376 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Aye- Aye, The, I. 214, 235, 250 

 256 ; hand and foot bones, 

 * 256 ; skull, * 257 



Azara's Agouti, III. * 140, 141 



Fox, II. 157 



Op' ssuni, III. 221 



Azure Blue Butterfly, VI. 45 



Babbling Thrashes, IV. 44, 46 

 Babirusa. The, II. 343, *345 

 Baboon, The, I. * 4 ; the Sacred, 



136, Plate, 5 



Baboons, J. 129163; their 

 brute-like characteristics, 133 

 Bactrian Camel, III. * 75, 76 

 Badger, The American, II. 195 ; 

 the Common, II. 194, Plate 19 ; 

 parasites, VI. 100 

 Badger-dogs, II. * 142, 143 

 Baker's Antelope, III. 28 

 Bald-headed Brachyure, I. 193 



195 



Baleen, Position of, * 282 ; struc- 

 ture of, * 263 



Ball Armadillo, III, 187, * 188 

 Ballan Wrasse, V. 75 

 Baltimore Oriole, I V. 99, Plate 39 

 Banana Quit, The, IV. 81 

 Banded Caiman, IV. 269 



Gymuogene, III. 268 



Myrmecobius, III. 211, 212 



Perameles, III. * 210 



Band-fish, The, V. 98 

 Bandicoot, The, III. 209, 225 



Rat, III. 110, 281 



Bangsrings, The, I. 347350, 

 383; the Ferruginous, 349; 

 the Short- tailed, 350 

 Bank Martin, IV. 209 



Vole, III. 116 



Banting, The, III. 34, 35 

 Barasingha, The, III. 55, 56, 59, 



68 



Barb, The Arabian, II. 306, 307 

 Barbary Ape, I. 114, 123, * 125, 

 206 



Deer, III. 49, 55, 56 



Wild Sheep, III. 9, * 10 



Barbastelle, The, I. 263, 295 

 Barbel, The, V. 11, 125, 127, 12S 

 Barbet, The, II. 135 

 Barbets, III. 341343 

 Bare-necked Crow, IV. * 17 

 Bark-beetle, The, V. 298 

 Bark Bugs, VI. 108 

 Barking Squirrels, III. 94 

 Barn Owl, III. 299, 305308 

 Barnacles, VI. 196, 219 

 Barren-ground Bear, II. 167 



Caribou, III. 68 



Barrigudo, The, I. 171, 203 

 Bar-tailed Godwit, IV. 164 

 Basilisk, The, IV. 280, * 281 

 Basilosaurus, The fossil, II. 248 

 Basket-fish, VL 269 

 Basking Shark, V. 30 

 Bass, The, V, * 79 

 Bastard Hartebeest, III. 24 

 Bata?ur, The, IV. 253 

 Bateleur Eagle, III. 265, 284, 



*285 



Bat Lice, VI. 98 

 Bath Sponge, The Common, 

 VI. 312, * 313, 314, 316, 317, 331 

 Batrachia, The, V. 6, 8 

 Batrachians, The, IV. 342, 344; 

 anatomy of the, 345, 346 



without tongues, IV. 349 



351 ; with tongues, 351368 

 Bats, I. 259341 ; proper posi- 

 tion in Nature, 259, 260; 

 structure of the, 261 ; Spal- 

 lanzani's experiments on, 262 

 264 ; table of the classifica- 

 tion of, 340 

 Battel's account of the Pongo, 



or Gorilla, I. 7 

 Battue of Bats, I. 265 

 Bay Antelope, III. 19 

 Cat, II. * 58, 59 



Monkey, I. 102 



Baya Weaving Bird, IV. 101 

 103, Plate 40; nest, IV. * 101 



I Beagle, The, II. 133 

 Beaked Insects, VI. 101118 

 Lizards, IV. 2;X> 



Mites, VI. 181 



Bear Animalcules, VI. 160, 185 



family, II. 163-176; feet 

 of, * 165 ; skull, * 165 



Monkeys, I. 185, 197, 198 



Monkey tribe, I. 243245 

 , The Black, II. 167 



, The Brown, II. 165, * 166, 



167 



Bearded Eagle, or Lammer- 

 geier, III. 277280, IV. * 252 ; 

 capture of a child by the, 278 ; 

 the African species, 280 



Ophidium, V. 65 



Partridge, IV. 145 



Beardless Ophidium, V. 58 



Beatrix Antelope, III. 28 



Beaumaiis Shark, V. 29 



Beautiful Yellow Uuderwing 

 Moth, VI. 65 



Beaver, The, III. 97, * 98, 99 

 101 ; brain of, * 84 ; molar 

 teeth, * 97 ; their habitations, 

 99101 ; fossil species, 152 



Beche de Mer, VI. 271 



Bechsteiu's Bat, I. 307 



Bed Bug, VI. * 107, 109 



Bedeguar galls of the briar, and 

 the Gall-flies, VI. 4, *5 



Bee, The, V. 286, 289, 296, 297, 

 339, 315, 346,354, 356, 359370, 

 VI. 94; nervous system of 

 larva, and of perfect Bee, V. 

 * 290, * 291 ; sex, 357 ; mouth, 

 359; head, *359; hive, 360; 

 cell- structure, 361, 362; honey- 

 comb, * 361 ; under-surface of 

 Bee, * 361 ; transformations 

 of the Bee, 363; swarming, 

 364 



Bee-eaters, III. 344, 360, IV. 

 240 



Hawk Moth, VI. 55 



Louse, V. 365, VI. 98 

 Beech Marten, II. 185 

 Beef-eaters, IV. 103, 105; the 



African, * 105 

 Beef Tape-worm, VI. 255 

 Beetle, Anatomy of a, V. * 281 ; 



structure of, 284 ; sounds 



emitted by, 298 

 Beetles, V. 281, 289, 292, 293 



352, VI. 87, 94, 183 

 , with five-jointed tar?i, V. 



300335 



Beggar's Crow, IV. 14 

 Behemoth, The, II. 319 

 Beisa, The, III. 2S 

 Belanger's Baugsriug, I. 349 



Monkey, I. 117, 123 

 Belemnites, V. 156, 174, * 175 ; 



restored fossil species, 175 

 Bell Animalcules, VI. 368, * 369 



Bird, IV. 117 

 Moths, VI. 68 

 Bell-flower animal. V. 276 

 Bellows-fish, The, V. 103, * 101 

 Belted Kingfisher, III. 349 

 Beluga, The, II. 260 



Bengal Bulbul, IV. 40 



Vulture, bones and tail, 



IV. * 237 



Bennett's Gazelle, III. 14 

 Berg Adder, IV. 315 

 Berlin Aquarium, Orang-utan 



and Chimpanzees in the, 



Frontispiece to Vol. I. 

 Peroe, The, VI. 277, * 278, 280 

 Bezoars, I. 91 

 Bhunder, The, or Rhesus 



Monkey, I. 119, *10; anec- 

 dotes of, 121, 122 

 Big-en red Bat, I. 296 

 Big-Horn, The, III, 9 

 Biinaculate Sucker, V. 104 

 Binturong, The, II. * 94, 95, 179 

 Bipinnaria, Definition of, VI. 



262, 264 



Bird-lice, V. 295 

 Birds, III. 235 IV. 240; sti-uc- 



ture of a Bird's wing. III. 



237 ; bones of wing, * 237 ; 



feathers of wing, 23<i, * 237 ; 



parts of a feather, * 238 ; habit 



of Birds, 238; their migra- 



tion, 239 ; distribution of 

 Birds, 233 ; anatomy of u 

 Bird, 239253; three great 

 divisions of Birds, 239, 253 



of Paradise, IV. 2, 2125, 

 Plate 37 



of prey, III. 254308 



with teeth, IV. 2c9 

 Biscay Whale, II. 263 

 Bisons, III. 3538 

 Bivalve shells, V. 189, 30, 231 

 Black African Crocodile, IV. 

 26i 



and Orange Bat, I. * 207, 

 308 



and Yellow Cyclodus, IV. 



297 



Arioii Snail, V. * 223 



Baboon, I. 159, 160, * 161 

 backed Gull, IV. 201 



Jackal, II. 103, 157 



Bear, the American, II. 



167 



beetles, V. 296, 308, VI. 132, 



133 



billed Parrot, III. 311 



bird, The, IV. 36, 40, *41, 



42 



breasted Bustard Quail, 



IV. 150 

 Buck, III. 17 



cheeked Fruit Bat, I. 278, 



*279 

 chinned Flower-pecker, 



IV. 84 



Cock, IV. 141 



Cockatoo, III. 310 



crested Monkey, I. 87 ; 



face of the, * 85 

 faced Cuckoo Shrike, IV. 



30 



Fantail, IV. 34 



Fish, The, V. 87 



Pox Squirrel, III. * 88 



Francolin, IV. 144 



-fronted Lemur, I. 228 



Galago, I. 215, * 216 



Goby, V. 98 



Goshawk, III. 271 

 headed Jay, IV. 14 



Saki, I., 196 



Turnstone, IV. 168 



Hornbill, III. 353 



Howler, I 170; head of the, 



*05 



Jacare, IV. 269 

 legged Douc, I. 95 



Lemur, I. 231 ; head of, 



* 32 



Leopard, II. 42 



mouthed Dog fisb, V. 3 ', 



33 

 necked Swan, IV. 194 



or Short-tailed Indris, I. 

 *221 



Eat, III. 106, *107; molar 

 teeth of, * 105 



Retriever, II. * 113 



Rhinoceros, II. 325, 329 



Salamander, IV. 372 



Sea Bream, V. 81 



Seal, II. 238, 243 



Snake, IV. 310, 319, 329 



Spider Monkey, I. 177, 



179 



streaked Free Mouse, III. 



113 



Swan, IV. * 192, 194 



tailed Deer, III. 69 



Godwit, IV. 164 



throated Diver, IV. 218, 



219 



Tatou, III. 187 

 Tern, IV. 201 



- Vulture. III. 258 

 winged Stilt, IV. 167 



Wolf, II. 153, 154 



Blacldsh Shrew, I. 377 

 Bladder-nosed Seal (see Crested 



Senl). 

 Blainville's Bat, I. 328, "329, 



330 ; head of, * 328 ; skull and 



dentition of, * 329 

 Blaubok, The, III. 18, 28, 29 

 Bleak, The, V. 133 

 Blenheim Spaniel, II. 132 

 Blesbok, The, III. 24 

 Blind Fish, V. 10, 11 



Blind Mole, I. 372 

 - Snake--, IV, 303, 333 ; head 

 of, 33ti 



Worm, or Slow- worm, IV. 



* 297, 298, 336 

 Blister-beetle, V. 336, 338 

 Block's Topknot, V. 69 

 Bloodhound, The, II. 139; head 



of, * 137 



Bloodworm, The, VI. 78 

 Blue-back Jay, III. 270 

 bottle, The, V. i.87, VI. 54, 

 95 

 Butterflies, VI. 45 



Coral, VI. 305 



Creepers, IV. SI 



Cuckoo, III. 325 



faced Barbet, III. 312 



Jays, IV. 16 



Nuthatch, IV. 69 

 Ox, III. 29, * 30 



Petrel, IV. 207 



Pitta, IV. 114 



Roller, III. * 365 



Shark, V. 7, 26, 27, 35, Plate 

 49 



Skate, V. 41 

 Tit, IV. 66, 76 



Titmouse, IV. 4, 65 



* Water-hen, IV. 159 

 Blunt-head Snakes, IV. 325 



nosed Golden Mole. I. 367 



toothed Rodents, III. 155 



Bca Constrictor, IV. 18J, 333, 



334, Plate 47 



Boas, IV. 300, 301, 303, 333335 

 Boat-shaped Sigalion, VI. 230 



shell, The, V. 202 



Boatswain Birds, IV. 197, 1CS, 



199, 2iO 

 Boat-tailed Blackbird, IV. 16, 



103 



Bobac, The, III. 94 

 Bobolink, The, IV. 9 

 Bohemian Waxwiusr, IV. 83, 



* 87, 88 



Bolivian Cavy, III. 144 

 Bombardier Beetle, V. 382 

 Bombay Duck, V. 112 

 Bone-dog, The, V. 31 

 Bones of Man and the Gorilla, 



I. *33 



of Pig and other animals, 



II. * 335 



Bonits, The, V. 90 

 Bonnet Limpet, V. 213 



Monkey, I. 117, 119, * 120, 

 124 



Boute-bok, The, III. 24 

 Bony Fishes, V. 48143 

 Pike of the Nile, V. * 22 ; 



the American, 3; vertebra, 



*3 



Booby, The, IV. 196, 198, 198 

 Book Lice, VI. 140 



Scorpion, VI. 160, * 163, 164 

 Boot-bill, The, IV. 184, * 183 

 Bordered Ray, V. 41 



Borneo Rusine Deer, III. *58. 



59 



Bots, The, VI. 97 

 Bottle-head Whale, II. 2,50, 252 

 nose Dolphin, II. 259 



Tit, IV. 67 



Titmouse, III. 310 

 Bowditch's account of the In- 



<jena, or Gorilla, I. 7, 8 

 Bovine Antelopes, III. 23 

 Bower Birds, IV. 52 

 Bow-flu, The, V. 21 

 Bowhead Whale, II. 263 

 Box Tortoise, IV. 245 

 Brachelytrous Beetles, VI. 135, 



136 

 Brachiolarh, Definition of, VI. 



262, * 264 



Brachyure, The, I. 13 

 Braconides, The, VI. 3 

 Brain Stone Coral, VI. 299 

 Brauched-horned Crustacea.VL 



196, 215 



Brandling, The, VI. 226 

 Brazilian Brocket, III. 69 



Caracara, III. * 2<34, 265 



Jacare, IV. 270 



Turquoise Tauager, IV. 94 



Bream, The, V. 11, 125, 1:1:2 

 Breeze-fly, The, V. 287, VI. 8i 



