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ib. ; prror nf Montasfue concerning 

 the, ib. n. ; fables :iiid poems witl> 

 respect to its power of ullaying a 

 storm, 4:a ; Ovid's story, ili. n. (sec 

 Halcyon) ; Wilson's account of the 

 belted, iH n. ; nest of the bird, de- 

 scribed, 434—433 ; account of its n.•^t 

 by Belon and Gesner, 436 n. ; wlie- 

 ther its nest made «t fish bones, ib. ; 

 account ni the habits of the, 437 n. ; 

 its seclusion, ib. ; fancies of several 

 with regard to the animal when dead 

 turning its benk to tlie wind, ib. n. ; 

 superstition of the Tartars with re- 

 spect to the, 438 u. ; female and 

 young, 433, 439. 



5.iranea, craterof, described, i. 74, 75 n. 



Kircher, Ath:;na~iu«, his crednlity with 

 respect to the stuffed halcyon, iii. 

 437 n. 



Kirkdalo, cave of, with its fossil con- 

 tents described, ii. 257 n. 



Kite, the, a kind of hawk, iii. 8fi ; where 

 found, ib. n. ; its prey and depreda- 

 tions, ib. ; nest and eggs, ib. 



Kitten, its playfulness, ii. 133. ; laws of 

 Howel about the price of a, 135. 



Klein, his method of classifynig ani- 

 mals, i. 443. 



Kob, and Koba, two kinds of gazelles, 

 ii. 42. 



Koomkee.or female elephant, how em. 

 ployed in hunting the male, ii. 4'o— 

 475 n. 



I. 



Labrus, a prickly-finned fish, notice of 

 the, iii. 533. 



Laemmer-geyer, a kind of vulture, con- 

 founded by iJutfou with the condor, 

 iii 66 n. 



Lakes, different kinds of, i. 142 — 144 n. ; 

 periodical, 143, 144 n. ; variations and 

 agitations nf, ib. 



Lamp, safety, to prevent explosion in 

 the iiiflHrainable air of mines. Clan. 

 ny's, i. 63 u. ; Murray's, Stevenson's, 

 ib. ; Sir H. Davy's, ib. and 64 n. 



Lampern, account of the, iii. 51 1 n. 



Lamprey, ditferent species of the, iii. 



510 n.; the lesser di'scribed, ib. n. ; 

 that at present served up amont; the 

 Italiflus, 510; account of those known 

 among us, ib. ; the fish described, 



511 ; its manner of swimming, ib. ; its 

 adhesive qui.lity, 512; mucus, ib. ; 

 spawn, ib. ; short life, ib. ; how 

 taken, 513 ; who died of a surfeit of, 

 ib. n. ; esteemed among the ancients, 

 513. 



Lamprey-pie, one presented at Clirist- 

 mas by the city of Gloucester to the 

 King, iii. 513. 



Land-breezes, i. 235, 236. 



Lauds, new, formed by the sea, i. 187, 



18a 



Lanterii-rty, of Pern, iv. 273 n. ; its 

 phosphorescent lii;ht, ib. 



Lapland, the founlry of ilie rein-deer, 

 described, ii. lOU ; rein-deer, chief 

 riches of the natives of, 101 ; their 

 method of defending the rein-deer 

 from its enemies, ib. 102; their 

 method of spending the winter witli 

 the rein-deer, 103 ; their comfortable 

 life, 104; their comparative wealth, 

 105 n. ; their milking of the rein-ileer 

 described, ib. 106 n. ; their profit 

 from the misfortunes of the squirrel, 

 308; draw omens from the con- 

 tests uf the leming, 313, 344 ; the 

 people described, i. .".Ol — 394. 



Lapwiiitf, dc'-cnbed, iii. .'I'll n. ; where 

 found in winter,ib,; food and habitudes 

 of the, ib. ; female and youug, 3.52 n. 



Lark, song of the, wliat it depends on 

 for its agreeable nature, iii. 255 — 258 ; 

 its inst, 259 ; female, ih. 260; habits 

 in winter, 261 ; how distingiii>bahle, 

 255 ; varieties; the crested dfscribed, 

 251, 255 n. ; ahode and habitude.-, ' 

 255 n.; the wood, described, ib.; where 

 fonii.l, ib. ; song of the, ib. ; distinc- 

 tive qualities, ih. ; the short-toed, ac- 

 count of the, 256 u. ; the clapper of 

 Africa, ib. ; the -Alpine, ib ; the 

 (•;'l miire, 257 n. ; sirii, ib. ; douhle- 

 cresti.'d, ib. ; field, or pipit, 268 ii. ; 

 shore, note of the, 250 n. ; .-ea, iin- 

 propriety of the name, 348 u. ; ac- 

 count of the bird, ib. 



Lai va=, the state of insects when passed 

 from the egg, iv. 199 n. ; tlie, of the 

 Italian locust, their motion described 

 by Pallas, iv. 267 n. 



Laughter, how produced, i. 321. 



LaunciJ, a soft-hnned fish, iii. 537. 



Liivandieres, why wagtails so called by 

 the French, iii. 2C6 n. 



Lawrence, St, course of the, i. 155 ; ca- 

 taract of the, 159. 



Leaf-cutting bees, account of, iv. 311. 

 S:'e Bee. 



Leech, the, its class, iv. 241 ; n,~e, ib. ; 

 the useless varieties, ib. ; that used 

 in medicine, ib. ; its description, iu. 

 242 ; its internal construction, 242 ; 

 breathes throngli the mouth, 243 ; 

 viviparous, ib. ; size in America, ib. ; 

 remarkable ones of Ceylon, 244 n. ; 

 greediness of horse-leeches, ib. ; how 

 leeches should be applied, 214, 245. 



Legs of quadrupeds, i. 453. 



Leguat, Francois, his account of the 

 Dodo quoted, iii. 47 — 49 ii. 



Leming, boldness and numbers of the, 

 ii. 341, 342; propagation, 342; man. 

 ner of its migration in troops, ib. 

 .343; destroy one another, 343, 344; 

 their contests considered ominous by 

 the Laplanders, ib. ; propagation, 

 344; flesh, ib. 



Lemur, the sloiv. paced, size, ii 415 n. ; 



