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INDEX 



Horse-foot crab (Limulus foly- 



pfiemus}, 71. 

 HOUND OK THE PLAINS, THE, 99- 



116. 



Jaguar (Felts onfa), 33, 34, 37, 48. 

 Jaguarondi (Felts jaguai onJi), 137. 

 Jerboa kangaroo, 75. 



Kangaroos, use of the tail, 75. 

 King-crab (Limulus fofyf/ttmus), 

 71- 



Lion-taming and training, 1(35. 

 LITTLE BROTHER OF THE BEAR, 



A, 272-296. 



Lizards, fragile tails of, 83. 

 Lynx, the common (Lynx ru/us), 



62, 189. 



" Mammal," as a convenient term, 

 119. 



Mammals, effect of civilization on, 

 121 ; fishing. 72, 73. 



Margay (FelisJig rina), 37. 



Marmot, the Maryland. See \Vood- 

 chuck. 



Melanism, 29. 



Mice, tails of, 87; trained, 183; 

 wild, 121. 



Migration of squirrels, 16. 



Moles, American, 128. 



Mollu^ks, as diggers, 72. 



Monkeys, education, 161 ; prehen- 

 sile tails of, 77. 



Mountain lion. See Puma. 



Mules, trained, 178. 



Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus}, 71. 



NEW ENGLANDER, A NATURAL, 

 251-271. 



Ocelot (Fflis pardalis), 37. 

 Opossum (Didelphys virginiana), 



70, 77- 

 Otter, the American (Lutra cana- 



densis), 132. 



Pangolin (Manis pcnt*idactyld) t fyj t 

 77 ; (Manis ti icusfts), 61. 



Panther. See Puma. 



Peacock-pheasants, 65. 



Pig, education of, 179. 



Porcupine, the Canada (Eicthiton 

 dorsata). 188-206; European 

 (hysti ix cnstata) , 203 ; tree, 195. 



Porcupine quills, in ornaments, 201 . 



Porcupines, Old World, 205. 



Porcupines, tails of as weapons, 81, 

 191. 



Protective coloring, 37, 236. 



Puma (h'clis concofar}, the, 33-58; 

 breeding of, 42; hunting methods 

 of, 46, 95, 189; origin of names 

 of, 35. 36 ; screaming of, 52. 



Rabbits, educated, 182. 



Raccoon, the common (Procyon 

 Mar), 272-296; the crab-eating 

 (Procyon c anc riv<>rus) , 275. 



Raccoon-hunting, 290. 



Rats, trained, 183 ; use of tail by, 



73- 



Rattlesnake, rattling of, 95. 

 Recognition colors, 90, 147, 236. 



Sand-badger (Arctonyx collaris), 

 137, 248. 



Sea-horses (Hippocampus), 78. 



Shrews, American. 127. 



SKUNK, THE, CALMLY CONSID- 

 ERED, 209-248 ; the North 

 American (Mephitis mephitica), 



