INDEX. 



755 



culation of their number, 704 ; their position, 

 705 ; Crab, engraving of, 705. 



Necrophorus sepultor, habits of, and engraving of, 

 183 ; deposits its eggs in dead animals, 183 ; in- 

 terring a small rat, engraving of, 184. 



Negro hut lighted by beetles, engraving of, 122. 



Nelumbium speciosum, lotus, engraving of, 449. 



Nepenthes di-stillatoria, 402 ; engraving of, 401 ; lids 

 of its pitchers close and open, 443. 



Neptune's Glove, 53 ; Cup, 54 ; engraving of, 55. 



Neptunists, opinion of, 537. 



Nest, of the tree termite, 181 ; of the common mag- 

 pie, 227 ; of the saw-beaked humming-bird, 237 ; 

 of the Megapodius, 241, 243; of the penduline 

 titmouse, 247 ; of the Cape titmouse, 248 ; of the 

 social grossbeaks, 249 ; of the tailor-bird, 253 ; 

 of the golden oriole, 254 ; of common wren, 25G ; 

 of barn-owl, 258 ; of the goshawk, 259 ; of the 

 golden-crested wren, 2G4 ; of the bower-bird, 2C7 ; 

 of the water-hen, 270 ; of the reed-warbler, 271, 

 273 ; of the little grebe, 274, 275, and note ; of the 

 flamingo, 279, 281 ; of the salangane or esculent 

 swallow, 282; of the party-colored wren, 283, 

 286 ; of the common thrush, 28G ; of the oven- 

 bird, 288 ; of the burrowing-owl, 287, 288 ; of the 

 Fondia erythrops, 290 ; of the troopial, 291 ; of 

 the Baltimore Oriole, 290 ; of the crested Cassi- 

 cus, 293 ; of the crane, 30G ; of the Ariel swallow, 

 31 1 ; of the sparkling-tailed humming-bird, 317 ; 

 of the stickleback, 323. 



Nettle, secretes a poison, 422. 



Niagara Falls, G10. 



Noctiluca, Miliary, its part in causing phosphor- 

 escence of the ocean, 19 ; appearance under mi- 

 croscope, 19. 



Nostres, Le, the spotted Chlamydera, 2C6 ; nuptial 

 arbor of, mode of building and decorating, 2GG ; 

 engraving of, 267. 



Nummulites, lofty chains of mountains formed of, 

 34 ; rock formed by agglomerated nummulites, 

 interior view of, engraving, 34 ; name, how de- 

 rived, 37 ; Paris, Pyramids, and Sphinx built of, 

 37 ; form hills, 5G9. 



Nuptials of plants, 458 ; the spouses, pistils and 

 stamens, 458 ; means to effect the union, 459. 



Nutmeg-Tree, engraving of, 421. 



Nut-Tree near Balaklava, 511, note. 



Nycteris Geoffroyi, 301 ; engraving of, 302. 



Nymph, or chrysalis, engravings of, 127, 132. 



Nymp/icea lutea, 391 ; N. alba, 471. 



Nymphaeae, remains of, iu tertiary strata, 569. 



O. 



Oak, the king of the forest, 489 ; great size of, 489 ; 



Chapel Oak of Allouville, 495 ; engraving of, 497 ; 



great height of, 500 ; legends connected with, 



511 ; Tacitus and Pliny on age of, 511. 

 Oases, 662, 668. 



Oceanic currents, disseminate plants, 523. 

 Oceans, ancient, exuberance of life in, 80. 

 Odors emitted by plants, 454 ; sometimes resemble 



those emitted by certain animals, 455 ; on what 



they depend, 455. 



cEstrus fly, means it takes to deposit its egg, 148. 



Olaus Magnus, his works, 737. 



Olive, great age, 508 ; Pliny on, 508. 



Oolite, 552 ; formation, 5G1 ; presents first appear- 

 ance of mammals, 561 ; yields lithographic stone, 

 5G1, note; contains crustaceans, etc., 561. 



Opium, a vegetable secretion, 418. 



Orchidacea?, fertilization due to insects, 4G7 ; bees 

 active in this work, 467, note. 



Ores, origin of, 542. 



Organic forms, differ at different epoch.-:, 539. 



Organs, Reproductive, 361. 



Origanum Dictamnus, vulnerary properties of, 744 ; 

 used to dress the wounds of ^Eneas, 744. 



Oriole, 254 ; nest of, engraving of, 254. 



Orizaba, effects of climbing it, 599; extent of 

 crater, 618. 



Osmia papaveris, poppy-bee, 197, note ; 0. bicornis, 

 a mason-bee, 205, and note. 



Otranto, palm-tree of, 468. 



Otto of roses, what it is, 455 ; known to the an- 

 cients, 455, note. 



Oven-bird, mode of building its nest, 287. 



Owl, long-eared (Strix bubo), great (S. otus~), barn 

 (S. flammea), their nidification, 257 ; barn-owl, 

 nest of, engraving of, 258 ; bun owing (S. cunicu- 

 laria), nest of, engraving of, 287 ; its subterra- 

 nean habits, 288. 



P. 



Pagoda fig-tree, engraving of, 369. 



Palaeotheria, 564 ; remains found near Paris, 564. 



Palingenesis, 42. 



Palms, forest of, engraving of, 487 ; emblem of 

 tropical vegetation, 489 ; have not the imposing 

 look of European forests, 489. 



Palm-Tree, spathe of, used as a bath, 366 ; of 

 Otraiito, fertilization of, 468 ; of Brindisi, 468. 



Pampas, 664 ; great extent of some, 664. 



Pan-Kou-Che", the Chinese creator, 4. 



Panorpis, larva and nymph of, engraving of, 132. 



Panspermism, hypothesis of, 22, 680; a fiction, 

 684 ; overturned by microscopy, 684. 



Pantheism, its view of dissemination of life, 22. 



Paper-Making wasp ( Vespa nidulans), 206 ; engrav- 

 ing of, 206 ; nest of, engraving of, 207. 



Papuans build on piles, 580, note. 



Papyrus of the Nile, 352 ; engraving of, 353. 



Paris built of nummulites, 37. 



Parus Capensis, nest of, 251 ; engraving of, 248. 



Passenger pigeon, extraordinary extent of flocks, 



314 ; speed of flight, 315 ; never travel at night, 



315 ; engraving of, 31G ; carnage of, 315. 

 Patagonia, plains of, how formed, 596. 

 Penduline titmouse, nest of, engraving of, 247. 

 Penguin, king (Aptenodytes Patagonica), engraving 



of, 229 ; Patagonian, 230 ; carries its egg in a 

 pouch, 233 ; habits, rapidity of motion in the 

 water, on shore look like a procession of peni- 

 tents, 278 ; its nest, 278 ; inhabit Polar regions, 

 315 ; haunt Africa to hatch young, 316. 

 Pepper plant yields an aroma, 420. 



