INDKX. 



703 



male and yoiiiiff, 141 ; niij^ralions of I 

 Ihr, 34-1. 11.; iiesls, ib. ; acoimiit of 

 tlieir migration, aud proof tliat tlii' 

 seHsoii of, depends on tfie state of the 

 atmosphere, 345 n. 



Woodpecker, characteristics of the, 

 iii. 173; culonies of the, ib. ; green 

 woodspite described, ili. ; tongue and 

 its use, 174; how it attacks ant-hills, 

 175 ; its nest, ib. ; young, HH; hang- 

 ing nests of tlie, in Ciuniea and Bra- 

 zil, 171)— 184; the, of America, de- 

 scribed, the ivory .billed, 17G u. ; in- 

 dustry in clearing trees of vermin, 

 ib. 177 II. ; its remarkable cry, 177 n.; 

 the gold. uinged, account of the con- 

 finement of one, 178, 179 n. ; the red. 

 headed, 17!.»n.; ioiidness forlrnit, ib.; 

 devcmrs great quantities of insects, 

 18U n. ; ill.- downy, 181 n. ; ils nest, 

 ib. ; industry iu perforating trees, 

 182—181 11. 



Woodspite, green, iii. 173; see Wood- 

 pecker. 



Woodward, his theory of the earth, i. 

 20, 21 ; oi earthquake.s, 80. 



Wool, manufacture of, when commen. 

 ced in Britain, ii. 7 ; quantity export- 

 ed in the reign of Edward III. 7 n.; 

 of the Cheviot sheep, in demand, 9 n. ; 

 excellence of Shetland sheep, 11 n. ; 

 that of Merino sheep described, 17, 

 18 n. 



Worms, their motion, how effected ly 

 the spiral muscle, iv. 405 ; what or- 

 gans they want, 40lj ; eggs, ib. ; 

 young, ib. 407 ; avoid the animals 

 tliat prey on them, 407 ; what peculiar 

 in them,' ib.; reproduciiou by cutting, 

 when first observed, 408; two maae 

 out of one, 409; the hair-worm, its 

 appearance, ib. n. ; the Guinea, ib. ; 

 injuries to man from the, ib. ; the 

 fury, its lite, ib. 410 u. ; the naked 

 tube-worm, 410 n ; tapeworms, ib 



WoH-wow, or ash-coloured gibbon, 

 ii. 419 11. 



Wrasse, a prickly-finned fish, iii. 533. 



Wren, its nest described, iii. 2&i n. ; 

 the golden.crested, account of the, 

 ib. 2tJ3 n. ; the wood, i63 n. ; the 

 pensile warbler, ib. ; its sagacity, ib.; 

 the superb warbler, ib. ; Ainerican, 

 its note, 251 n. 

 Wryneck, resembles tlie woodpecker, 

 iii. 175 u. 



Wynkyn de Worde, account of the o.^t 

 published by, ii. 138 n. ; his qualiii- 

 cations of a good greyhound, liW 



X 



Xiphias, iii. 530; sec Sword-fifh. 

 Y 



Yak, a species of bi^on, i .'iS6 n. ; de- 

 scrih.'il, 537 n. ; habits, ib ; country, 

 ib. ; use of the, in diltereut countries, 

 538 n. 



Yawning, how produced, i. 320 ; its 

 sympathetic nature, ib. 



Yellow-throat, Maryland, its note, iii. 

 250 n. 



Young, courage and art of animals in 

 defending their, i. 463—465. 



Youth ; tee Puberty. 



Zambos, "ho they are, i. 408 n. 



Zealand, New, inhabitants of, described, 

 i. 397 u. 



Zebra, its beauty and iiutameableness, 

 i. 609,510 ; difierent Kinds of the, 59 

 n.; original country of the, 511 ; its 

 shape andcohiurs, 512 ; male describ- 

 ed, ib.; instances of its fierceness, 513 

 —515; reason why untamed, 514; 

 swiftness of the, 515; its fond, ib. ; 

 voice, 6I(); value, ib. ; of the plain, 

 different from the common, 511 n. ; 

 its description, ib. 512 n. 



Zeiran, a kind of gazelle, ii. 42. 



Zenini, or blind rat, its description, ii. 

 349 u. ; see Spalax. 



Zeus, or Uoree, a prickly-finned fish, 

 ili. 534. 



Zibet, a variety of the civet, its distin- 

 guishing marks, ii. 283. 



Zoophytes, meaning of the term, iv. 

 402 ; what kind of Hie they have, 402 

 — 404; their proper rank, 40.iaiid n. ; 

 how distinguished from plants, 4U4 , 

 distinctions of the class, ib. ; clafsifi- 

 catioii, 405; difference of the fossil 

 and recent specie-., i. 35 n. ; form 

 islands, 96 n. 



Zorille, a variety of the weasel kind, 

 ii. 279. 



Ziibr, the bUon of Ihc ancients describ. 

 cd, i. 531 n. 



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