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Persistent Horns, such as are formed on a bony core, covered by 



a hollow casing of the substance known as horn, and are retained 



by the animal during the whole of its life 54 



Pheasants (see Rasores) ioa 



Pigeons a group of the Rasores 103 



Pike a soft-finned Fish 123 



Pilchard a soft-finned fish of the Herring family 132 



Pinna its beard 149 



Pisces fishes 22, n8 



Plantigrade Carnivora thos which put the whole soles of their 



feet to the ground in walking, as the Bear (Figs. 32, 33, 34) ... 71 



Plover a wading bird 106 



Polecat a Vermiform (see Vermiform) Carnivora 78 



'Polycystina animals similar to the Foramenifera, but the shell of 



which is composed of silex or flinty matter 163 



Polypifera coral-forming animals 154 



Polyzoa the lowest group of the Mollusca, such as the Flustra or 



Sea Mats 150 



Porcupine its quills, &c. (Fig. 30) 69 



Porifera sponges their mode of growth and manner of gathering 



their commercial value 163 



Porpoise a Carnivorous Cetacean that is, a flesh-eating animal of 



the Whale family (Fig. 10) 33 



Pouched Adjutant, or Argala a stilt bird 106 



Proteus an amphibious Reptile (Fig. 70) 1x4 



Protozoa the first form of animal life general characteristics ... 159 

 Pseudopodia (false-footed) animals belonging to the Protozoa ... 161 

 Pteropoda wing-footed sraall animals belonging to the Mollusca... 146 

 Pupa, or Chrysalis the second period in the changes of Insect 



life. (See Figs. 9094.) 131 



Python a serpent of the Boa family its vertebrae na 



Quadrumana four-handed animals monkeys their feet compared 



with those of Man (Fig. 46, 47) 89 



Quagga nearly allied to the Zebra 50 



Bacoons Plantigrade Carnivora 73 



Badiata animals whose nervous system diverges from the centre in 



a star-like form example of the Star Fish (Fig. 4) 17, 151 



Rails wading birds 106 



Baptores Birds of Prey as the Fagle (Fig. 51) 95 



Basores scratching birds, as the Cock their feet their digestive 



organs (Fig. 59) * 101 



Battlesnake a venomous Serpent the structure of its rattle (Fig. 69) 113 

 Bazor Shells 149 



