INDEX 



B 



Babirussa, i 109; iii 488; iv 426, 427 



Baboon, Arabian, i 75. [(illust.). 



black, iii 159 (illust.); iv 426. 



yellow, i 76. 



Baboons, i 75-76; ii 349, 363-365 



(illust.); iii 158, 494; iv 134, 145-146. 



Bacillus anthracis, iv 7 8. 



Backbone. See Vertebral column. 



Bacteria, i 3 ; iv 65, 67-68, 76, 77-78 



( illust.), 79, 98. 



Bacterium aceti, iv 78. 

 Badaraia exclamationis, iii 402. 



Badger, common, i 97 (illust); ii 230- 



honey-, ii 231. [231; iii 156. 



Badgers, i 94, 96, 97; ii 230-231. 

 Bain, iv 401. 



Baker, Sir Samuel, ii 15, 262, 351 ; 

 iii 138, 140; iv 212, 241, 331, 334, 



337. 364- 



Balsena australis, iv 315. 



mysticetus, i 101; ii 29; iv 314-315. 



Balsenoptera bob'ps, ii 29. 



Balance, or balance and hearing, 

 organs of, i 56, 150, 203, 209, 245, 

 263, 310. 333, 409: iv 32-39- 



of amphibia, i 245; iv 39 (illust.). 



of annelids, iv 33-34 (illust.). 



of ascidians, iv 38 (illust). 



of birds, i 150. [(illust.). 



of crustaceans, i 409 ; iv 35-36 



of fishes, i 263; iv 38-39 (illust). 



of hydrozoa (Jelly- Fishes), iv 38-39 

 (illust). 



of insects, iv 37-38 (illust). 



of mammals, i 56 (illust). 



of molluscs, i 310, 333 ; iv 34-35 



of reptiles, i 203, 209. f (illust). 



Balancers, i 355- 

 Balanidse, ii 406. 



BalaninUS glandium, i 369. 



nucum, ii 211. 



Balanoglossus, i 300-301; ii 246, 



306, 390; iii 7, 215-216, 420-421. 



Balanus, i 417; "254; i 363-364- 

 Baldwin, iv 401, 403, 492. 

 Baleen, i TOI (illust). [402, 403. 



Baler, of crustaceans, i 404, 405 ; ii 

 BalfOUT, Maitland, i 398; iii 337. 

 Balistes, iv 205. 



capriscus, i 278. 



Balloon-Fish, ii 306. 

 Balsams, iv 91-92. 

 Bamboo-Rats, iii 204. 

 Banana, iv 89. [(illust). 



BandiCOOt, pig-footed, iii 191-192 



Bandicoots, ii 43, 234; iii 191-192. 



Banxrings, i 83 (illust.); iii 246-247. 



" Barbados earth ", i 496. 



Barbel, i 282; iv 381. 



Barbels, i 268, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 



Barberry, iv 96. [292. 



Barbets, iv i 33 . 



Barbs, i 142. 



Barbules, i 142. 



Barbus vulgaris, i 282; iv 381. 



Barnacle, acorn, i 417, 418-419; ii 

 254, 46: "i 363-364- f 



ship-, i 417-418 (illust); ii 254 



(illust); ^363-364. 



Barnacles, i 410, 417-419; ii 144, 



254, 406; iii 363-364; iv 197-199. 

 Barramunda. See Lung- Fish, Aus- 

 tralian. 



Barrigudo, i 77. 



Basiliscus Americanus, i 223 ; iii 



52-53- 



Basilisk, helmeted, i 223; iii 52-53. 



" Basket- Worms ", iii 400. 



Bass, common, i 273; iv 381. 



Basses, i 273. 



Bastard wing, i 143; iii 301, 304. 



Bat (and see Bats) 



barbastelle, i 82. 



Bechstein's, i 82. 



Daubentin's, i 82. 



hairy-armed, i 82. 



horse-shoe, i 83. 



greater, i 83. 



lesser, i 83. 



javelin-, ii 39, 40 (illust). 



kalong, i 82: iii 245. 



long-eared, i 8r, 82 (illust). 



long-tongued shrew-, ii 39. 



Natterer's, i 82. 



noctule, i 82. 



pipistrelle, i 82; iii 292-293 (illust). 



serotine, i 82. [(illust). 



vampire, long-tongued, ii 38-39 

 true, i 82-83; " 39~4 - 



whiskered, i 82. 



BatS (and see Bat), i 68, 81-83; 38- 

 40, 320-321, 328, 346-347; iii 244-245, 

 292-295, 485-486; iv 89, 327, 424, 

 427, 429, 473.^ [iv 212. 



fruit-eating, i 81-82; ii 321; iii 245; 



insect-eating, i 82-83. 



leaf-nosed, i 82-83. 



true, i 82. 



vampire, i 82-83; ii 38, 39-40. 

 Bates, i 6; ii 40, 104, 186, 311, 325, 



326; iii 210; iv 251, 336. 



Bateson, ii 287, 289; iv 32. 

 Bathynomus giganteus, iv 447. 



Batoidei, i 284, 287-290. See also 

 Skates and Rays. 



Bdellostoma, ii 383-384. 

 Beadlet, i 473-474- 



Beak, of birds, i 141, 153, 155, 156, 

 158, 161, 164, 166, 169, 174, 175, 177, 

 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 188, 

 190; ii 64, 186-187, 188-191, 242 

 (illust); iii 266. 



Beaked chelmon, ii 87-88. 



Bear, brown, i 95 (illust); ii 227-228; 

 iii 155, 491 (illust.); iv 334, 372. 



grizzly, i 95; iv 334. 



Malayan, ii 227. 



polar, i 95; ii 19-20, 227, 279; iii 75, 

 76, 155-156: iv 334. 



proboscis-, ii 229, 230 (illust). 



sloth-, ii 228 (illust). 



spectacled, iv 429. 



Bears (and see Bear), i 86, 94-99 ; ii 5, 

 227-230; iii 135-136; iv 334. 



large, i 94-95 ; iii 155-156, 491. 



small, i 94 ; ii 229-230; iii 247-248. 



Bear - Animalcules, i 387, 394 

 Bear-Cat, ii 13- [(illust). 



"Beast", i 8. 



Beaver, American, i 127 ; iv 136-140, 

 37- 



European, i 127; iv 135-136, 307-308. 



Beavers, i 127; ii 177 ; Hi 73-74. 



Bechstein, iv 149. 



Beddard, iii 286, 361, 493; iv 142, 



222, 307, 315, 409. 



Bedeguars, ii 204-205 (illust.) : iv 79. 



BedichOn, Madame, iv 213. 

 Bee, carpenter, i 374; iii 390-391 

 (illust.) ; iv 108, 356. 



flower-, i 374. 



Bee (Cont.) 



hive- or honey-, i 374 ; ii 205 ; iii 

 274-275 (illust); iv 43 (illust), 108, 

 in, 121, 251-259 (illust.) 



humble-, i 374 (illust); ii 119 (illust); 

 iv 94, 109-111. 



Poppy, iii 39i- 



wood-, i 374 (illust.). 



Bees (and see Bee), i 373, 374; ii 205- 

 206, 250, 307, 358, 439 ; iii 274-275, 

 311, 312, 313; iv 29, 45, 160, 192-164. 



leaf-cutting, i 374 ; iii 391 ; iv 108. 



mason-, iv 53-54, 108, 195. 



"short-tongued", iv 109. 



solitary, i 374. 



Bee-Fly, ii 119 (illust). 

 Bee-keeping, i 15 ; iv 257-259 (illust). 

 Bee- "Louse", iv 190. 



Beetle (and see Beetles) 



bacon, ii 109 (illust), no; iv 355. 



bean, ii 211 ; iv 354. 



bombardier, ii 358-359, 373. 



Colorado potato-, ii 211 ; iv 354. 



goliath-, i 368. 



Hercules, i 368. [394 (illust). 



long-horned oak-, iii 273 (illust), 



maggot-eating, ii 109 (illust). 



pea, ii 211; iv 354. [(illust). 



sacred scarab, i 368; ii 209-211 



stag, i 368. 



tiger, field, ii 107. 

 green, i 367 (illust). 



violet ground-, i 367 ; ii 107. 



water, great, i 367 (illust.) ; ii 108- 

 109 (illust.), 439; iii 29 (illust). 



great black, ii 109, 440 ; iii 398, 

 399 (illust). [(illust). 



whirligig, i 367; ii 440 ; iii 29-39 

 Beetles (and see Weevils, Ladybirds, 



&c.), i 351, 366-369; ii 107-110, 

 209-211, 287, 308, 314-315, 326-327, 

 337, 345, 439-440 : iii i77~ I 7 8 , 223-224, 

 313-3M, 393-399; iv 43, 82-83, 159, 

 162, 163, 165-166, 192-194, 354-355, 

 - "blister", iv 321 (illust). [423. 



burying- or sexton-, ii 109 (illust), 

 no; iii 396-398 (illust.). 



carrion-, ii 109 (illust), no. 

 rove, ii no. 



click-, ii 211, 359; iii 177-178 (illust), 

 224 ; iv 354. 



flea-, i 366; iii 178. 



turnip, i 366 (illust.) ; iii 178 ; iv 

 354 (illust). 



ground-, i 367 ; ii 107. 



oil-, iv 192-193, 321. 



rove-, i 367-368 ; ii 108. 



scarab, i 368 ; ii 209-211. 



tiger, i 367; ii 107, 315. 



tree-, iii 273-274. [iv 16 (illust. \ 



water-, i 367 ; ii 108-109, 439-440 ; 



Behemoth, i 108. 



Belemnites, iv 465, 466 (illust.). 



Bell, iii 71- 



Bell -Animalcule, i 489, 493-494 



(illust.); ii 266-267, 418; iii 2, 5, 6, 

 (illust), 8-9, 319-320 (illust.), 321, 

 323, 325 (illust), 335. 



Bell-bird, iv 43 i. 



Belloc, ii 370. 



Belone vulgaris, i 275. 



Belt, i 6 ; ii 304; iv 120, 257-258 (illust.). 

 Beluga. See Whale, white. 



Benham, ii 339. 



Benthos, ii 330-33*- 



Bernard, iv 130. 



Bernicla brenta, i 177 ; ii 238. 



