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INDEX. 



Organic produotioiis, classes of, i. 35 — 

 40 n. Sec Fussils. 



Orio'e, the Baltimore, its soncr, iii 

 yn n. ; the orchard, 243 n. ; nests of 

 the, ib. ; varieties of the Baltimore's 

 nest, ib. ; uses thread and silk in its 

 loiistructioii, 249 n. 



Ornaments of the person, savages ad- 

 mire, i. 323, 324 ; observations con- 

 cerning, 324, 325. 



Ortolan, a kind of bunting, ili. 260 n. j 

 how fattened, ib. 



Osprey, or Ossifrage, a kind of eagle, 

 iii. 60 ; its country, ib. n. ; prey and 

 nest, ib. 



Ostracioii, the, a kind offish, described, 

 iii. 5i3 and n. 



Ostrich, its appearance, iii. 29; size, 

 ib. ; plumage, ib. 34 ; its value, 34, 

 .35 ; spurs, 30 ; thighs, ib. ; internal 

 parts, ib. 31 ; where found, ib. ; ha- 

 bits, ib. ; voracity, 32 ; incubation 

 and polygamy, 33 and n. ; manner of 

 running, .35; how hunted, ib. 36; 

 domesticated and tamed, 36; its flesh, 

 ib. 37. 



Otaheite, inhabitants of, de'scribed, i. 

 398 n. 



Otter, the, described, ii. 3"(>; wliere 

 found, ib. ; prey and minner •'( fish- 

 ing, 376 — 3'iH ; propagation, 378 ; its 

 retreats and habitation, di'scrihed, 

 373,379; bow caught by dogs, 379; 

 trained to hunt fi.-h, 379, 380; coun- 

 tries of the, 380; the sea, its size and 

 form, 380 n. ; attachment to the 

 young, ib.; behaviour « henattacked, 

 .380, :>81 II ; trade in their fur, .381 n ; 

 tlie Cayenne, described, ib. 



Otter-hound, described, ii. 213 n. 



Ouarine, a species of monkey, its sig- 

 nificant voice, ii 4.32. 



Ounce, confusion concerning the name, 

 ii. 174 — 176; that of Linnaeus, de- 

 scribed, 176; dispositio:i of the, 180; 

 method of taking their prey, ib. ; liow 

 tised in hunting, ib. and ISI. 



Onsely, Sir Gore, his remark concern- 

 iuij the ruins of Persepolis, i. 470 n. 



Ovid, his description of the metamor- 

 phosis of the halcyon, iii. 434 n. 



Ov,!, nocturnal, bird of prey, iii. 93 ; 

 the commou properties of the, 94 n. 

 95—99 ; divisions of the, 94 n. and 

 99 ; of horned owls, the great horned 

 or eagle, 95 n. 99 ; lung-eared or 

 common horned, ib. ; short-t-ared,ib. ; 

 scops-eared, 96 n. ; of smooth-headed, 

 the snowy, 96 n. <)9 j barn or white, 

 96, 97 n, ; hunts mice, 103; tawny, 

 97 n. ; little, ib. 98 n.; the appetites, 

 habits, retreats of the class, 100, cry, 

 lb. 101 ; antipathy of other birds to 

 the, ib. 102 ; how used to lure the 

 Kile, 102 ; nest of the, ib. ; indoclUty 

 of the, 103 ; instance of a young, being 

 fed by its patents in a coop, ib. n. 



0.\i)ey island produced bv the sea, i. 

 1S7. 



Oxygen gas, a component of air, i. 207 u. 



Oyster, the, its resemblance to the 

 mussel, iv. 69 ; its shells, described; 

 70 ; cannot move its situation, ib. ; 

 exceptions, 71 n. ; to what it attaches 

 itself, "0 ; by what means, ib ; spawn, 

 71; growth, ib. ; deposited in beds 

 at Colchester, ib. ; account of the 

 oyster fisheriesof Essex, 71 n. ; quan- 

 tity taken, ib. ; regulations, ib. 72 n.; 

 artificial beds, ib. ; Scottish and Irish, 

 ib. ; species peculiar to several shores, 

 73 n ; size of those on the coast of 

 Coromandel,73 and n. ; pearl oysters, 

 75 ; instances of its having caught 

 mice, 44 n. 



Paca, Us characteri.stics, ii. 319; roots 

 like a hog, ib. ; where found, ib. ; its 

 numerous enemies, ib. ; courage, ib. 



Pacific ocean, constancy of its winds in 

 certain latitudes, i. 229. 



Paco, a kind of llama, ii. 516. 



Paddock moon, the month in which 

 friigs do not croak, iv. 98; accounted 

 for, ib. 



Painters, their ob.-ervation of the ex- 

 pression of passions, by the hiiinau 

 body, i- S2I. 



Pnlene.ss, the eff'Ct of what passions, i. 

 321. 



J'angolin, or sc ily lizard, distinguished 

 from the lizard tribe, ii 360,361 ; size 

 and appearance, 361 ; its scaly cover. 

 ing, ib. ; a sulhcient defence against 

 all animals, ib. 362; but man, 362; 

 harmlessnessof tlie, ib. ; its food, ib.; 

 tougue, ib. ; preys on ants, ib. 363; 

 its iiabits, 363. 



Panther, the great, ii 171 ; distinguish- 

 ed from the leopard, 172 ; its spots, 

 ib. ; dispositions, 179. 



Paoli, Pascal, brought a .specimen of the 

 wild sheep of Corsica to England, ii. 

 22 n. 



Papngais, kind of parrot, iii. 203 n. 



Paper, a kind of, manufactured by the 

 wasp, iv. 352 n. 



Papuas. a race of men, i. 3.90 n. 



Paradise, bird of, mistakes ccmcerning 

 the, iii. 18S; its characters, 187; the 

 two varieties of the, ib. ; the animal 

 described, ib. 188 ; where found 188 ; 

 migrations of the, ib. and n , how 

 shot and preserved, 189; the grakle 

 bird, described, ib. n.; the magnificent 

 bird, ib. 



Pariah, the common village dog of 

 India, described, ii. 194 n. 



Parr, his longevity, i. 382. 



Parrakeets, what, iii. 197 ; varieties, 

 203 n. ; bcantv and talkativeness of 

 the Brazilian, 201. 



