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INDEX 



Megalopa, iii 28, 366 (illust.), 367- 

 Megalops thrissoides, iv 381. 

 Megapelia (Goura) victories, ii 

 Megapodiidse, iii 450-452. t l8 5- 



MegapOdiUS eremita, iii 451. 



Layardi, iii 451. 



tumulus iii 452. 



Megatherium, ii 327; iv 473-474. 

 Melanism, iv 3 8 4 . [ 443 . 



Melanocetus Murray!, ii 85-86; iv 

 Melauoplus femur - rubrum, iii 

 379. [iv 249. 



Meleagris gallopavo, i 172; ii 239; 

 Meles taxus, i 97; U 230; iii 156. 

 Melianthus major, iv 87, 89. 

 Melipona fasciculata, iv 251-252. 

 Mellinus arvensis, i 373; ii 106. 

 Melliyora, ii 231. 

 Meloe, iv 193-194. 



Meloidae. See Beetles, oil-. 



Melolontha vulgaris, i 368; ii 209; 



iii 224; iv 354. 



Melopliagus ovis, iv 190. 

 Melophorus, ii 206. 

 Melopsittacus undulatus, iv 39 o. 

 Membranipora, i 437. [i 245. 



Membranous labyrinth, amphibia, 



birds, i 150. 



fishes, i 263; iv 39. 



mammals, i 56. 



reptiles, i 203, 209, 232. 



vertebrates, lower, iv 39 (illust.). 



Mendel, iv 493, 494. 

 Menhaden, iv 318. [iv 356. 



Menopon pallidum, i 380; ii m; 

 Mephitis suffocans, ii 301-303, 354- 



Merganser, red-breasted, i 177; ii 54 



(illust.); iii6o-6i (illust.). 

 Mergansers, iii 60-6 1. 

 Mergulus alle, i 184. 



MergUS albellus, i 177. 



merganser, i 177; iii 61. 



serrator, i 177; ii 54; iii 60-61. 



Merlin, i 174; iv 327. 

 Merluccius vulgaris, iv 268. 

 " Mermaids' purses ", iii 424. 

 Merostomata, iv 462. 

 Merriam, Hart, iii 253. [iii 298. 

 "Merry-thought", i 144. MS, 187; 

 Mesenteries, i 473, 474, 476. 

 Mesoderm, iii 342, 344, 345; iv 47- 

 Mesogloea, iii 339, 342. 

 Mesotarsal ankle-joint, i 146, 199- 

 Mesozoic epoch, iii 308; iv 457, 464- 



471. 



Metacarpus, ii 197, 198; iii 134, 299. 

 Metagenesis, iii 382, 422. 

 Metamorphosis, i 350; iii 377. See 



also Life-histories. 



acorn-headed worms, iii 420-421. 



amphibians, iii 434- 435, 438-439, 



ascidians, iii 421. [442, 443. 



crustaceans, i 409. 



echinoderms, i 450; iii 354-356. 



fishes, iii 423, 431-433. 



insects, membrane-winged, i 370; iii 

 386-393; iv 195. [379; iii 383-386. 



net-winged, i 374, 376, 377, 378, 



straight-winged, iii 377-380. 



wingless, iii 377. [193. 



beetles, i 367; iii 393-399; iv 192, 



bugs, iii 380-383. 



flies, two-winged, i 356-357; iii 



402-404; iv 191. [iii 309-402. 

 moths and butterflies, i 359-360; 



molluscs, iii 405, 406-407, 411-412, 



nemertines, iii 419. [414, 415. 



Metatarsus, i 31, 144, 146, 241, 252; 



ii 197, 198; iii 126, 134. 

 Metatheria, i 68-69; and se e Mam- 

 mals, pouched. [333-334, 335- 



Metazoa, i 490, 491; iii 2, 318, 325, 



Method, comparative, i 12. 



scientific, i 1-4. 



Methone Anderssoni, ii 282. 



Mias. See Orang-utan. 



Mice, i 125, 127-131; ii 234, 321; iii 



483; iv 387. See also Mouse. 

 Microbes. See Bacteria. 



Microcebus pusillus, iii 493. 

 Micrococcus prodigiosus, iv 7 8. 

 Microgaster glomeratus, i 372; iv 

 194. $191. 



Microglossus aterrimus, ii 189- 

 Microlestes, iv 484-482. 

 Micronucleus, i 493; iii 323-325. 



Microscope, effect on study of 

 zoology, i 10-12. 



Microstomum lineare, iii 329. 

 Microtome, i 466. 



Micro tUS, i 129; ii 177; iv 486. 



agrestis (common field-vole), i 129. 



amphibius, i 129. 



arvalis (southern field- vole), iv 486. 



glareolus, i 129. 

 Midge, black, i 357; ii 121. 



plumed, i 357. 



Midges, i 357; ii 121, 467-468; iv 190. 



sand-, ii 121, 468 (illust.); iv 190. 

 Midriff, i 24, 46, 67, 148, 209; ii 427, 



Migration, i 18. [430. 



as means of protection, ii 329-331. 



birds, i 168; ii 239, 241; iii 305; iv 

 61-62. [263, 276. 



fishes, iii 423, 426, 433, 434; iv 128, 



insects, iv 127, 256-257. 



mammals, i 130. 



Miliola, i 489 (illust.); iii 6 (illust.). 

 Milk, i 65. [481. 



Milk-glands, i 65-66; iii 474-475, 



apes and monkeys, i 71. 



bats, i 81; iii 485. 



cetaceans, iii 490-491. 



edentates, iii 482. 



elephants, iii 490. 



lemurs, i 80. [477, 478. 



mammals, egg-laying, i 69; iii 475- 



hoofed, i 108; iii 487, 488, 489. 



insect-eating, i 83; iii 484, 485. 



pouched, i 68-69; iii 478-479. 



sea-cows, i 102. 

 MillaiS, H48, 62, 63; iii 187. 



Millepora, i 480-481; ii 160-161. 

 Miller's thumb, i 274; iv 273. 

 Millipedes, i 342, 394-398; ii 218- 



219, 360, 435-437= i 163-164, 370- 

 373; iv 14-15, 30, 31, 360. 



flattened, i 396 (illust.). 



pill-, i 396. 



snake-, iii 225. [219; iii 372. 



earth, or common, i 396; 218- 



London, i 396 (illust.). 



spotted, i 396 (illust.). 



Milvus ictinus, i 175- 

 Mimicry* 3 OI > 39-3 1 7- 



arachnids, ii 299-300, 316; iii 168. 



birds, ii 309-311. 



insects, ii 311-316; iv 160. 



mammals, ii 37; iii 246-247. 



plants, iv 81. 



reptiles, ii 311; iii 211. 



Mimulus luteus, iv 90. 

 Mineral salts, i 33. 



Minks. See Visons. 



Minnow, i 283. 

 M'lntosh, iii 426. 

 Mirikis, i 77 (illust.). 



Mitchell, Chalmers, iv 414. 

 Mite, cheese-, i 393 (illust.); ii 443. 



currant gall-, iv 360. 



gall-, ii 217. 



hair-, iv 196 (illust). [341. 



mange- or itch-, i 393; iv 196 (illust.), 



meal-, ii 217. 



red fowl-, iv 360. 



Mites, i 387, 393; ii 132, 217-218, 442- 



443; iv 15, 83, 195, 196, 360. 



Mitra, i 321. 

 Mitre-Shells, i 321. 



"Moas", iv 428, 475-476 (illust.). 



Moabius, iii 231. 

 Moggridge, ii 207. 

 "Mohair", iv 230. 



Molars, i 36; and see Teeth. 



Mole, common, i 81 (illust.), 86; ii 36- 



37 (illust.); iii 200-202 (illust.), 484- 



485 (illust.); iv 327. 



golden, i 86; ii 33-34 (illust.:; iii 



202, 203. 



star-nosed, ii 37 (illust.); iii 202; ir 

 418 (illust). 



Moles, i 86; ii 328; iii 246; and see 

 Mole. 



Molecular vibration, i 54, 57. 

 Molecules, is 4- 



Mole-Rat, common, ii 177-178 (illust.); 

 iii 203-204 (illust). 



great, i 130. [204. 

 Mole-RatS, i 130; ii 177-178; iii 203- 



Mole-Shrews, ii 35-36 (illust). 



Molge cristatus, i 246; iii 46, 47; iv 



palmatus, i 246; iii 46. [153. 



tseniatus, i 246. 



vulgaris, iii 46. 

 - Waltli, ii 334- 

 MollUSCa. See Molluscs. 

 MollUSCS, i ii, 304, 307-341; ii 93- 



100, 196-201, 247-250, 279, 287, 292, 

 296, 306-307, 335-337, 342, 357, 372- 

 373. 39 I ~399, 43 2 -434> 459-462; iii 

 30-37, 103-110, 180-181, 217-222, 

 331, 404-419: iv 16-19, 29, 3i, 34-35, 

 45-46, 56-58, 214-215, 288-297, 322- 

 324, 34, 348, 397-399, 4^9, 421-422, 

 433, 438-439> 444, 448, 45 1 , 462-463, 

 465-466. 



bivalve, i 311, 328-338; ii 248-250, 

 33 1 , 335, 336, 357, 39 8 ~399; i" 8, 36- 

 37, 104, 108, 180, 219-221, 232, 405- 

 411; iv 18, 34, 40, 45-46, 215, 288- 

 297,. 398-399- 



extinct, iv 465-466, 479. 



head-footed, i 311-317; ii 391-393; 

 iii 104, 108-110, 417-419; iv 18-19, 

 34-35, 45, 214,^ 438. 



"headless", i 331. 



Primitive. See Protomolluscs. 

 MolluSCOida. See Moss -Polypes 



and Lamp-Shells. [iv 428. 



Moloch horridus, i 222; ii 333-334; 

 Molva vulgaris, iv 267-268. 

 Monads, i 494: 267-268; iii 6 illust). 



springing, i 489, 494 (illust ; ; ii 267- 

 268. 



" Money - Spinner " (or Money- 

 Spider), i 393; " 218. 



Monitor, desert, ii 73, 282. 



Nile, i 224-225 (illust); ii 73. 



Papuan, ii 73. 



water, ii 73; iii 52 (illust). [52. 

 Monitors, i 221, 224-225; ii 73; iii 51- 



