INDEX OF NATURAL OBJECTS, TECHNICAL TERMS, 

 PLACES, THINGS, CREATURES, &o. 



[For Index of General Topics, see page 407.] 



ACCIDENTAL colours, 157 



Achyla prolifera, 89 



Acronycta ligustri, caterpillar of the, 



A 



Actiniae, the, 175 



Adventitious buds, 167 



Africa, animals of, 50 



Air, the currents of, 277 



Air, the, when most wholesome, 77 



Albatross, 51 



Albinos of Darien, the, 58 



Alligator and her eggs, 169 



Allotropism, 371 



Amazon, the, and contiguous forests, 

 no 



Amblyopsis Speloeus, 29 



Ammonites, 172 



Animalculae in rain-water, 356 



Animalcules, 204 



Animals in relation to the cycle of life, 

 107 



Ant, aptitude of, 34 



Ant-lion, 65, 190 



Ants and moisture, 123 



Ants, ardour of, 164 



Ants killed by curiosity, 68 



Apes, the, destitute of foresight, 

 126 



Aphis, destructiveness of the, 322 



Aphrodite or sea-mouse, 25 



Aphrophora, the, 130 



Arctic fox and the gulls, 319 



Arctic foxes, 184 



Arundo arenaria, the, 285 



Asiatic steppes, the, 208, 387 



Ass equal to horse, 358 



Ass, the easy subjection of the, 336 



Ass, the, not stupid, 238, 358 



Astrus ovis, 13 



Atmosphere, plants and animals in re- 

 lation to the, 298, 308 



Atmosphere, the, as a chemical agent, 



3 J 9 



Atoms, valency of, 381 

 Azalea pontica, in 



BABOONS, mode of thieving operations 

 of the, 349 



Balanus balanoides (acorn shells), 142 



Banyan tree, 194 



Banyan tree, peculiar growth of, 215 



Bats, 151, 152 , 



Bear, the, 298 



Bee, ingenious edifices of, 174 



Bee, jealousy of the queen, 23 



Bee kingdom, 154, 267 



Bee massacres the drone, 96 



Bee, necessity for the sting of, 10 



Bee only fights to satisfy hunger, 8 



Bee, small amount of houey made by 

 one, 17 



Bee, the Australian, 2 



Bees at the hive, 206 



Bees constitute republics, not mon- 

 archies, 301 



Bees' dislike of interference, 219 



Bees, duels between, 360 



Beetle, the, and the forest, 289 



Bengal vultures, the, 352 



Berg-mehl, 289 



Bird and robbed nest, 87 



Bird, importance of the, 405 



Birds and emigration, 125 



Birds and their constancy, 150 



Birds balked by caterpillars, 75 



Birds, migrations of, 402 



Birds of prey, physiognomy of, 297 



Birds useful destroyers, 352 



Bison, the, 258 



Bison, the North American, as a 

 pioneer, 271 



Biting tortoise, 166 



