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NATURAL HISTORY. 



in South America, 170; issues his 

 Zoological Illustrations, 170; theory 

 of circular classification, 174-179; cir- 

 cular classification a mere figment, 182. 



Swan, the, in folk-lore, 3. 



Swine, nose of the, 230. 



Systema Naturae, publication of, by 

 Linnseus, 53 ; described, 55 ; note, 57. 



Tamarisk, the French, 214. 



Taxonomy, 9. 



Teleology, 10. 



Terrestrial animals, 47. 



Termites, 108. 



Tessier, Abbe, 137. 



Testacea, 47 ; Montagu on, 107. 



Thylacinus, the, of Tasmania, 166. 



Tongue, the use of, in cattle, 230. 



Torpedo, John Hunter on, 78. 



Tortoise, described by White, 114. 



Totemism, 4. 



Tradescant, John, museum of, 68. 



Transmutation of Species, 236-263. 



Trembley, Abraham, notice of, note, 94 



Trout, gizzard or gillarroo, 79. 



Trumpet-polype, 191. 



Typical group of animals, 180, 181. 



Ungulatse, 59. 



Variation of Animals and Plants under 

 Domestication, by Darwin, 280. 



Vegetables, definition, by Linnaeus, 58. 



Vermes, classification, by Linnaeus, 61. 



Veronica, the alpine, 215. 



Vertebrata, the, 47 ; division of, by 

 Linnaeus, 56 ; Cuvier on, 147 ; re- 

 searches on, 153. 



Vestiges of Creation, by R. Chambers, 

 264. 



Viviparous animals, 47. 



Wallace, Alfred Russell, joint-author 

 of the theory of natural selection, 281. 



Westwood, Professor J. O., 189. 



Whale, the, 79, 173, 303 ; Sibbald's, 93 ; 

 Cuvier on, 150. 



White, Rev. Gilbert, no; account of 

 his life, in ; Natural History and 

 Antiqitities of Selborne, 112; account 

 of 'Timothy,' a tortoise, 114; on the 

 flight of birds, 116 ; on migration of 

 the swallow, 119. 



Willows, the dwarf, 215. 



Willughby, Francis, 20 ; friendship with 

 Ray* 39 I joint tour with Ray, 40 ; 

 early death, 41 ; editing of his scientific 

 notes by Ray, 42 ; his ornithology, 43 ; 

 his writings, 43-45. 



Wilson, Alexander, 'the American orni- 

 thologist,' 121 ; pedlar and poet, 123; 

 emigrates to America, 124 ; life as a 

 schoolmaster, 125 ; introduced by 

 Bartram to the study of natural 

 history, 125; American Ornithology, 

 126-128 ; characteristics of, as a 

 naturalist, 128 ; his description of the* 

 osprey, 128. 



Wolf, 3, 79. 



Wombat, jaw of, 163. 



Woodward, Samuel, conchologist, 188. 



Yarrel, William, 187 ; his natural history 

 of birds and fishes, 187. 



Zones of depth, the four, 210. 



Zoologists, British, 90-135. 



Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, by 



Darwin, note, 278, 280. 

 Zoophytes, 94, 189 ; History of, 190. 



THE END. 



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