INDEX. 



I'll 



Turtle, trunk-back, 408. 

 Turtle-dove, 501. 

 Turtle-oil, 417. 

 Turtles, 408. 

 Two-toed sloth, 586. 

 Two- toothed whale, 



656. 

 Typhlops, 373. 

 Tyrant-birds, 553. 

 Tyrannus, 553. 

 Tyrian purple, 102. 



U. 



Uakari, 700. 

 Uistiti, 700. 

 Umbra, 3»5. 

 Umbrella-bird, 553. 

 Underwing moths, 270. 

 Ungulates, 621. 

 Unicorn bird, 459. 

 Unio, 88. 

 Univalves, 79, 96. 

 Upholsterer bee, 238. 

 Urinator, 436. 

 Urosalpinx, 103. 

 Ursus, 668. 



Vacuole, contractile, 5, 



9. 

 Vampyre bat, 613. 

 Vampyrus, 614. 

 Vanessa butterfly, 284. 

 Varanus, 402. 

 Varying hares, 588. 

 Velella, 26. 

 Ventral fin, 304. 

 Venus' s flower- basket, 



14, 138. 

 Venus' s girdle, 27, 28. 

 Venus, 92. 

 Vermes, 52. 

 Vermetus, 106. 

 Vertebrates, 289. 

 Vespa, 236. 

 Vicuna, 632. 

 Vinegar-eel, 6. 

 Viper, hog-nosed, 378. 



horned, 385. 

 Vipera, 386. 

 Vireos, 560. 

 Virginian opossum, 578. 

 Virginia rail, 462. 

 Vital force, 1. 

 Viviparous fish, 339. 

 Voles, 596. 



Voluta, 102. 

 Vorticella, 8. 

 Vulpes, 681. 

 Vulture, black, 506. 



Californian, 508. 



king, 508. 

 Vultures, Old World, 

 510. 



W. 



Wachusk, 594. 

 Wading birds, 460. 

 Wagtails, 555. 

 Walrus, 693. 

 Walking-fish, 329, 341. 

 Walking- leaf, 177. 

 Walking-stick, 177. 

 Wampum, 93. 

 Wandering albatross, 



445. 

 Wapati, 639. 

 Warblers, 556, 568. 

 Wasps, 216, 235. 

 Wasp-nests, 236. 

 Water-bears, 288. 

 Water-beetles, 214. 

 Water- cavy, 590. 

 Water-dog, 360. 

 Water-lizard, 403. 

 Water-moccasin, 390. 

 Water-opossum, 579. 

 Water-ouzel, 557. 

 Water- scorpion, 254. 

 Water-snake, 379. 

 Water-spider, 163. 

 Watruss, 594. 

 Wau-wau gibbon, 709. 

 Wax-insect, 248. 

 Waxwing, 558. 

 Weak-fish, 335. 

 Weasel, 678. 

 Weaver-birds, 569. 

 Weaver-fish, 341. 

 Webs of spiders, 161. 

 Weevil, bean, 201. 



bark, 202. 



hazel, 203. 



palm, 204. 



pea, 201. 



plum, 203. 

 Weevils, 201. 

 Wentle-traps, 102. 

 Were- wolf, 682. 

 Western cricket, 180. 

 Whale, bottle- nose, 656. 



bow-head, 657. 



devil-fish, 657. 



Whale, fin-back, 657. 



gray, 657. 



humpback, 657. 



killer, 652. 



razor-back, 658. 



right, 657. 



silver- bottom, 657. 



sperm, 654. 



sulphur-bottom, 

 657. 



toothed, 652. 



two-toothed, 656. 



white, 65:5. 

 Whale-fisheries, 658. 

 Whalebone, 656. 

 Whalebone whale, 656. 

 Whale- lice, 153. 

 Whale food, 109. 

 Whales, 651. 

 Whales-tongue worm, 



71. 

 Wharf-rat, 595. 

 Wheel-animalcule, 71. 

 Whippoorwill, 539, 541. 

 Whip-scorpion, 156. 

 Whistling-swan, 459. 

 White ants, 186. 

 White-belly, 501. 

 White-faced wasp, 236. 

 White-fish, 324. 

 White-footed mouse, 



596. 

 White ibis, 473. 

 White- mountain but- 

 terfly, 283. 

 White paddy, 480. 

 White pelican, 448. 

 White shark, 298. 

 White-tail ptarmigan, 



488. 

 White-tailed deer, 637. 

 White whale, 653. 

 Whooping-crane, 464. 

 Widgeon, 454. 

 Wilde-beeste, 647. 

 Wild boar, 627. 

 Wild-cat, 691, 692. 

 Wild pigeon, 502. 

 Wild goose, 458. 

 Willet, 475. 

 Willow- gull. 219. 

 Willow-ptarmigan, 489. 

 Wire- worm, 208. 

 Wing-coverts, 423. 

 Wing-shell. 108. 

 Winter- wren, 558. 

 Wrigglers, 257. 

 Wolf, 682. 



Wolf, zebra, 582. 

 Wolverine, »>77. 

 Wombat, 679 



Woodcock, 473. 

 Wood- duck, 454. 

 Wood-hare, 588. 

 Wood-ibis. 469. 

 Wood- rat, 596. 

 Woodpecker, three- 

 toed, 547. 

 Wood-thrush, 556. 

 Wood- tortoise. 413. 

 Worm, army, 270. 



bag, 277. 



blind, 370, 404. 



caddis, 193. 



canker, 268. 



clam, 67. 



cotton, 271. 



currant, 268. 



galley, 168. 



glow, 206. 



gooseberry, 269. 



Guinea, 59. 



hair, 61. 



inch, 268. 



lob, 69. 



loop, 268. 



measuring, 268. 



paste, 59. 



pin, 60. 



round, 60. 



ship, 94. 



silk, 271. 



span, 268. 



spine-headed, 62. 



thousand- legged, 

 168. 



tobacco, 277, 278. 



tomato, 279. 



vinegar, 59. 



whale's-tongue, 71. 



wire, 208. 

 Worms, 52. 



angle, 65. 



earth, 65. 



jointed, 63. 



ringed, 63. 



round, 58. 



tape, 58. 



thread. 58. 



tube-dwelling, 69. 



X. 



Xenoceros, 201. 

 Xenos, 205. 

 Xiphias, 333. 



