INDEX. 



Amphibia, classification, by Linnaeus, 59. 



Anaima, or animals without blood, 17. 



Analogy, likenesses of, 173. 



Anatomy, 8; Cuvier on, 140; value of 

 Cuvier's contributions to the science 

 of, 151. 



Anchitherium, 306. 



Anemones, sea, 190. 



Animal kingdom according to Ray, 47 ; 

 defined by Linnaeus, 58 ; by Swainson, 

 i?5- 



Ant-eater, spiny, 162, 166, 176. 



Aptera, 60. 



Aquatic animals, Ray's division of, 47. 



Arachnida, the, of Cuvier, 146. 



Arbutus, the, 214. 



Arctic area, 215 ; plants and animals of, 

 in Britain, 219. 



Aristotle, the father of zoology, 6 ; 

 History of Animals, 12; attitude to- 

 wards natural history, 13 ; observa- 

 tions on cuttle-fishes, 14 ; first created 

 a scientific method of treating the 

 animal kingdom, 15 ; his division of 

 animals, with and without blood, 17 ; 

 scientific prosecution of natural history 

 closed for centuries with his death, 18. 



Armorican type of plants, 214 ; migra- 

 tion of, 221. 



Articulata of Cuvier, 146, 147. 



Artificial selection, as expounded by 

 Darwin, 289, 291 ; production of 

 domesticated breeds from wild species 

 by means of, 292 ; has not resulted in 

 the production of a new species, 299. 



Ascidian molluscs, 139. 



Ash mole, Elias, founder of Ashmolean 

 Museum, 68. 



Asturian area, 214 ; flora of, 221, 222. 



Aves, or birds, classification of, by 

 Linnaeus, 59. 



Bell, Professor Thomas, 186. 

 Belon, 21. 



Bewick, Thomas, account of his life, 109. 

 Birds, 47, 59, 231 ; air receptacles of, 



79 ; Genera of, by Pennant, 103 ; 



armed with spurs, 230. 

 Boar, the, 3, 101, 102, 230. 

 Box, the, 215. 

 British Museum, the, 64, 67 ; Sir Hans 



Sloane's bequest, 69. 

 Brongniart, Alexander, 153. 

 Bryony, the, 215. 

 Buffon on the possible evolution of 



species, 226 ; his Histoire Naturelle, 



226 ; assists Lamarck, 240. 



Carrion-crow, the, 50. 



Catacombs, mummies found in, 157. 



Cattiwake, the, 26. 



Cetacea, 47, 49, 145. 



Challenger Expedition, the, 212. 



Chambers, Robert, and the authorship 

 of the Vestiges of Creation, 264 ; 

 the Vestiges more than an attempt 

 to explain the origin of species, 

 265 ; conclusions set forth therein, 266- 

 268 ; its chief merit the attack upon 

 the doctrine of the special creation of 

 species, 270; views of the author on 

 the origin of species, 271 ; rejects 

 Lamarck's views, 272; accepts con- 

 ception of a fundamental unity of 

 organisation among animals, 272 ; 

 theory of progressive development, 

 273. 



Charlton, William, the collection of, 68. 



Chough, the, 50. 



Classification in natural history, 9. 



Cod, prolific nature of the female, 281. 



Ccelenterate animals, 176, 190. 



Conchology, researches in, 188. 



Cooper, Sir Astley, on John Hunter, 83. 



Coral (deep-sea) zone, 211. 



Corallines, essay on, 95. 



Crocodiles, 304. 



Crow family, Ray's names for the, 50. 



