cent, iv. 231 



See Monoculns. 

 Flesh of the roe-buck, the hare, &c. See 



Roe-buck, Hare, &c. 

 Floss, the external coating of the silk 



cone, iv. 314 

 Flounder, bearded, accouut of the, iiL 



539 n. 

 Fluidity, by what bodies possessed, i. 



130. 

 Flur-birds, how used by the bird-catch. 



er, iii. 221. 

 Fly. See Dragon-flv, and Cantharis. 

 Fiy-catcher, the red-eyed, it-i note, iii. 



•.^50 n. ; the white. eyed, 251 n. 

 Flying-fish, a solt tinned abdominal fish, 



ill 512 ; pursU'Mi iiy the dorado, 5f.2 ; 



in the air bv ih.' aUwtioss, 503. 

 Foal, iustauce ol on:- .mucking a goat, ii. 



26 n. 

 FiEtor, the horr nle, of some :'erpent», 



iv 14S, 159. 

 Fongwang, the Chinese, description of 



that bird, iii. 129. 

 Fontenelle, his long life, i. .382. 

 Food, necessity of, to man, L 338. ; it? 



influence on animals, 44it. 

 Foot, human, shape of the, i. 32«. 

 Forehead, human, its proportions, i. 



317. 

 Foi est", found beneath the earth, i. 190 



—193. 

 Foi mation of Rocks, Werner's arrange. 



ment of twe, i. 102, 103 ri. 

 Formica rufa, or wood a. it, iv. 62 n. 



See .^nt. 

 F.isji's, opinims concerning their for. 



niation, i. 30, 31 ,- in what countries 



found, 31 — ^33; their varieliis, 33 



in wnat straia found, 34 n. ; their 



ditference from t'e iir.aliictioiig of 



the pr;-~eiit world, 31 n. ."J n. ^c ; 



found in tlie -;ones of one of the py 



ramids of ICcypt, 35 ; various da-, es 



of, 31 n. &c. ; Zoophytes, 35 n. ; shell. 



fi-h, lb. ; bird-, ti-^liHS, amphibia, 37 n. ; 



herbivorous i|u'di u|jed>, 39 n. ; ele. 



pliants. an acooiiut of, ii. 486, 487 and 



487 — 1-39 n. (see iVlammoth); hva?na, 



account of the, -2,57, 25H n. ; shells, in 



^^hat coiidiiioii found, iv. 49; all be- 



I ng to an exii-ict genus, 5i> n. 

 foiiine, name givi-n by M. Button to 



toe yl;ov\.!.iea>ted m..rtiu, ii. •<:7-2. 



See M-'.riin. 

 Foiirmiller, spe.ii-s of ant-eater, iti 



characieis, n. .i.>t, 535 u. 



o r. ■■i 



