INDEX 



543 



Plume coralline, i 437- 

 Plum-" Spider ", red, iv 360. 

 Plumularia, i 480. 



Plunkett, Sir Horace, iv 246. 



Plusia gamma, i 364; 401; v 

 Plutarch, iv 239. [352- 



Plutella cruciferarum, iv 352. 

 Pluteus (pi. Plutei), iii 355, 356- 

 Pneumatic duct, ii 452. 

 Pneumoderma, iv 451. 

 Pochard, i 176; iii 59- 

 Pocillopora favosa, i 475 (illust.). 



POCket-Gopher, common, i 131. 

 POCket-MoUSe, banded, i 131. 



common, iii 193-194 (illust.). 



Podargus, iv 428. 

 Podicipes, i 185; iv 3 o8. 



auritus, i 185. 



cristatus, i 185. 



fluviatilis, i 185; iii 65-66, 457. 



griseigena, i 185. 



nigricollis, i 185. 

 Podura aquatica, i 384- 



villosa, iii 176. 

 POO, iv 408. 



Pogonomyrmex barbatus, ii 208. 



Pogy, iv 318. 



Pointer, iv 367 (illust.), 368. [(illust.). 



Poison -bag, echinoderms, ii 361 



fishes, ii 356-357 (illust.). 



insects, iv 118. [234. 

 Poison fangs, of reptiles, i 224, 230, 

 PoiSOn-glandS, amphibians, ii 355. 



arachnids, i 386, 388, 391; ii 125, 



echinoderms, i 458. [126. 



insects, ii 105, 358. 



molluscs, ii 97, 357. 



myriapods, i 394; ii 133. 



nemertines, ii 93. [355 ; iv 338. 



reptiles, i 224, 230, 234; ii 80, 354- 

 Poison-spines, of echinoderms, ii 



361 (illust.). 



of fishes, ii 305-306, 355-357 (illust.). 



Polar bodies, Hi 336-337 (illust.). 

 Pole-Cat, i 97-98; ii 22. 



Pole-Cats, water-, ii 22 ; and see 

 Visons. 



Polian vesicles, iii 92. 

 Political Economy, i 17. 

 Pollack, iv 200. [92. 



Pollen, iv 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 

 "Pollen basket", of bees, iv 254 



(illust.). 

 Pollination, of flowers, iv 83-90. 



Polyacanthus viridiauratus, iii 



427 ; iv 393. 



Polyborus tharus, ii 303- 



Polychseta, i 429-430; ii 146, 408; iii 



free-living, i 429. [227. 



sedentary, i 429-430. 



Polycirrus aurantiacus, ii 380. 

 Polyclades, ii 151, 152. 

 Polydesmus complanatus, i 396. 

 Polyergus rufescens, i 373. 

 PolygOrdlUS, i 431-432 ; iii 99, 359- 

 PolylOphUS, iii 326. [360. 



Polynema gracilis, iv 194. 



natans, iii 28-29. 



Polynoe, i 429; ii 408. 



PolynoidS, ii 408; iii 358. 



Polyommatus alexis, i 362. 



Polype, freshwater, i 465-473 (illust.); 

 ii 160, 271-272; iii 2, 10 (illust.), 327, 

 328, 339-34 1 - 



Polypterus, i 266-268; ii 334, 421, 453. 

 Polyrhachis, iv 115. 

 Polystomella imperatrix, iv 454. 



Polystomum integerrimum, iv 



201. [;illust.). 



Polyxenia cyanostylis, iv 33 

 Polyzpa, i 436-438 ; ii 261, 339, 410- 



411; iii 7, 8, 99-100, 330-331; iv 104- 

 105. 



Polyzonium Germanicum, iii 373. 

 Pomatoceros triqueter, ii 258. 



PompiliUS exaltatus, i 373. 



viaticus, ii 106. 



Pond-Skater, i 354; ii 123 (illust.), 



440; iii 29 (illust.). 



Pontobdella, iii 361. 



Pony (and see Horses): 



Norwegian, iv 235-236 (illust.). 



Shetland, iv 237, 238 (illust.). 



Porbeagles, i 286. 



Porcellana platycheles, iii 368. 



Porcupine, Brazilian tree-, iii 253, 

 255 (illust.). 



brush-tailed, i 132. 



Canadian tree-, i 132; iii 253. 



common, i 132; ii 342. 



Porcupines, i 64, 125, 131-135; ii 



178, 333! i 252-253. 

 Porcupine Worm, ii 339- 

 Porcus babirussa, i 109; iii 488. 

 Porgana marnetta, i 171. 



Porifera. See Sponges. 



Pork "measles", i 443- 



Porpoise, i 67, 100-101 (illust.); ii 26; 

 iii 490-491. 



Porschinsky, ii 315- 



Portal circulation, i 41, 202. 



vein, i 41. 



Porte croix, i 390. 

 Porthesia auriflua, ii 360. 

 Portuguese Man-of-war, ii 161- 



162 ; iv 344. 



Posterior nares, i 46, 147. 

 Potamides, iii 417. [108. 



Potamochcerus penicillatus, i 

 Potamogale velox, ii 35; iii 72. 

 Potato-Fungus, iv 7 6. 



POtatO plant, iv 76. 



thrips, i 355 (illust.). 



PottO, Bosnian's, iii 243 (illust.), 244. 

 PottOS, ii 320. [479- 



POUCh, of marsupials, iii 193, 206, 478- 



Pouched-Bear, iii 259-260, 479. 

 Pouched-Jerboa, iii 192. 

 Pouched " Lion ", iv 474. 



POUChed mammals. See Mammals. 



Pouched-Mole, ii 43 (illust.), 328-329; 



iii 206-207. 



Pouched-Rats, i 130-131; iii 192- 



193, 204-205; iv 418. 

 Poulpe. See Octopus. 

 POUltOn, ii 286, 293, 294, 297, 300, 



303, 305, 3i4, 359! iii 399! iv 160, 162. 

 POUltry-LOUSe, pale, ii iii. 

 Power, Madame Jeanette, iv 57. 

 PoyOU, i 137 (illust.). 



Pracellodomus sibilatrix, iii 464. 



''Prairie Dog". See Prairie-Mar- 

 mot, common. 



Prairie-Marmot, Columbian, iv 135. 



common, i 126-127 (illust.); ii 367; 



Mexican, iv 135. [iv 135. 

 Pratincola rubetra, i 1 60. 



rubicola, i 160. 



Pratincole, i 169. 



Prawn, ^Esop, ii 292-293, 294. 



common, i 412 ; ii 137, 292, 403; iii 

 169; iv 298 (illust.), 299-300. 



freshwater, ii 253-254. 



Jamaica, ii 137. 



Prawns, iii 27, 365; iv 35, 36, 444- 



445 (illust.). 



Praying - Insects, i 381 ; and see 



Mantis, praying-. 



Preformation, doctrine of, iii 336. 

 Premolars, i 36. See also Teeth. 



Priapulus, ii 410 (illust.). 



Primates, i 68, 70-79. See also Man, 

 Apes, and Monkeys. 



Prionocrangon ommatosteres, iv 



445 (i"ust.). 



Prionodura, iv 407. 



Pristis antiquorum, i 288; ii 89. 



ProbOSCidea. See Elephants. 

 ProbOSCiS, of acorn-headed worm, iii 

 215, 216. 



elephants, i 102; ii 171-172. 



insects, i 359, 363; ii 205, 206, 214, 



molluscs, i 320, 339. [215. 



nemertines, i 305-306; ii 93. 



siphon-worms, i 433; ii 150. 



tapirs, i 105. 



Proboscis-Bear, ii 229, 230 (illust.). 



PrObOSCiS-Sheath, of nemertines, i 



305-306. 

 PrOCavia Abyssimca, i 104; iii 250. 



arborea, iii 250. 



Syriaca, i 104. 



Procellaria pelagica, i 183. 

 Proctotretus multimaculatus, ii 

 344-345. [247. 



Procyon lotor, i 94; ii 229-230; iii 

 Proechidna, i 70; iii 475. 

 Proglottides, iv 204. 

 Pro-legs, i 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 



365 ; ii 314 ; iii 102, 103. 



Proneomenia, i 341 (illust. ). 

 Prongbucks, i 109, 112-113; Hi 151 



(illust.). [34-35- 



Prosobranchia, i 317, 318-324; Hi 

 Prosopistoma, ii 466 (illust) ; Hi 30. 

 Prosthiostomum, ii 152. 

 Prostomium, iii 359; iv 12. 

 Proteas, iv 89. 

 Protection of eggs and young, 



i 18; iii 349, 362. 



amphibians, Hi 434~435, 436-437, 

 438-439 44-44 i, 442, 443- 



annelids, Hi 358, 361. 



arachnids, iii 373-374, 375. 



birds, iii 448, 449, 451-452, 453, 454, 

 457, 464-474; iv 60 [368. 



crustaceans, iii 362-363, 365, 367- 



echinoderms, iii 355, 356-357. 



fishes, iii 423, 424, 426-430. 



insects, Hi 378, 379, 380, 381, 382- 

 383, 387-388, 389-39, 391-392, 393, 

 394-396, 400, 402; iv 56, 115, 117, 

 1 1 8, 1 20, 126, 256. 



mammals, i 65 ; iii 474~475, 477> 

 478-480, 481, 482-483, 485, 486, 487- 

 488, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494. 



molluscs, iii 404, 405-406, 412-413, 

 414, 417-418. 



myriapods, Hi 37 I ~373- 



peripatus, iii 370. 



reptiles, iii 444, 445, 446, 447. 



zoophytes, iii 350, 352-353. 



Protective mimicry. See Mimicry. 

 Protective resemblance (see also 



Masking and Mimicry}, ii 278, 282 

 283, 285, 289, 294-295, 300. 



amphibians, ii 291. 



arachnids, ii 299-300. 



ascidians, ii 278. 



birds, ii 279, 281, 290, 295-296; iii 

 450, 453, 47i: iv 132-134. 



