INDEX. 



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A. 



Abbott, C. C., cited on Crayfishes 45, 46 



Abbott, Jos. De B., on Crayfish 46, 47 



Acrobata 404 



/Eschua: 



habits of the genus 38 



heros . . . . 34 



grandis 34 



Agaphelus gibbosus 376 



Agrioiiidse 34 



Agrious, eggs of 37 



Aldus ocelata. common name for 105 



Alcse, as a suborder of birds 174 



birds representing the 174 



Alcidae, affinities of 167 



Alcock, A., work with deep-sea fishes... 79 



Alle alle, where found 177 



Allen, Harrison, on Bats 432 



Alligator: 



Florida 159 



habits of 159, 160 



origin of name 157 



spectacled 158 



Alligators 156 



as distinguished from Crocodiles . . 156 



Amber, Fossil Spiders in 34 



Amber, Insects preserved in 27 



Ambergris, nature of 379 



Amblystoma tegrinum 96 



Amblystomas 96 



American Crossbills, in confinement .... 338 



myths about 339 



Ampclis pJiocn icopterus 292 



Ampelidae, origin of English names for 



species of 297, 298 



the family 297 



Amphibia, animals grouped under 91 



Amphibians, a group of the gnatJwsto- 



mata 26 



Ampliioxus 25 



where classified . . . 26 



AmpTiiuma means 91 



AnacantMni 80 



Anatomy: 



defined 22 



developmental 23 



Fossil 23 



topographical 22 



Ancistrodon 138 



Angel-fish 70 



Anguillidae, literature of 134 



Animal, zoological meaning of 134 



Animals: 



classification of 21 



multi-celled 25 



Anis, a genus of Cuckoos 268 



Anolidac, a genus of Lizards 109 



Anolis principalis 109, 113, 115, 116 



Annulosa, groups of 44 



Anomaluria, the family 404 



Antelopes and Ostriches 471 



Ants, protective mimicry in 33 



Anura 91, 100 



Apodes 82 



Arachnirfa 44 



amount of literature on 28 



PACE 



a class of invertebrates 27 



a group containing the Spiders .... 28 



Arthropoda 44 



of the invertebrata 27 



Articulata 44 



Asclcpias incarnata, in nest of Yellow 



Warbler 324 



Asio, the genus 233 



Astacidae, A revision of the 44 



Astacus, a genus of Crayfishes 44 



Aspidonectcs ferox 154 



spinifcr 154 



Assapaus, a name for Flying Squirrels. . 399 



Audubon on Crayfish 48 



on Loons and Divers 174 



Auk: 



characters of the 177 



habits of 177 



Razor-billed 177 



Auk, the Great 174, 179 



Auklet: 



Least and Rhinoceros 178 



Whiskered 175, 178 



Auklets, genus of 177 



Auks, systematic position of 174 



Axolotls, history of 99 



Azara on Ostriches 472 



B. . 



Badger 469 



Baker, Sir Samuel, on Crocodiles as food 163 



Balacna, species of the genus 376, 377 



Balacnidae, the family 376 



Balaenoptera, the speries of the genus. . . 376 



Balanoglossus 25 



where classified 26 



Bandicoots 372 



Bat: 



Hoary, habits of 432 



Pale 432 



Red 432 



Serotine 432, 435, 440 



Batoidei 70 



Bats: 



anatomy of 427 



books about 431 



distribution of 427 



hibernation of 435 



Long-eared 427 



Leaf -nosed 427 



methods of capturing 435 



protective resemblance in 436 



superstitions about . 436 



various names for 435 



Beaver, teeth of 424 



Beddard, cited on Snakes 133 



Belidcus 404 



Bendire, on the eggs of Stunu-lla 210 



Berardius bairdii 375 



Biologist, methods of work of a 19 



Biology, definition of the science of .... 21 



Birds, a group of the gnatJwstomata. . . . 26 



Black and White Warbler, nest of 320 



Blackfishes 383 



Black-poll Warbler 320 



life history of 323 



Blind Angler 78 



