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INDEX. 



Pheasant at first artificiiilly propagated 

 among us, iii. 123 ; bmuglit from 

 Pha^is, 121; beauty of the, 1-J5, 126; 

 the animal described, 12G; its flesh, 

 ri7 ; manner of hatcliinsj, ib. ; easily 

 taken, ib. ; or shot, 12S; how dom- 

 estic;ited and reared, ib. ; a breed 

 between the, and the connnon hen, 

 ib. ; varieties, 129; the golden of 

 China, ib. and u. 



Philanger, a species of opossum, how 

 distinguished, ii. 45i and n. ; habits 

 of the, -151, 453 n. ; the vulpine, its 

 size, 455 n. ; description, ib., coiuitry, 

 ib. ; the philanger of Cook, it-s hi/e 

 and colours, ib. ; the Hying, describ- 

 ed, ib. 



Pholas, or file.fish, iv. 80 ; where foimd 

 and in what situation, 83 ; shell of 

 the, 84 ; tlie animal (lescr;hed, ib. ; 

 power of pi'uetrating bard substances, 

 proved, ib. ; perseverance and slow, 

 ness, 85 ; numbers meet in the same 

 rock, ib. 86 ; where found, ib. ; phos- 

 phorescent fluid of the, and its pro- 

 perties, ib. n. 



Physiogncmiy, how marked, i. 315. 



Pie kind, birds of the, what clas:i in- 

 cluded under, iii. 148 ; teasing and 

 noxious, IjU ; places of building, ib. ; 

 republican government, ib. ; arch- 

 ness, and capability of instruction, 

 149, 150; other characteristics, 150. 



Pigeon, varieties in Africa with robust 

 bill, !ii. 206 n. ; moderate, ib. ; slender, 

 ib. ; fecundity and domestication, 20H, 

 207 ; original species, the stock-dove, 

 described, 207 ; the dove-house, ib. ; 

 its egg< and young, ib. 208 ; method 

 of feedini,' the young, 208 ; the crop, 

 ib. 209; fecundity, 210; the carrier, 

 ib. — 211 and n. ; the ring-dove, 212; 

 the wild of N. America, ib. n. ; ac 

 count of its roosts, voung, flight, &c. 

 from Wilson, 212—217 u. 



Pigmy of Tyson, the oran-outang, ii. 

 404; pigmies and cranes, origin of 

 the fable of the, iii. 305. 



Pigs, learned, ii. 115n. ; n pig pointer, ib. 



Pigtail, a kind of baboon, noticed, ii. 

 426. 



Pike, the, characterised, iii. 511, 512; 

 its voracity described, 504. 



Pilchard, its p\:\.r.e of resort, iii. 555 ; 

 arrival, how known, ib. ; great qunn- 

 tities of the, how taken, 5ri6 — 558 ; 

 uses, 553 ; profits of the fishery of, ib. 



Pihiri, a kind of musk rat, ii. 3.'i7. 



Pilot, the sliark's, anecdote of its direct- 

 ing the shark to its prey, iii. 497 n. 



Pincli, kind of monkey, ii. •442. 



Pinna, the, a kiud of mussel, described, 

 iv. 68 n. ; use of its beard, ib. ; the 

 prii-kly, de cribed, ib. ; the giant, ib. 



Pintado, or Guinea hen,itsreseMibl,ince 

 to the pheasant and turkey, iii. I2J ; 

 difl'erent uamcs of the, 130 ; feeds iu 



flocks, ib. ; the crested, and ml 

 tred, ib. 



Pipal, or Surinam toad, its loathsome 

 appearance, iv. 109 ; eggs sent by in- 

 ternal canals to tlie back, 110, or de- 

 posited there, ib. n ; the young keep 

 on the back of the parent til! they 

 acquire strength, ib. ; difl'ereut state- 

 ments concerning the, ib. ; the male 

 described, 111. 



Pipe-fish, account of the, iii. .521 ; de- 

 scripti(m of one taken at Salcomb, 

 ib. n. ; shorter, lb n. ; little, or sea- 

 adder, ib. 



Pipits, distinguished from the lark, iii. 

 268 n. ; habitudes, ib. ; varieties, ili. 



Pismire, or Wood-ant, account of the, 

 iv. 362 n. ; architectiu-e of its hill, 36,3, 

 364 n. See Ant. 



Pitbekos of the ancients, the ape, ii. 419. 



Pivot, or Razor-shell, iv. 74 and 72 n. 



Plague, how caused, i. 220 ; some places 

 free from, 221 ; tiuit of 1346, ib. ; that 

 in London 1665, ib. 222. 



Plaice, the fit-h described, iii. 539 n. ; 

 where found best, ib. 



Planetary system, i. 5 and n. 



Planets, the five, discovered since Gold- 

 smith's time, i. 5 n. ; their names, 

 situations, and periods, ib. 



Platypus, duck-iiilled, its simjular bill, 

 ii. 399 n. ; the animal described, ib. 



Pleuronectes, the, or flat-fish, iii. 537. 



Pliny, the Elder and historian, his ob- 

 servations on the studyof shells, iv 4.'i. 



Pliny, the Younger, his strange supper, 

 iv. 57 n. 



Plotus Anhinga, described, iii. 377 n. 



Plover, habitudes of the, iii. 348 n. ; 

 migrations, 349 n ; the golden, ib. ; 

 countries in which found, ib. ; habi- 

 tudes, ib. ; the dotterel, account of 

 the, ib. 350 n. 



Plummet, used to sound the sea, i. 19"). 



Pluto, gulf of, a chasm, described by 

 Aelian, i. 46. 



Pointers, Spanish, &c. described, ii. 

 209 n. 



Poisonous qualities of some fi'ihe.s, 

 whence derived, iii. 566, 567. 



Poisons, sucked out, iv. 107; by the 

 toad, ib. See Venom, 166. 



P"lar regions, description of the earth 

 there, i. 12, 13; description of the ice 

 there, 170—172; atmospheric pheno. 

 niena of the, 253, 262 — 266; the men 

 found round thi.', described, 391 — 394. 



Pole.cat, its size, ii. 269; distinguished 

 from the ferret, ib. ; its fine colours 

 &c. described, 270 ; destructive to 

 game, ib. ; resilience, ib. ; infests 

 dove-houses and hives, ib. 271 ; its 

 fur, 271 ; climate, ib. 



Pollen on the thighs of bees. Hunter's 

 e.xperiments concerning the, iv. .'ilO, 

 321 n. ; Hnber"-, showing it to be 

 used in feeding tiie young, 321— 3-'3 a. 



