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INDEX OF NATURAL OBJECTS, ETC. 



EAGLE, the, 303 



Eagle, the, trapped, 375 



Earth, crust of the, n, 12, 85, 98, 181, 



194, 247, 263, 364, 398 

 Earth, the, origin of, 372 

 Earthquake, getting used to the, 379 

 Earthworm, nervousness of the, 69 

 Earthworm, vitality of, 106 

 Echinomyia and the chrysalis, 387 

 Echo, 150 



Eciton, workers of the, 394 

 Eggs, individual peculiarity of, 91 

 Eider duck and her young, 366 

 Electric fish, 183, 262, 266 

 Electrical accumulations, 329 

 Electricity, excess of, 377 

 Elephant, considerateness of, 210 

 Elephant, love of liberty of the, 



192 

 Elephant, tame, used to catch the 



wild, 116 



Em pis tessellata, 245 

 Ephemera, the, 356 

 Eskimos, the, 200 

 Etiolation of plants, 86 

 Eunice sanguinea, 284 

 European termites, 393 

 Extinct animals, 370, 373, 399 



FACE, the, of the blind, 343 



Falcon, 118 



Fer de lance, fecundity of the, 385 



Fireflies, 45 



Fish, the gold, an unconscious plant 



disseminator, 89 

 Fish-hawk, 281 



Fishes, ruling impulse of the, 140 

 Fishing frog, the enormous appetite of 



the, 73 



Fiume Salso, the, 106 

 Flamingoes, unwariness of the, 378 

 Flatheads, Indian tribes called, 127 

 Flea, the, 397 

 Flies and their ova, 176 

 Flowering plants which do not flower, 



368 



Foraging ants, 306, 394 

 Foraminiferae, 119, 172 

 Fork-tailed date-shell, 337 

 Fossils of the Tertiaries, the, 289 

 Fox and the gulls, the, 298 

 Fox, the, and the fleas, 261 

 Fox, the, and the honey, 270 

 Fox, the, in ambush for birds, 388 

 Fox, the, simulates death, 64 

 Frigate-bird, the, 94 

 Frigate-bird, the, and the storm, 



330 

 Frog, the, 211 



Frogs, deceit practised on, 327 

 Fungus, influence of, on tree, 320 



GADFLY, 13 



Galleria moths, 384 



Game fowls, pugnacity of, 287 



Gas a spoiler of the air, 69 



Gazelles, timidity yet bravery of, 396 



Giants, 233 



Glass-snake, mode of escape of the, 65 



Glaucas birthwort, the, 104 



Glutton catching deer, 376 



Goat-suckers, 151 



Goats, performing, 236 



Gold, 134, 272, 382 



Golubacser fly, 12 



Goose, the, 123, 267 



Gordiacea, the, 252 



Gorilla, pi'owess of the, 18 



Grass, object of universal diffusion of 



the, 244 



Gravitation, 391 

 Great bustard, the, 205 

 Great-leaved horse-shoe bat, 157 

 Great owl, the, and tawny eagle, 291 

 Great water-beetle, the, 161 

 Green-oak moths, 245 

 Grey heron, defensive tactics of, 35 

 Greyhounds and atmospheric pressure, 



36 



Grotto of the Madalena, 116 

 Grouse, American, 31 

 Grub, effect of injury to a, 42 

 Grub, transformations of the, 354, 355 

 Gudarigby caverns, 156 

 Guenon, the, 36 

 Gulf Stream, the, 153, 371 

 Gymnotus, the, 183, 262, 266 



HAMSTEK RAT, pugnacity of, 35 

 Hands, the, 223 

 Harvest-mouse, 234 

 Hawk, the, defeated by pigeons, 343 

 Hawks, the, 303 



Hawksbill turtle, flesh and eggs of, 135 

 Hawksbill turtle, tortoise- shell of, 37 

 Heart's-ease and the bees, 367 

 Heat, effects of, on amphibious ani- 

 mals, 90 



Heat, evolution of, 75 

 Heat, sensation of, is relative, 152 

 Hedgehog, 144 



Hedgehog and his defence, 68, 314 

 Hen and ducklings, 176 

 Hen, characteristics of the domestic, 



397 

 Herbivores and carnivores contrasted, 



99 



Hermit crabs, the, 88 

 Heron, the, 221 



