Index 



Pigeon, 146, 154 



Pilot-fish, 175, 252 



Pine-marten, 192 



Plaice, 224 



Plover, 137, 139; black- 

 headed, 174 ; ringed, 143, 

 147; split-winged, 174 



Pocket-gopher, 212 



Polecat, 192 



Pollen baskets, 23 



Powder-down, 152 



Prairie dog, 175, 210 ; villages, 

 210 ; hen, 159 



Prawn, 173 



Prickly snail, 281 



Propolis, 25 



Protective coloration, 145 



Proteus, 225 



Ptarmigan, 148, 221 



Puffin, 119, 137, 140 



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RABBIT, 150, 197, 210, 295 

 Rabbit-eared bandicoot, 216 

 Rat-tailed maggot, 90 

 Rattlesnake, 210 

 Raven, 149 



Recognition marks, 197 

 Redstart, 150 ; black, 150 

 Redwing, 182 

 Reed-warbler, 133, 215 

 Reindeer, 187 

 Rhea, in 

 Rhinoceros, 174 

 Rhinoceros bird, 174 

 Ribbon-worm, 295 

 Ring-dove, 126, 150 

 Robber-fly, 105, 298 

 Robin, 122, 181, 244 

 Robin's pincushion, 74 

 Round-worm, 295 



Ruff, 158 

 Russell's viper, 239 



SACCULINA, 303 

 Salamander, 223 

 Salmon, 185, 246 

 Sand-mason, 294 

 Sand-martin, 116, 140 

 Sandpiper, 139, 182 

 Sand-wasp, 36 

 Sawfly, 96 

 Scale insect, 165 

 Scallop, 277 

 Scorpion, 154, 162 

 Sea-anemone, 173, 257, 288 ; 



cucumber, 287 ; hare, 281 ; 



hedgehog, 291 ; horse, 251 

 Seal, 194 

 Sea-slug, 276 

 Seasonal changes, 226 

 Sea-urchin, 291 

 Shark, 175, 252 

 Shape of eggs, 139 

 Sheep, 304 ; nostril fly, 99 

 Sheldrake, 119 

 Shipworm, 279 

 Shooting-fish, 2^2 

 Shore birds, 141 

 Shore lark, 182 

 Shrike, 108; grey, 132 ; larder, 



132 ; red-backed, 132 

 Shrimp, 253 ; hump-backed, 



259 



Silkworm, 17, 263 

 Silver-fish, 170 

 Skua, 108, 303 

 Skunk, 200 

 Skylark, 142 

 Slave-making ant, 53 

 Sloth, 199 

 Smith, 245 



