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Eagles their structure and habits (Fig. 51) 96 



Earth-worm an Annelid or ringed animal 127 



Ech.id.na an animal of the order Monotremata (Fig. 5) 26 



Echinodermata spiny-skinned radiata 52 



Echinus or Sea Urchin (Fig. 105) 152 



Edentata Toothless Mammalia 61 



Eels compared with Lampreys (Fig. 88) 126 



Ehrenberg Biographical Note of 162 



Electric Silurus a soft-finned Fish 123 



Elephant the largest Mammalian land animal now existing it 

 belongs to the order Pachydermata, or thick-skinned : the tusks, 



trunk, feet, and teeth (Figs. 13, 14) 3 8 



Emollient a term applied in medicine to substances which, being 

 applied externally, have the property of softening the tissues, as 



Spermaceti. (See Demulcent.} 35 



Emu a walking bird 104 



Ermine a Vermiform Carnivora (see Vermiform) its skin 78 



Falcons an oraer of Birds of Prey talons of (Fig. 50) 94 



Pat-tailed. Sheep (Fig. 20) ... 58 



Pishes Vertebrate Animals, whose structure is adapted for life in 



water general characteristics 2 2 "8 



Pishes divisions of I2 



Plamingo a stilt Bird lo6 



Plask Animalcule (Fig. no) *S9 



Plying Fish-its fins "3 



Plying Opossum. (See Opossum) (Fig. 8) 3 1 



Foramenifera Root-footed Animals, which send forth small feet 

 through orifices in their calcareous shells importance in the forma- 

 tion of rocks. (See Nummulites.) * 6x 



Foxes compared with Dogs, Wolves, and Cats 7 8 



Fresh Water Hydra (Fig. 107) '54 



Frigate Bird lo8 



Q 



Garden Spider-its web (Fig. 98) ' '3* 



Oar-fish "3 



Gasteropoda stomach-footed Mollusmis Animais, such as the snail 



(Fig. 3), slug, whelk, &c T 47 



Gecko-a lizard " 2 



Genera the groups into which the orders arc divided *3 



Girafife (see Ruminants with horns) 54 



Gorillas their feet, &c., compared with those of Man 89 



Grallatores stilt birds, or Waders, as tho Stork (Fig. 62) xos 



