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INDEX 



Caccabis {see Alectoris) 



Cactus family, 60-63, 128, 135, 138 



Cactus, Giant, 62, 131, 132, 135 



Cahuilla, California, 31 



Calexio, California, 9 



Callegonium, 110 



Calliptamus, 153, 167 



Callisaurus, 118 



Calotropis procera, 61 



Camel, 88, 99, 137 



Camp, C. L., 117, 166, 169 



Camponotus, 72 



Cana, F. R., 43 



Canary Islands, 145 



Cannon, W. A., 31, 136 



Caper bush, 68 



Capparis, 68 



Caprimulgus, 141, 149 



Carabidse, 104, 113 



Caracal, 160 



Caspian Sea, 62 



Caterpillars and wind, 114 



Caves, 48, 49, 104, 105 



Centunis, 132 



Ceramodactylus, 118 



Cerastes, 130 



Cercomela, 112 



Cereus, 62, 131, 132, 135 



Chaman, Baluchistan, 7, 18 



Chapman, Abel, 89, 112, 164 



Charadrius, 108 



Chilades, 68, 111 



Chiroleptes, 97, 98 



Chlamydotis, 87, 145 



Chough Thrushes, 87 



Chuckwalla, 98 



Cinnyris, 134 



atellus, 89, 115 



atruUus, 55, 135, 138 



aay Desert, 37, 44 



Clay, desert, saltness of, 45, 46 



Closed basins, 51 



Colchicum, 59 



Coleoptera, wingless, 113 



Colias, 67 



Colocyiith, 55, 138 



Coloration of animals, 140-170 



Columba livia, 105 



Coney, 49 



Coniliunis, 77-80 



ConiontinsB, 151 



Corvus, 49 



Courser, Cream-coloured, 86, 107, 



140, 157, 164 

 Cricetulus, 146 

 Crickets, 66, 103, 113 

 Crocus, 59, 126 

 Cro talus, 159 

 CryptochilinsB, 151 



Ctenomys, 116 



Cursorius, 86, 107, 140, 157, 164 



Cypselus, 104 



Date Palm, 42, 135 

 Date Palm, fauna of, 102 

 Dead Sea, Palestine, 46, 52 

 Death Valley, America, 52 

 Dera Ismail Khan, India, 8 

 Desert, Great PalsBarctic {see Great 



Palsearctic Desert) 

 Desert Quail, 87 

 Desert soils, 36-50 

 Desert Warbler, 83 

 Deserts, definition of, 2 

 Deserts, extent of, 3 

 Deserts, temperature of, 16-22 

 Deserts, watercourses in, 49-51 

 Dew, 14, 81 

 Didelphys azarce, 156 

 Dipodillus, 77, 79, 103, 127, 161 

 Dipodomys, 79, 103 

 Dipodops, 103 

 Dipus, 75-80 

 Doughty, C, 43, 88 

 Dragon-fly, 94 



Drought, effect on mammals, 73 

 Ducrosia, 124 



Dunes, sand and rainwater, 41 

 Dust -devil, 29 

 Dust-Mulch, 39 



E 



Echinocactus, 62, 135 



Echinops, 128 



Eggs of desert birds, 105-107 



Egypt, 126 



Eland, 89 



El Arish, Sinai, 20 



Eleodinse, 151 



El Paso, Texas, 12 



El Wed, Algeria, 32, 42 



Emberiza, 86 



Ephydridse, 94 



Eremiaphila, 99 



Eremobia, 165 



Eremocharis, 165 



Eremophila, 111, 140, 144 



Erodinse, 151 



Erythrospiza, 86, 111 



Eryx, 162 



Estheria, 94 



Eublepharis, 92 



Eugaster, 153, 155, 167, 168 



Eumeces, 162 



Euphorbiaceae, 60 



Euphrates, River, 50, 51 



Eurychorinse, 151 



