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INDEX. 



Bird- catching, how performed, ii. 131 . 



Biscayneers, 'their method of whale fishing, ii. 256. 



Bison, described, i. 276, . and 277; where found, 278 

 and n. ; usefulness among the Hottentots, 280; diver- 

 sities of, ib. 



Bitch. SeeDaff. 



Bittern, dismal note of the, ii. 1F4 185 ; the bird describ- 

 ed, ib.; its windpipe, ib. ; habitudes, ib.; flesh, ib. 



Bivalve shell fish, ii. 352, and 365; compared with uni- 

 valve. 



Blackbird, the, described, ii. 141 and n. 



Blackcap, its loud note, ii. 152 ; migration of the, ib. ; 

 incubation, ib. ; note of the, ib. ; description of, 

 153, . 



Black vomit, fatal symptom of the Chapotonadas, i. 

 112. 



Bleak or Blay, river fish, notice of the, ii. 320, n. 



Blenny, account of the fish, ii. 295. 



Blindness, progress of the perceptions of a person hav- 

 ing it removed, i. 1 93. 



Blindu-orm, a harmless reptile, described, ii. 427, 428 ; 

 motion, 428 ; eyes, ib. ; viviparous, ib. 



Blood, how affected by the air, i. 115; its colour, ib.; its 

 circulation, ii. 606 ; subjects in which it is most 

 readily seen, 607. 



Blood hounds, English, i. 393. 



Bluebird, its colour and change of, i. 142 ; note and ar- 

 ticulations, 143 ; how caught, ib. ; haunts, ib. 



Blushing, how produced, i. 171. 



Boa constrictor, account of the, ii. 429, n. 



Boar, wild, described, i. 341 ; their strength and method 

 of defence, ib. ; how hunted, 342 and n. ; a native of 

 Britain, 344. 



Bobak, the marmout in Poland, i 444. 



Body, human, its figure,!. 176; size, ib. ; weight, 177; 

 strength ; 177180. 



Boiguaca, a great serpent, described, ii. 430 ; habits, ib. 



Bonasus, a name of the bison, i. 277. 



Bows, the, visited by the blood, i. 504 ; experiment 

 proving this, ib. ; how affected by age, ib. 



microscopic examination of, ii. 602. 



Bonet clunois, a kind <'f monkey, i. 506. 



Bonito, the fish, described, ii. 306. 



Bottle-tit, or long-tailed titmouse, ii. 1 54, n. 



Bottom of the sea, changes produced there, i. 1 02 ; na- 

 ture of, in the Red sea, ib. ; near America, ib. ; na- 

 ture of, in general, ib. 



Boyuna, serpent of Ceylon, how regarded there, ii. 428. 



Brachionus yenus of infusoria, ii. 637. 



Brain, first seen in the embryo, i. 192. 



BramlMng, a kind of finch, ii. 159, n. and 161. 



Bramins, sensibility of their sense of smell, i. 201. 



Bream, river fish, notice of the, ii. 297 and 320, n. 



Breast, human, its form, i. 175, 176 ; female, ib. ; its 

 beauty, ib.; Darwin's theory that it is the origin of 

 our ideas of beauty, 1 75, n. 



Breezes. See Land and Sea Breezes. 



Brisson, his classification of animals, i. 233. 



Bubalus, of the ancients, of the cow kind, i. 277; a kind 

 of gazelle, described, 310. 



Buffalo, distinguished from the cow, i. 281 ; described, 

 ib. n. and 283; Cape buffalo described, 282, n; 

 Indian and Chinese buffalo, 283, .; domestic buffalo, 

 ib.; native country of the buffalo, 284; dangers from 

 the, in a wild state, ib. ; method of escaping, ib. 



Buffbn, his theory of the earth, i. 16; character of, 18; 

 his opinion concerning the formation of fossils, 27; 

 his specubitions concerning generation, 152; his des- 

 cription of the perceptions of a man imagined newly 

 created, 202; his errors regarding the sperm animals, 

 ii. 638. 



But], account of the, ii. 461; the bedbug, ib. n.; the 



leek green bug, 462, n. ; the harvest bug, ib. 

 Bull, musk, the wild or urus, described, 5. 276. 

 linn-dog, the, described, i. 391, n. and 394, 395. 



Bullfinch, one of our finest cage birds, ii. 156, n.; its 



vocal powers, habits, &c. ib. 

 B'dlliead or Cottas, a fish, ii. 298, 320, . 

 Bnngai or rock serpents, ii.430, n. 



Bursaria genus of infusoria, ii. 632. 



Bustard, its size and properties, ii. 76 ; where found, 

 ib. ; food, ib. ; difficult y to be shot, and why, ib. ; 

 chased by greyhounds, ib. ; the pouch of, a reservoir 

 for w:iter, ib. ; incubation, 77 ; different species, ib. 

 n. ; food in winter, 77 ; age, ib. ; the little, described, 

 ib. and n. ; how taken, ib. ; habitudes, ib. 



Butcher bird, the species classed, ii. 50 ; otherwise 

 called shrikes, ib. n.\ the lesser or red-backed, 50, 

 51,.; the greater, 50, 52, n. ; marks of the, ib.; its 

 intrepidity, 5 1 ; prey, ib. ; method of catching its prey, 

 ib. ; nest of the, ib. ; varieties. 



Butterfly, transformations of the, ii. 495, n. : account of 

 the butterflies and moths, 499 505 and n.; butterfly 

 a beautiful emblem of immortality, 613. 



Buzzard, a kind of falcon, the common, described, ii. 49 

 and?z. ; varieties, ib. ; rough legged, ib. n. ; honey-buzz- 

 ard, ib. n. 



Cabiui, i. 350. See Capibara. 



Cachalot, distinctions among the varieties of the tribe, 

 ii. 263 and n.; size, ib. ; properties, ib. ; pursued for 

 its spermaceti and ambergris, ib. ; how these sub- 

 stances obtained from it, ib. 264. 



Cofftii. See Saki. 



Calabria, earthquake at, 1638, i. 49, n. and 51, 52. 



Calandre, a bird resembling the lark, ii. 151, n. 



Calao or horned Indian ravcn } ii. 96. 



Calf, the young of the stag, i. 319. 



Call birds, how used by the bird-catcher, ii. 131. 



CallitriXy kind of monkey, noticed, i. 507. 



Callyonomus or Drogonet, account of the fish, ii. 295. 



Calmucks, a Tartar rnce, described, i. 201. 



Camel, two species of, i. 535, 536; and n.; fitness for 

 travelling in desert countries, 537, 538, and n. ; does 

 not multiply in cold countries, 538; uses to the Ara- 

 bian, ib. 539; docility, ib.; structure of its stomach, 

 ib. ; use in commerce, ib. ; patience, ib. ; Buffon's 

 opinion concerning the, ib. ; the hump, 540; produce 

 of the animal to the Arabian, ib. 



Cameleon, the, described, ii. 403; swelling and contrac- 

 tion of itself, ib.; the skin, ib. ; protuberances, ih. ; 

 account of some by Le Bruyn, 404; seldom opens its 

 mouth, ib. ; turns one eye towards a different direc- 

 tion from the other, ib.; general description of, ib. . 



Camelopard, or giraffe, its extraordinary size and ap- 

 pearance, i. 534; description of, ib. n.; habits of the, 

 535, n. ; account of four brought to England, ib. 



Campagnol, economic, a species of mouse, i. 452, n. 



Canary bird, whence brought, ii. 155; original colour 

 and varieties, ib. ; food and habits of the domesticated 

 cannry, ib. n.; its song, 156; rules for choosing the 

 bird, 159; breeding of the bird, ib. ; method in Ger- 

 many, 160; common apparatus, ib.; mixed breed 

 with the linnet, ib. 



Cane Del Grotto, noxious effects of the atmosphere in, 

 i. 39. 



Cantharis, the, or Spanish fly, a kind of beetle, des- 

 cribed, ii. 549; where found, ib.; food. Cantharides, 

 how prepared, 551 ; their effects, ib. 



Capada worm, its sufferings from the ichneumon fly, ii. 

 611. 



Capercailzie or cock of tie wood, ii. 78, and n. 



Capibara, account of, the hog kind, i. 350; its resembl- 

 ance to the hog, ib. ; description of the, ib.; fre- 

 quents rivers and lakes, ib. ; taste of its flesh, 351 . 



Capons, used for clutching chickens, ii. 63. 



Caracal, where found, ii 381, 383; how connected with 

 the lion, 383 ; prey of the, ib. ; account of one which 

 died in the Tower, ib. 



Carbonic acid gas, a compound of air, i. 109, n. 



Carcajou, mime of the glutton in North America, i. 425. 

 See Glutton. 



Carli, Father, how tended by monkeys, i. 504, 505. 



Carp, the, described, ii. 305, and n.\ habitudes of, 

 ib.; fed out of water, 308; growth of the, 318; how 

 fished for, 320 n.: gold and silver carp, 306 ? n. 



Carpenter or wood bee, described, ii. 338; choice or for- 

 mation of her hole and nest, ib., 339; eggs and yourisj, 

 3-10,341. 

 Carrier pi'jmn, described, ii. 12"; whence so named, iK 



