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IKDEX. 



placed, ib. ; focliiis; aiitennse, ib. ; 

 without heart or arteries, ib. ; eggs 

 '•■f the, 199 n. ; metamorpliosis to 

 larvas, ib. ; to the chrysalis state, 200 

 u- ; to the perfect btate, ib. ; con. 

 structiriii, multiplyiu^ and diminish- 

 ing power of their eyes, '200, 201 n. ; 

 their wmgs, 201 n. ; feet, ib. ; tongue, 

 mouth and feelers, 20i ■•. ; rlassitira- 



, tionof, 200 — 203; those which remain 

 ill the reptile state, 2ULJ ; of the se- 

 cond order, or those whic'.i soon as- 

 Buniu wings after pnidiiction, 246; 

 , fif the third, or caterpiiliir class, 282; 



' of the fourth order, 317; varieties, ib. 



Jnstinct, discovered in the incubation 

 of birds, iii. 15. 



inundation of rivers, i. 1.50 n. ; of the 

 Nile, 152 n. ; diff'Tent el'ects of, 157 ; 

 diurnal, 158 ; of the sea, 1S<). 



Irish vvhale-hshery, account of the at- 

 tempt, iii. 408—470 ii. 



Isatis, the, compared with the dog and 

 fox, ii. 248 , climates in which found, 

 240 , change of colour with the year, 

 it'. 



leiiiglas^, from what kind of sturgeon 

 furnished, iii. 514, .''17 ; its uses, 517 ; 

 how prep.ired, ib. 518 ; commerce in, 

 518; by what fishes yielded, ib n. 



IhI uuls, new, i. SJS ; one appears and 

 disappears near Iceland, 94 ii ; co- 

 ral Inlands, Sfi n. ; islands formed 

 by rivers, 07 ; disappeared, 93. 



l.sihmus suppo-cd to have been be- 

 tween Britain and France, i. 187 n. 



Ivory, the coinnieice in, an account of 

 the, ii. 4t3 — 485 n. ; fo.^sil, 487 n. 



Jab ru, a large bird of the crane kind, 

 iii. 320; cliaracters of the class, ib. 

 and n. ; the Jabiru gniicu, discrimi- 

 nated, 32') ; the American and Negro 

 of the Hollanders, its characteristics, 

 320 II. ; habitudes, ib. ; that in Guia- 

 na, 321 n. 



Jackal, a spocies widely d ffiised, ii. 

 245 ; its habits, 24fi ; packs ol tlie, ib.; 

 manner of hunting', ib. ; followed by 

 beasts of prey, 247; its antipathy to 

 the dog, ib. ; the cry of the JacUal 

 described, 248 n. ; why not tamed, 

 ib. 



Jackdaw, account of the, iii. I,i7. 



Jacu, I ante of the guan in I'r.izil, de- 

 rived from its note, iii. lifi n. 



laiuliis of Jamaica, a swift set pent, iv. 

 ISO. 



Jaguar of America, described, ii. 167 n.; 

 black variety, ib. ; how buned, ib.; 

 dangerous to the traveller, ih. 168 n.; 

 distmguiohed from the paLithor, 172, 

 173. 



Jiniaica, earthqu .ke in, 1692, i. 85; 

 iiiclcoric phenti.neua there, 258; ac- 



count of the land crabs of, iv. 15—1 

 II. 



James I., anecdote concerning, showing 

 the scarcity of silk in his time, iv. 

 311 n. 



Japan, volcanoes in, i. 69 n. 75; 

 Japanese tribe, described, 3il6. 



Jaw, human, motion of the upper and 

 under, i. 319, 320; position of thi 

 under in ditierent ages and nations, ib 



Jay, description of the, iii. 107 and n, ; 

 its residence, 167 n. ; the red-billed 

 described, ih. ; the blue, ib. ; account 

 of its habits, nest aud warfares, by 

 Wilson, 167 — 170 n. ; its mimicry, 

 170 n 



Jeck, Mademoiselle de, name of a re. 

 mark able elephant exhibited, ii. 476 a. 

 479, 480 n. 



Jeft'.ry, little, a dwarf, i. 419. 



Jenisca, nver in Tart^ry, i. 150. 



Jenkins, his longevity, i. 382. 



Jews, their horses, i. 469 n. ; their 

 asses, 505 n ; considered the a~s un- 

 clean, 506 n. ; e.it it in famine, ib. 



Jerboa. See Gerboa 



Jevraska, the mairaout in Siberia, il. 

 316 



John, King, an improver of the breed of 

 horses, i- 493 n. 



Jolilia. or red river, African name for 

 a part of the Niger, i. 152 n. 



Juc.;tan, a peninsula, left by the sea, i. 

 1^8. 



Jugular fish, what, iii. 529, prickly, 

 ti.ined, 532 ; soft-tinned, 537. 



Kabasson, kind of armadillo, ii. 368. 



Kamsin, a de-tructive wind in Kgypt, 

 1. 2;!y n 



Kaimchadales their veneration for the 

 econotnic cnrnpngnol, ii. 331 n. 



KHiigaroo, di-iovered by Sir Joseijh 

 Banks, ii. 548; that stuffed and 

 brouglit home by him, described, 

 549,650; errors concerning the, 549 

 n. ; singular ue of its tail, 549 n. ; 

 the flesh of the, ib. ; domestication, 

 ib. 



Keats, his sonnet to the grasshoppei 

 and cricket, iv. 2('0 n. 



Kean, the trag d an, his tame puma, 

 or American lion, ii lc>9 n. 



Kermes, the insect, where produced, 

 iv. 389 ; tie female described, ib. 390 ; 

 the mule, S90 ; how prepared, ib. 



Ke-tril, kind of hawk, account ol the, 

 iii. 79, 80 n. 



Kevel, a kind of gazelle, ii, 42. 



Kilsyth, lady, and her .-on, their bodies 

 lound enihalnied at Kilsyt'i, i. mi ii. 



King-tislier, numerous species of the, 

 iii. 431 n. ; its hppetites and beauty, 

 431; the bird di.=eribid, 4,;2 ; its ra- 

 pacity and activity in seizing its prey. 



