INDtiX. 



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young, 163—165 aud 165 n. ; affection 

 of oue for a terrier, 163 ii. ; recoi^ni- 

 tiiin (if a i>hi|j-carpeuter by one, 164 

 n. ; irttectiim of oue, for a biteii, ib ; 

 haiigiJivoroiis, 1(55 n.; tlieir skins, ib. 

 Hiiii i65; reprodiicliiiu iuineiiai>;eries, 

 h'A n. ; varieties of the species de- 

 scribed, 166 and 167 n. 



Tinea, the family of moths, iv. 303 and 

 n. ; to wliat substances destructive, 

 303 n. ; ancient methods of defending 

 ■ against tliem, ib. ; what substances 

 kill them, 30i n. j the eggs, liow de- 

 posited, lb. ; domicile, how construct- 

 ed, ib. 



Tipula, the, often mistaken for the grnat, 

 iv. 394, 393; its hannlessness, 393; 

 water, a kind of insect, an account 

 of the, 276. 



Titling, tlie winter fauvette, wliy so 

 called, lii. '263 n. 



Titmouse, the crested, its note, iii. 251 

 n. ; character and habits of the, i;o7, 

 258 n. ; fecundity, 253 n. ; where dis- 

 persed, ib. ; snaring of the, ib. 



Tnad, the, distinguished from the frog, 

 iv. 100; hideous to the imagination, 

 ib. ; resemblance to the frog, ib. 101 ; 

 propagation and assistance of the 

 male, "nil ; food, ib. ; account of the 

 habits of one t;uned by Arscott, 102, 

 103 , instance of Gerinans eating the, 

 without injury, 103, 104 ; another in. 

 stance of its wliolesomeness, 104; 

 fables concerning the, ib. ; its real 

 character, ib. ; torpidity iu winter, 

 ib. ; account of several instances of 

 its being found in the heart of trees 

 and stones, 105; experiraiut proving 

 their possibility, 105, 106 n. ; account 

 of their sucking cancerous sores, 106 

 —108; varietio, the water, 108; the 

 pipal or Surinam, 109—111 ; the 

 horned, 109 n. 

 I'ococo, the flamingo, why so called 

 by the natives of Canada, iii. 310. 



Tones, how pruducd, i. 35!) ; their 

 succession iu proportion make music, 

 300. 



loiKjuin, extraordinary tides there, 



1. 178; how accounted for, ib. 

 I'lTiiado, description of the, i. 242, 243. 



! ..ri.edo, a kind of ray, described, iii. 

 ii)n ; its electrical shock described by 

 Kempfer, ib. 5(17 ; causes ascribed for 

 the eflect, 507 ; its power declines 

 witli its vigour, 508 ; where the 

 power resides, ib. ; experiment prov- 

 iiig the rhock electrical, 509 u. ; other 

 fishes possessed of the same power, 

 509. 



Tortoise, its superiority to the fish tribe, 

 iv. 19- why ranked among them, ib. ; 

 land and ivater, ib. ; difference be- 

 tween the, and the turtle, ib. and 21 ; 

 li;iliits of the, 20; shell, ib. ; the bjdy 

 described ib.; \ aricties, ib. u. , in- 



ternal structure, 21 ; its organs de. 

 scribed, 22, 23; White's account of 

 one, showing its habits, docility, ^c, 

 ib. n. ; difficult to bekilb'd, lives with 

 the brains out and the liend off, 24 ; 

 longevity of the, ib. ; of one in Lam- 

 beth palace, ib. n. ; one at Peter, 

 borough, 220 years old, account of 

 its habits, 25 a. ; food of the, 26 and 

 22 n. ; motion of its blood, 26 ; dor- 

 mant state, ib. and 23 u ; slowness 

 of all the actions, aud changes ot the, 

 27 ; eggs, ib. ; nest, ib. 28 ; shell, 

 compo-ed of several pieces, 28 ; habi. 

 tudes, ib. Sea-i'ortoise, see Turtle. 



Touan, or short-taled opossum, its 

 parts described, ii. 451 u. 



Toucan, a bird, whether attracted to 

 carrion by tiie sight or smell, iii. 73 

 n. ; account of its extraordinary con- 

 formation, 170; of the red-beaked, 

 170, 171 ; food or prey, 171 and n. ; 

 tongue of the, and its use, 172, how 

 it protects its youug, ib. ; where 

 found, ib. 



Touch, sense of corrects sight, i. 352 ; 

 its utility, 373 , widely diffused, ib. ; 

 affected by habit, 374 ; where chiefly 

 seated, ib. ; importance of, ib. 



Iracbiiius or weever, a kind of fish, 

 described, iii. 532 ; pain of the sting 

 of its back fin, 566. 



Trachipterus,or sabre, the fish, noticed, 

 iii. ^n. 



Trade, winds, i. 229; in the Atlantic, 

 231 ; off Nova Zembla, &c. 232. 



Tragelaphus, the stag of Germany, IL 

 80. 



Transformation of insects, iy. 200, 201 

 and n. 



Tree wasp, account of the, iv. 350— 

 353. See Wasp. 



Tree. hoppers, Reunie's name for the 

 ancient cicada, liow applicable, iv. 

 '.^56 n. ; their instrument of sound, 

 257 ; habitudes, 2j8 n. ; eggs, and 

 grubs, ib. 



Trembley, the discoverer of the repro- 

 duction of zoophytes from cutting, 

 iv. 4(!S; his cUissilication of the poly- 

 pus, 415. 



Trichurus, aprickly.finned fish, iii. 530. 



Trit;la, properties of the fish, iii. 534. 



Trochus,a peculiar kind of snail without 

 mouth, iv. 60 ; preys on other snails, 

 ib. 61 ; all sea-snails liable to its at- 

 tacks, 61. 



Troglodj-te described, ii. 404 and n. j its 

 habitation, 404 n. ; account of two, 

 ib. 



Trojan metliod of dressing a swine at 

 Rome, ii. Ii8 n. 



Tropics, constancy of winds there, in 

 certain seas, i. 2-.^8 ; hurricanes at the, 

 239; atmospheric phenomena of Uie, 

 256—259. 



Trout, the, described, iii. 510 n. and atl 



