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INDEX 



Lava, fauna of, 145-146 



Lepus, 127, 144 



Libyan Desert, 11, 33, 48, 109 



Light, 33 



Limnodynastes, 96 



Liparidae, 114 



Livingston, B. E., 39 



Lizards, Sand-dwelling, 117-119 



Loess, 41, 44, 46 



Lophortyx, 87 



Loranthus, 134 



Lucas and Frost, 142 



Luxor, Egypt, 22 



Lycium, 125 



Lymantriidse, 114 



M 

 MacDougal, D. T., 4, 55, 56, 61 

 Mandali, Mesopotamia, 86 

 Mantis Family, 66, 99, 113 

 Marmot, 134 



Meade-Waldo, E. G. B., 84, 107 

 Meinertzhagen, R., 144 

 Melophorus, 72 

 Menjil, Persia, 28 

 Meriones, 77, 79, 92, 130, 146, 161 

 Merlin, 158 

 Merriam, C. H., 156 

 Mesopotamia, 46, 65, 70, 71, 90, 92, 



102, 103, 124, 127, 135 

 Micropallas, 132 

 Mohammerah, Persia, 25, 26 

 Mqhave, Arizona, 12, 31, 32 

 Mdle, Marsupial, 162 

 Mole-rat, 126 



Mollusca in Australian deserts, 95 

 Moloch, 92 

 MolurinsB, 151 

 Montgomery, Punjab, 8 

 Morice, F. D., 148 

 Mosquitoes, 94 

 Mosul, Mesopotamia, 17, 26 

 Mouse, House, 102 

 Mouse, Spiny, 102 

 Multan, India, 8 

 Mus, 78, 102 

 Myiarchus, 133 

 Mjrmecobius, 83 

 Myrmecocystus, 72 

 Mzabite cemeteries, 136 



N 

 Nefud, Arabia, 43 

 Nemestrir^idsB, 148, 149 

 Nesokia buxtoni, 103 

 Nettles mark camp sites, 134 

 Newt, 93 



Nightjar, 141, 149, 150 

 Nile, River, 61, 108 



Normand, C. W. B., 29 

 Notomys, 77, 79, 80 

 Notoryctes, 83, 116, 162 

 Nukus, Turkestan, 18 



Oasis, 54, 55, 74 

 Ochotona, 147 

 (Edicnemus, 86 

 CEnanthe {see Saxicola) 

 Onion, 59 



Oodnadatta, Australia, 12 

 Opuntia, 136, 138 

 Oran, Algeria, 32 

 Omithogallum, 59 

 Orthoptera, 66, 112 

 Oryx Antelope, 89 

 Ostrich, 89, 105, 106 

 Otus, 133 



Owl, Eagle, 104, 160 

 Owl, Elf, 132 

 Owl, Little, 104, 163 

 Owl, Screech, 133 

 Oxus, River, 51, 52 



Palaearctic Desert {see Great False - 



arctic Desert) 

 Palestine, 20, 42, 47, 102, 103, 114, 



126, 128, 148, 151, 153 

 Parnphagus, 165 

 Panicum, 110 

 Papilio, 124 

 Pamara, 68 

 Partridge {see under Alectoris, Am- 



moperdix, Francolinus) 

 Passer, 100 

 Paulsen, O., 19, 41 

 Pedetes, 78-80 

 Peile, H. D., 124 

 Perognathus, 79, 80 

 Peromyscus, 146 

 Persia, 161 



Petroalexandrovsk,Turkestan, 1 7, 20 

 Phascogale, 73, 78-80, 125 

 Philby, H. St. J., 50 

 Phoenix, 135 

 Phrynocephalus, 118 

 Phyllopoda, 94 

 Pieris, 67 



Pigeon, Rock, 49, 105 

 Punelia, 151, 152 

 PimeUinsB, 151 

 Pistacia, 137 

 Pitman, R. B., 103 

 Piute Dam, Utah, 31 

 Plover, Kitlitz, 108 

 Pocock, R. L, 117 

 Podoces, 87 

 Poecilocerus, 154 



