INDEX. 



661 



Thermometer, i. 69 ; principle of the, ib. 



Thirst, causes and consequences of, i. 105, n. 



Thoracic fish, what, ii. '294; prickly-finned, 295; soft- 

 finnecl, 299. 



Thorn/tack, a species of skate, ii. 277, i>. 



Thrush kind, birds of the, ii. 137; different species of 

 thrush, their habits, &c. 13!!, n.; their properties, ib.; 

 the song thrush or mavis, 1 39, n. ; the missel thrush, 

 its size and distinctions, ib. and n.; the punctated 

 thrush, 1 4 1 , M. ; the rock thrushes, 1 42, n. ; the mock- 

 ing thrush, 143, n.; other varieties, 145; the fieldfare, 

 blackbird, &c. See Fieldfare, Blackbird. 



Thumb-footed shell-fish, account of the, ii. 374. 



Thunder, phenomena of, i. 1 33, n. 



Thyroid oartilaye, seen in men, i. 1 75. 



Tides of the ocean, i. SO; description of the, ib. ; precise 

 account of the manner in which they are caused, 90, 

 91 ; affected by the channel of the sea, 91,92; the 

 greatest where, 92; an effect of the, ib.; 



Tw/er, the, it* beauty, i. 3K9; fierceness, ib. : distinctions 

 of the, ib ; relative position, ib ; where found, ib. and 

 n.; tiger limiting in India, 370, 371, n ; habits, 371; 

 strength, ib. and 372; combat of one with three ele- 

 phants, ib. ;the three kinds of the, in SundahRajah's 

 dominions, 373; scarceness of the real species, ib.; 

 how far tameable, 369; tigress and her young, 373; 

 their skins, 374; clouded tiger, ib., n. 



Tinea. See Motlis. 



Tipula, the, gnat, described, ii. 553. 



Titmice, account of the various species of, ii. 151, . ; 

 bottle tit or long- tailed titmouse, 154, n. 



Toad, the, distinguished from the frog, ii. 384 ; hideous 

 to the imagination, ib. ; resemblance to the frog, ib.; 

 propagation and assistance of the male, 385; food, 

 ib. ; account of the habits of one tamed by Arscott, 

 ib. ; instance of Germans eating the, without injury, 

 386; another instance of its wholesomeness, ib. ; fables 

 concerning the, ib.; its real character, ib. ; torpidity, 

 in winter, ib. ; account of several instances of its being 

 found in the heart of trees and stones, ib.; experi- 

 ments regarding this singular phenomenon, ib., n. ; 

 account of their sucking cancerous sores, 388; varie- 

 ties, the water, ib. ; the pipal or Surinam, 3<J9; the 

 horned toad, ib. 



Tococo, the flamingo, why so called by the natives of 

 Canada, ii. 1 8!i. 



Tones, how produced, i. 196; their succession in propor- 

 tion make music, ib. 



Tongue or proboscis of insects, ii. 615; of the house-fly, 

 ib.; of the honey bee, 616. 



Tonquin, extraordinary" tides there, i. 92; how accounted 

 for, ib. 



Tornado, description of the, i. 125, 126. 



Torpedo, a kind of ray, described, ii. 278; its electrical 

 shock described, by Kempfer, ib.; causes ascribed 

 for the effect, 279; its power declines with its vigour, 

 ib. ; where the power resides, ib. ; other fishes pos- 

 sessed of the same power, 280. 



Tursk, a species of cod, described, ii. 300, n. 



Tortoise, its superiority to the fish tribe, ii. 337 ; why 

 ranked among them, ib.; land and water, ib.; differ- 

 ence between the, and the turtle, ib., 338 ; habits of the 

 ib. ; shell, ib. ; the body described, ib. ; various species 

 of, ib., n.; internal structure, ib.; its organs described, 

 339; difficult to be killed, lives with the brains out 

 and the head off, ib.; longevity of the, ib.; account 

 of one at Peterborough which lived above 200 years, 

 ib., n. ; food of the, 340; motion of its blood, ib. ; dor- 

 mant state, ib.; slowness of all the actions, and 

 changes of the, ib.; eggs, ib. ;nest, ib., 341 ; shell com- 

 posed of several pieces, ib.; habitudes, ib., 432, n. 

 Sea Tortoise, see Turtle. 



Toucan, account of its extraordinary conformation, ii. 

 99 and n. ; of the red-beaked, 1 00 ; food or prey, ib. 

 and n.; tongue of the, and its use, 101; how it pro- 

 tects its young, ib.; where found, ib. 



Tiiach, sense of, corrects sight, i. 193; its utility, 202; 

 widely diffused, ib.; affected by habit, ib.; where 

 chiefly seated, ib.; importance of, ib. 



Truchinus, or weaver, a kind of fish, described, ii. 295; 

 pain of the sting of its back fin, 324. 



Trachipterus, or sawe, the fish, noticed, ii. 298. 



Trade-winds, i. 117; history and theory of, 1 1 8, n. ; in the 

 Atlantic, 122; off Nova Zeinbla, &c. ib. 

 s, the stag of Germany, i. 327. 



Transformation of insects, ii. 437-r- . 



Tree wasp. See Wasp. 



Tree-hoppers, Rennie's name for the ancient cicada, how 

 applicable, ii. 476 ; then: instrument of sound, ib. 



Trees, formation of, ii. 602. 



Trembley, the discoverer of the reproduction of zoophy- 

 tes from cutting, ii. 567 ; his classification of the poly- 

 pus, 570. 



Trichoda yenus of infusoria, ii. 633. 



Trichurus, a prickly-finned fish, ii. 294. 



Triyla, properties of the fish, ii. 298. 



Trochus, a peculiar kind of snail without mouth, ii. 363; 

 preys on other snails, ib. ; all sea-snails liable to its 

 attacks, 364. 



Troglodyte, described, i. 491. 



Troffons, a family of birds peculiar to warm climates, 

 described, ii. 101,1 02, n. 



Tropics, constancy of winds there, in certain seas, i. 117; 

 hurricanes at the, 125; atmospheric phenomena of 

 the 133135. 



Trout, description of the, ii. 302, n. ; how angled for, 

 323, n. ; the great gray trout of Loch Awe, 302, . ; 

 salmon trout, 303, . 



Trunk of the elephant, account of the, i. 518. 



Tumble-dung, a kind of beetle, described, ii. 546; its 

 sense of smelling, ib. ; kings of the class, 547. 



Tumbler, a kind ot dog, described, i. 394. 



Tunny fish, described and tunny fisheries, ii. 297, 298 

 and n. 



Turbinated shell-fish, ii. 352359. 



Turbotfeh, described, ii. 300, n. 



Turkey, its original country, ii. 66 and n. ; the American 

 wild, 67; Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte's account 

 of the, ib. , n. ; habits in the wild state, ib. ; how hunt- 

 ed, ib.; habits, animosities, and antipathies of the 

 tame, 70; cowardice, ib.; female and young, 71; 

 screams and agitation of the female when the young 

 attacked, ib. 



Turnstone, described, ii. 194. n. 



Turtle, the, whence its difference from the tortoise 

 arises, ii. 337; the, described, 341 ; the great Mediter- 

 ranean, or coriaceous, its great size and uselessnees, 

 ib.; poisonous, ib.; account of one of this species, 

 ib. ; of one caught near Scarborough, 342; those of 

 the Indian ocean, the trunk, ib. ; the loggerhead des- 

 cribed, ib. and n. ; hawksbill or imbricated, 343 and 

 342, n. ; the green, its estimation, 343 and n.; quali- 

 ties of the, as food, 344; why called the green turtle, 

 ib.; its size, ib.; where most numerous, ib.; comes 

 from the sea to fresh water, and to deposit its eggs, 

 ib.; breeding, ib.; eggs, ib. ; hatched by the sun, 

 345; how taken, ib., 347; harpooned, ib ; how taken 

 by divers, ib.; Audubon's account of the habits of 

 turtles and the methods of taking them, ii. 345 347, 

 n. 



Ttirtle-dore, its fidelity, ii. 126; collared turtle, 125, n.; 

 the bird described, 129; a bird of passage, ib.; nests 

 and food, ib. 



Turtle eaters, a people of Ethiopia, described, by Diodo- 

 rus Siculus, ii. 344. 



Tusks of the hog kind, their connection with then: venery, 

 i. 352; of the elephant, 519, 520; trade in the, 527, S'.'B. 



Typhons, or u-ater-spouts, seen at land, i. 144; descrip- 

 tion of one at Hatfield, 1687, ib.; conjectures concern- 

 ing, ib. 



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Unan, a kind of sloth, i. 557. 



Unicorn, animals found in Africa and Asia resembling 

 the fabulous unicorn, i. 532, n.; whence the origin 

 of the stories concerning it, ii. 262; the sea or nar- 

 whal, described, 260. 



Univalve, or turbinated shell-fish, ii. 3.59 



Uranoscopus, the fish, described, ii. 295. 



Urchin, Sea, the proper class of the, described, ii. 373 

 and n. its horns and spines, ib.; its swiftness not- 

 withstanding its many spines, ib.; what sort of food 

 it is, ib. 



Urson, distinguished from the porcupine, and describ- 

 ed, i. 467. 



Urns, white, the, or wild bull, where found, i. 276; des- 

 cribed, ib. 



