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INDEX 



Barnacle, *I53, 155; sessile, 155; 

 stalked, 155. 



Barn-owl, 353. 



Bartramia longicauda, 349. 



Bascanium constrictor, 321. 



Bass, 282. 



Bat, hoary, *3Q2. 



Batrachia, 291. 



Batrachians, 291; body form and 

 structure of, 292; classification of, 

 295; life-history and habits of, 

 295 ; structure of, 292. 



Bat, 39.1. 



Bead-snake, 322. 



Bear, 398. 



Beaver, 391. 



Bed-bug, *i88. 



Bee, 212; solitary, 216. 



Beetle, great water-scavenger, 163; 

 external structure, *i6q. ; inter- 

 nal structure, *i6j; antenna of 

 carrion, *i84; Colorado potato. 

 209. 



Beetle, 206; carrion, 209; whirligig, 

 206. 



Bell -animalcule, structure and life 



of 75- 



Bills of birds, 362. 



Bipinnaria, 119. 



Bird, frigate, 346 ; man-of-war. 

 346; outline of body showing ex- 

 ternal regions, *33O; ruby-throat 

 humming, nest and eggs of, 



*357- 



Bird-louse, *IQ4. 



Birds, 327; bills and feet of, 362; 

 body form and structure of, 336; 

 care of young, 366; classification 

 of, 340; collecting, 466; determin- 

 ing, 359; development and life- 

 history of, 339; feeding habits of, 

 370 ; flight and songs of, 364 ; 

 migration of, 367 ; molting of, 361 ; 

 nesting of 366; protection of, 370. 



Bird-skins, making, 466. 



Bison bison, 396, *397- 



Bittern, 348. 



Blacksnake, 321. 



Blissus leucopterus, 198. 



Blood, circulation of, in mammal, 

 *376. 



Blood of toad, structure of, 40. 



Blow-fly, 2QI, 2O2 ; section through 

 compound eye of. *i85- 



" Bob Jordan" (monkey), "400. 



Bobwhite, 350. 



Bo tub us, 216. 



Bombvx mori anatomy of larva of. 



*i 7 8. 



Bonasa umbellus, 350. 

 Books, reference, 454. 

 Borer, peach-tree, *2io. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, 348. 

 Box tortoise. 315. 

 Brachynotus nudus, *I53- 

 Brains of vertebrates, ^378. 

 Branch, defined, 73. 

 Branta canadensis, 347. 

 Breeding cage, 458. 459. 

 Brittle-stars, 120, 121, 122. 

 Bubo virginianus, 353. 

 Buffalo, 396, *397. 

 Bufo lentiginosus, 301 ; dissection 



of, 5- 



Bullfrog, 299. 



Bumblebee, 216. 



Bunodes calif arnica, 103. 



Buteo, 353. 



Butterfly, external structure of, 171, 

 ^172 ; life of, 175 ; monarch, 

 anatomy of larva of, 177 ; dead 

 leaf, *429; mimicked by viceroy, 



*433- 

 Butterflies, 205; setting-board for, 



*466, 467. 

 Buzzard, turkey, 35-. 



Cachalot, 393. 



Cage, lamp-chimney and flower-pot 

 breeding, *459; soap-box breed- 

 ing, *458. 



Cake-urchin, 124. 



Calcarea, 91. 



CallipJiora vomit or ia, 202 ; section 

 through compound eye of, *i85. 



Callorhinus alascanns, *399- 



Callorhinus ^^rsim^s, parasitized, 



*422. 



Canibarus sp., dissection of, 18; life 



of, 146. 



CampJiephilus principalis , 355. 

 Cancer -produclus, *I53. 

 Canis familiaris, 398. 

 Ccinis latrans, 398. 

 Cams nubilus, 398. 

 Canvas -back, 347. 

 Carcharcdon, 280. 

 Caribou, 396. 

 Cassowary, 343. 

 Castor canadensis, 391. 



