INDEX. 



N.B. An asterisk prefixed to a page denotes that an illustration will be found on 

 that page. 



For Flowers see the Alphabetical Lists: English^ pp. 437-441; Latin, 442-446. 



ACORN BARNACLE, 166. 

 Acorn Shell, 166. 

 Adder, 145, PI. xm. 3. 

 jEsop Prawn, 167. 

 Agarics, 458-65. 

 Alder-flies, 189, 190. 



Common, 190. 

 Alevin, 156. 



American Cockroach, 183. 

 Amoeba, *32g. 

 Amphibians, 147-9. 



Characteristics, 147. 



In captivity, 149. 

 Anchovy, 161. 



Angular Crab, 170, PI. xiv. 3. 

 Animal, definition, 21. 

 Animalcula, 164, 328, *329, *33O. 

 Animalcule, Barrel, *33O. 



Slipper, 329. 



Swan, 329, *330. 

 Animal Kingdom, 4. 

 Annelida, 164, 319-21, PI. XL. 

 Antlers, Deer's, 47-9. 

 Ants, 291-5, PI. xxxiii., xxxiv. 

 Artificial Nests, 295. 

 Life-history, 293-5. 

 Nests, 291-5, PI. xxxiv. 



Black, 291, PI. xxxiv. 



Blood-red Robber, 291. 



Common Wood, 291, 295, PI. 

 xxxiii. 4. 



Common Yellow, 292. 



Jet, 292. 



Little Black, 292. 



Little Yellow Robber, 293. 



Meadow, 294, PI. xxxiii. 5. 



" Slave," 291. 



Stingless, 291. 



White, 185. 

 (2,178) 



Aphides, 188, 189, 295, PI. xix. 4. 

 Apparatus, 6-17. 

 Arctic Skua, "131, 138. 

 Arctic Tern, *ii7, 124. 

 Aristotle, Lantern of, 317. 

 Artemis, Rayed, 313. 



Smooth, 313. 

 Arthropoda, 164-299, PI. xm.- 



XXXVI. 



Ascidians, *323, 324. 

 Auk, Little, 68. 



Badger, Common, 35, PI. in. 3. 

 Baggits, female Salmon, 156. 

 Ballard, 157. 

 Barbel, 151. 

 Bark-louse, 189. 

 Barnacle, Acorn, 166. 



Goose, 167. 



Barnacle Goose, "131, 132. 

 Barn Owl, *ii5, 120. 

 Bar-tailed Godwit, 114. 

 Bass, 153, 157. 

 Basse, 157. 

 Bat, Barbastelle, 30, 32. 



Bechstein's, 31. 



Common, 31. 



Daubenton's, 31. 



Great, 31. 



Greater Horseshoe, 32. 



Hairy-armed, 31. 



Lesser Horseshoe, 32. 



Long-eared, 32, PI. n. 2. 



Noctule, 31. 



Pipistrelle, 31. 



Reddish Grey, 31. 



Serotine, 31. 



Short-eared, PI. iv. i. 



Whiskered, 32. 

 481 



Bats, 30-2, PI. ii. 2, iv. i, 2. 



Beam Bird, 75. 



Bean Goose, 132. 



Bearded Reedling, 89. 



Bearded Tit, 89. 



Beavers, 40. 



Bed-bug, 187. 



Bees, 297-9, PI. xxxn., xxxni., 



XXXV. 



Observing hive, '299. 

 Bumble, 297. 

 Carder, 298. 

 Common Humble, 298. 

 Cuckoo Humble, 297. 

 " English Hive Bee," 299. 

 Hive Bee, 298, PI. xxxv. 2. 

 Honey Bee, 298. 

 Humble, 297, 298, PI. xxxin. 2, 



xxxv. 4. 



Leaf-cutting, 297, PI. xxxii. 6, 7. 

 Mason, 297, PI. xxxv. i. 

 Moss, 297. 

 Red-backed, 298. 

 Solitary, 297. 

 Wasp, 297. 

 Wood-boring, 297. 

 Bees, shown to the Children, 299. 

 Beetle, Black, 183. 

 Beetles, 191-217, PI. xx.-xxiv., 

 xxxvi. 4. 



Characteristics, 191-3. 



Classification, 192. 



Collecting, 191, 192. 



Diagram, *i8i. 



Life-history, 192. 

 Asparagus, 212. 

 Bacon, 205. 

 Black, 183. 

 Black Burying, 202. 



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