INDEX 



Aciwjia, 137 



Acanthodactylus, 118, 130 



AdaliinsB, 151 



Addax Antelope, 89 



Addra Gazelle, 89 



Aden, Arabia, 20 



Adesmia, 151-153 



Adesmiinae, 161 



Africa, S.W., 4 



Agama, 92, 98 



Agriophyllum, 128 



Akidinse, 151 



Alaemon, 87, 144 



Alectoris (Caccabis), 49, 144 



Algiers, Africa, 32 



AUactaga, 76, 79, 80 



Amara, Mesopotamia, 13 



America, desert reptiles of, 92, 99 



America, N., deserts of, 3, 103, 115, 



161 

 America, S., deserts of, 4 

 Ammi, 124 



Ammomanes, 87, 111, 112, 144, 164 

 Ammospermophilus, 89 

 Amphibolunis, 143 

 Amu Darya, Turkestan, 51 

 Amydrus, 49 

 Anderson, 126 



Anderson and De Winton, 117 

 Andijan, Turkestan, 13 

 Animals, coloration of, 140-170 

 Animals and drought, 81-92, 127 

 Animals and heat, 98-108 

 Annual plants, 57-58, 123-125 

 Antechinomys, 78-80 

 Anthia, 130 



Ants in deserts, 71-72, 83, 103 

 Ants, honey-pot, 72, 120 

 Ants, sand-dwelling, 119-120 

 Ant-chat, 112 



Apterous insects in deserts, 113 

 Apus, 94-95 

 Apus {see Cypselus) 

 Arabia, 49-50 

 ArctiidsB, 114 

 Arctotnys, 134 



Artemia, 95 



Asphodel, 59, 126 



Astacopsis, 96 



Athene, 104, 163 



Atkinson, 81 



Atriplex, 45, 64, 100, 127 



Augidras, 21, 28, 43, 88 



Australian deserts, 6, 12, 73, 92, 95, 



96, 98, 100, 101, 104, 116, 137, 



142, 143, 161 

 Available moisture, 14 



Babylon, Mesopotamia, 16 



Bagdad, California, 11 



Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 7, 12, 17, 



19 

 Bahrein, Persian Gulf, 7, 20 

 Bairam Ali, Turkestan, 13 

 Balud Ruz, Mesopotamia, 30 

 Bannerman, D., 145 

 Base -levelling, 66 

 Basra, Mesopotamia, 12, 13 

 Bateson, W., 134 

 Batin, Arabia, 50 

 Bats, 83, 87, 104 

 Beaucamea, 61 

 Bees, 67 

 Belenois, 69 

 Beni Ounif, Algeria, 12 

 Birds' eggs, 105-107 

 Biskra, Algeria, 72, 73, 129, 155 

 Blaps, 104, 150, 152 

 BlaptinsB, 151 



Blatter, E. and Hallberg, F., 40, 48 

 Bombyliidse, 148, 149, 162 

 Boreida, Arabia, 43 

 Brine-Shrimp, 95 

 Bubo, 104, 160 

 Bucanetes {see Erythrospiza) 

 Bulbul, White-cheeked, 74 

 Bullfinch, Trumpeter, 86, 111 

 Bunting, Striated, 86 

 Burrowing animals, 102 

 Bustard, 87, 145 

 Butterflies, Blue, 110 

 Butterflies in Mesopotamia, 67 



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