INDEX 



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Blotched King Snake 134, 135) 



Blowing Viper 134 



Bob-white, another name for Partridges 'J14 



Bottle-nose Whales 3X4 



Bowhead Whale 387 



Box Tortoise 147 



Brandt, on the Natatores ] 



Brit, a whale food 387 



Bubo v>r(/iti i(innt<: 



habits of 238 



varieties 238 



Buffon, on the bill of the Crossbill 338 



Itufo rnl<iariK. accounts of 100 



Bullfrog, external characters of 101 



Bull or Pine Snake 142 



Bundy, W. F., cited on Crayfishes 45 



Bureau, Loxiis, on bill of Auks 178 



Burrowing O .vis, habits of 247 



Buzzards: 



habits of 228 



powers of sight and smell in 224 



Turkey 228 



Cachalot Whale 



California Gray Squirrel 



CalUpepla, the genus 



Cambarus : 



a genus of Grays 



bartonii robusta 



dlogcncs 



Canidae: 



the family 



fossil 



Cam's, species of 



Cape Haytien, Crabs at 



Capybara 



Carabus 



Carapace 



Carcharias glanciis 



Carctta imbricata 151, 



Carolina paroquet: 



distribution of 



eggs of 



Catbird : 



breeding near Washington 



nest of 



photographing the 

 rearing the 



Wilson's account of the ........... 



Cathartes, various species of ........... 



Cayman and Caiman .................. 



Cedar Birds, life history of ........ 291, 



place in the system for 



genus of guillemots 



an/lie 

 Ofratiids 

 Ci'tact a : 



bibliography of 



t he order 



Cetaceans families of 

 Chameleon. American 

 Chaparral cock 

 Chelonia: 



number known 



order of 



riridis 

 Chelonians: 



characters of ....... 



classification of 

 Chickarees 

 Chipmunks 



Ka stern States species 

 GMroneotes. the genus 

 Chiroptcra, the order 

 ChlamydosclachHS tmi/iiiiK u* 

 Cho( niiN i-dNttiinitis 

 Chordata, defined 

 f'ji,Hnx. affinity with Muni* 



384 

 413 

 215 



44 

 45 

 45 



463 

 4(14 

 463 



49 

 423 



51 

 140 



72 

 153 



250 

 256 



346 

 347 

 346 

 349 

 345 

 222 

 158 

 297 

 25 

 20 



178 

 181 



78 



388 

 374 

 380 

 Ki'.l 

 267 



140 

 140 



158 



146 

 155 



.405, 



41(1 

 307 

 427 



74 

 372 



25 

 358 



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Cixlinlo Carolina .................... 148, 149 



Classification: 



artificial .......................... 24 



groups employed in ............... 24 



natural ........................... 23 



structural resemblances in ........ 23 



what based on ................... 22 



Glaus, Dr., on Spiders ................. 31 



Clio borcalis, eaten by Whales .......... 387 



Closet-naturalists, work of ............ 16 



Cyclophis : 



ucstiva ........................... 133 



vernalis ........................ 130, 133 



Coccyzus, various species of ............ 203 



Coclenterata, where classified .......... 26 



Colaptcs auratns, nest of .............. 273 



Colinus, various species of ............. 214 



Colugo ................................ 404 



Colymbidac. family of ................. 164 



Conurus carolincusis: 



extinction of ..................... 250 



food of .......................... 250 



niditleation of ................... 256 



Cope, Professor, on epiglottis in Snakes. 143 

 work on Crayfishes ............... 45 



Coral Snake (Elaps) ................... 134 



Cormorants, species of in the United 

 States ........................ 198, 201, 202 



Count De Geer, cited .................. 35 



Coursus ............................... 163 



protecting Crocodiles ............ 163 



Cow Blackbird, breeding, habits of .... 310 



Coyotes, related to foxes .............. 463 



Crab: 



Hermit, or Soldier ................ 50 



Oyster ........................... 51 



Crabs: 



calling ........................... 52 



Fiddler .......................... 50 



how they differ from Crayfish ..... 49 



Japanese ....................... . . 51 



Jonah ............................ 52 



Yellow shore ...... ............... 52 



mud ............................. 52 



pea ............................. . 51 



Purple shore ......... '. ........... 52 



racer ............................. 52 



robber ........................... 52 



rock ............................. 52 



spider ............................ 50 



stone ... .......................... 5ii 



Violet land ....................... 4!) 



where classed .................... 14 



Cramp Fish ....... .................... 68 



Crania In : 



defined ........................... 2<5 



first division of .................. 26 



second division of ................ 26 



Crayfish: 



Barton's, near Washington, D.C ........... 45, 46 



chimneys of ..................... 45 



food of ........................... 4 ( .i 



Huxley's ...... ................... 1S 



in winter ........................ 48 



method of building their chimneys. 47 

 number of species in the I'nited 

 States ....... . .................. 45 



where classed .................... 44 



work upon in the U. S. National 

 Museum ........................ 45 



Crocodiles: 



history of ..................... 101. 10.", 



of the Nile ...................... 10- 



1 58 

 150 

 1 ">0 



335 



eggs of .......................... 



structure and characters of ...... 



order of ......................... 



acutus ...................... 



Crossbills: 



variation in the crossing of the bills 

 Of . . 



