INDEX. 



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Stinkard, ftetid smell of the, ii. '2'0; 

 varieties (if the, ib. ; tliesquasli,skiiik, 

 &c. ib. ; tlieir foetid tlands de-cnbeil, 

 ib. 280 ; uses of this odour to the 

 animal, ib. ; streni,'tli aud oflensive 

 nature of it, when tlie animal is enratc- 

 ed, ib. ; an instance of this by Kalm, 

 ■281 ; kept tame by the Ainerieans, ib. 



Stoat, when the ermine properly so 

 tailed, ii. '26i; see Ermine. 



Stock-dove, the orig-inal ofthepireon, 

 iii. iUT; described, ib. ; youiiy, :ilO. 



Stomach if quadrnpods, i. iSu. 



Stones, precious, whence their value, 

 i. 32+. 



Stork, its resemblance to the crane, ill. 

 310; distmctions in appearance, 311; 

 and manners, 312 ; characteristics of 

 tiie species, 310 u. ; reg-iilar migra- 

 tions and manner of,3IOn 312n. 3U ; 

 food of the, 314; attection for youuEr, 

 312 n. 314; story of its affection, 312 

 n. ; resp«cted by the Egyptians, 311 

 n. 314; by other nations, ib. ; friend- 

 ly feeling towards men, 311, 312 n. 

 314; the white, 31 1—313 u. ; the 

 blaik described, 313 n.; its migra. 

 tious, ib. ; a secluded animal, ib. ; 

 voice, ib. 



Storm, dreadful in Britain 1703, de- 

 scribed, i. 243 n. ; destruction caused 

 by it, 24tj u ; ships lost, ib. 247 n. ; 

 fast on account of, 24S n. ; wliat 

 birds presage storms, iii. 383 n. 



Strabism of the eyes, « hat, i. 355. 



Strength of man, i. 3i! — 335 ; some re- 

 markable instances I'f the, 335. 



Strepsicheros, breed of sheep, described, 

 ii. 17 II. 18, 



Stromateus, a soft- finned fish, iii. 5.;i7. 



Stunt, the whale at two years of age, 

 iii 466. 



Sturgeon, its disposition, iii. 513; de- 

 scripti<m, 614; different kinds and 

 d fferent uses of each, ib. ; visits all 

 the seas of Europe, ib. ; size of one 

 taken in the Kske, ib. ; where most 

 abundant, 515 ; how caught, ib. and 

 516; temperate and timid, oloi pre- 

 served, 516; trade with the roe, &17 ; 

 isinglass, 518. 



Sucking-tish, the, or echiueis, iii, 538. 



Sukotyro, a new genus, described, ii. 

 495 n. ; its shaped 4i)G n. ; tUsks, ib. ; 

 food, ib. 



Sulphureous waters, their properties, 

 i. 122 n. 



Suns, mock, or reflected, seen in the 

 polar regions, i. 266. 



Sim-ti-h, its size aud appearance, de- 

 scribed, iii. 519. 



Surf of the sea, its dangerous nature, i. 

 166. 



Surinam toad, account of the, iv. 109 — 

 HI; see Fipal ; serpent, its beauty, 

 lfi7; considered f.rtunate by the 

 tavHges there, 186, 187. 



Surmolot, or great brown rat, described, 

 ii. 32(i, 327 and n. ; see Hat. 



Surmulet, notice of the iih, iri. 534. 



Swallow, its migration, iii. 21 and n. ; 

 peculiarities aud v.^rieties of the, 

 275—280; characteristics of the, 28IV- 

 282; food, 282; agility, 283; tail, 

 285 ; its appe.irance in spring, 28ti 

 and n : nests of the vari.ms kinds vi 

 the, 287— --90; in fiiiiia, HH, _2i)2 

 ciioice of situation, iS7 n. ; how tr 

 disc.ird them, ib. ; partiality of th4 

 Americans to, £83 n. ; nests in barns 

 ib. : chimneys, 2S9 n. ; windows, ili.; 

 eggs and yoinig, 293, 294 ; assembling 

 of the, 294 ; migration, 295 ; seen at 

 sea, ib. ; whether all migrate, ib. ; the 

 window, nests of the, 2: 9 n. ; the 

 chimney, 290 n. ; the swift aud other 

 varieties, ib. and 277 ; the nocturnal 

 or goat sucker, ib. ; nests of the 

 Chinese in what e^timatiiMi held as a 

 delicacy, 292 and n. ; in what places 

 found, 293 n.; at what price sold, ib.; 

 294 u. 



Swallow, sea, a kind of gull, iii. 3^2 and 

 385 n. 



Swallows of Ternate, a name of the 

 bird of paradise, iii. 188. 



Swammerdam, his persevering iiiqui. 

 ries into the nature of shelifish aud 

 insects, iv. 51. 



Swan, the, its characters, iii. 406 n. ; 

 food, ib. ; its awkward motions on 

 land, 406, 407 ; beautiful and graceful 

 on the water, 407—410; the wild and 

 tame distinguished, 406 n- 40b n. and 

 410 ; the \\ ild migratory, 407 n. ; gen- 

 tleness of the, lb ; forniiUiible from its 

 strength, ib. ; the wild, where found, 

 ib. ; its habits, 408 n. ; early migra- 

 tions, 409 n ; how haunted at Kaiut. 

 chatka, ib. ; au intermediate species 

 betweea the wild and tame described, 

 408 u. ; the black, where found, ■109 

 n. ; scarcely a rarity, ib. ; an account 

 of it, 410 n. ; whether the .-wan sings, 

 411; relations on the subject, ib. ; 

 412; food of the, ib. and tU6 ii.; iucii. 

 batiou and young, 412, 413 ; formerly 

 esteemed for the fiesh, ^113; where 

 now preserved for their beauty, ib. 



Swift, a kind of swallow, its distinctions 

 and habits, iii. 290 n. and 279. 



Swimmers, an order c f birds, character- 

 istics of, ili. 365. 



S«ord-tibh, its attacks on the whale 

 de-cribed, iii. 467; the, described, 

 .^30; strength, ib. n. ; two species, 

 5;il n. ; instance of the, sending its 

 snout thnugii the sheathing and teveii 

 inches oi tli^ planking of a ship, ib. 



Syagiish, name of the caracal, ii. 178, 

 1 83 ; see Caracal. 



Syria, auimals of, the softness of their 

 hair, ii. 137. 



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