INDEX 



403 



Sable, the, 151 



Sabre-toothed "tigers." See Machairo- 



donts 



Saiga antelope, 6, 15, 341, 342, 391 

 Saint-Hilaire, M., 60 

 Salmon, 5, 23, 139 

 Sardinia, 211, 214, 310, 319 

 Savernake Forest, 131 

 Scammon, Capt., 28 

 Scandinavia, 250, 257, 265, 301, 305, 376, 



377 



Scandinavian type of man, 377 

 Scharff, Dr. R. F., I, 156, 213, 244, 245, 



305, 3". 319. 320 



Sciurus, 22$, 387 



Scoresby, Capt., 22 



Scotland, 12, 14, 15, 21, 23, 36, 42, 49, 

 59. 68, 73, 93, 96, 97, 108, 122, 123, 

 IS', 133, 185, 186, 249, 299, 302, 

 36, 317, 339, 3 6l > 374, 377, 379 



Scottish races, 376 et seq. ; physiognomy, 



377 

 Sea lions, 190, 191 ; distinction between 



seals and sea lions, 191, 195 

 Seal, the Bearded, 1 5, 203, 386 

 Seal, the Bladder-nosed or Hooded, 207, 



386 

 Seal, the Common, 197, 386 ; colour of, 



107 ; mammae, 198 ; voice, 198 ; love 



of music, 199 ; destruction of, 199, 



200 ; distribution, 200 

 Seal, the Greenland (see the Harp seal), 



386 

 Seal, the Gray, 204, 386 ; colour, 204 ; 



breeding-time, 205 ; distribution, 206 

 Seal, the Harp, 201, 386 

 Seal, the Ringed, 202, 386 

 Seals in general, 4, 15, 187 

 Seals, the true, 195 ; classification of, 



and anatomy, 195; origin of, 189; 



kidneys of, 188 ; fore and hind feet 



of, 190, 197 



Sebaceous (fatty) glands and fluids, 8 

 Secondary Epoch, 12, 14, 15, 16, 210 

 Semnopilhecus, 368, 370 

 Serows, the, 344 

 Severn, the, 202 

 Sewell, Mr. A. J., 127 

 Shandon Cave, 135 



Sheep, the, 340, 348 et seq,, 391; origin 



of domestic, 348, 350, 351, 391 

 Sheep, the Armenian, 349, 350, 351 

 Sheep, the Soa, 350 

 Sheep, the St. Kilda, 350 

 Sheep, the Urial (Ovis vignei), 349 



et seq. 



Sheep, the Audad (N. African), 341, 350 

 Shetland Islands, 21, 41, 49, 59, 194, 278, 



377 



Shrew ash, the, 71 

 Shrew, the Common, 70, 71, 72 

 Shrew, the Lesser, 72, 73 

 Shrew, the Water, 73 ; description of, 73, 



74; breeding, 75 ; distribution, 75 

 Shrews, 59, 69 et seq. ; teeth of, 56, 69, 



73 ; mammae, 70 ; breeding, 70 ; 



archaic features of, 69 ; food, 71 

 Shropshire, 378 

 Siberia, 16, 22, 127, 128, 186, 21 1, 257, 



265, 272, 299, 301, 304, 314, 346 

 Sibbald's Rorqual, 49 

 Sika. See Deer 

 Sirenia, 17 



Siwalik Hills (N.-W. India), 152 

 Skunk, 123 



Skye, Island of, 39, 123, 388 

 Sligo, 299 

 Soa sheep, 350 

 Somaliland, 167, 168 

 Somersetshire, 1 80, 306 

 Sorex, 69, 381 

 South America, 14, 1 8, 36, 41, 129, 213, 



366 



Sowerby's whale, 42 

 Spain, 14, 156, 213, 214, 292, 310, 319, 



3 2 , 364 



Sperm whale (see Whale), 36 



Spermaceti, 38 



Spermophilus, 230, 387 



Spitzbergen, 194, 200, 304 



"Sport," 4, 153, 195 



Squalodont whales, 18 



Squirrel, the Common, 225 ; colour of, 

 226 ; seasonal changes, 226 ; breed- 

 ing habits, 226 ; food, 227 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 229 



Squirrels, 77, 225 



Staffordshire, 287 



