INDEX 



description of 335 



Crotaphytus collar is 125, 126 



Crotalus caudisoiia 138 



Crotaphaga ani 268 



sulcirostris 268 



Crustac< a : 



a class of the Invertebrata 27 



containing Crays and Crabs 44 



Cuckoo, Black-billed: 



life history of 266 



California!! 266 



ivat spotted 269 



iberian in Alaska 260 



Cuckoos: 



African 269 



as a group 260 



nidification of 266 



Cucullos 28 



Cuculus canorus: 



habits of 260 



c. telephones in Alaska 260 



Cavier, on E?f Tadpole 99 



Cyclofitonwta, a division of the Craniata. 26 



Cynoidra, the group 463 



Cyrtonyx, the genus 216 



D. 

 Daddy-long-legs, classed with the Arach- 



nida 28 



Dampier, work cited 198 



Darwin : 



on the Black Skimmer 194 



on the genus Furnarius 358 



on ostriches 472 



Dasyuridae, the family 372 



Deep-sea fishes, various species from 



Bay of Bengal 80 



Delpliinapterus, species of the genus .... 375 



Delphi nidac. the family 374 



Delphinus, species of the genus 374 



Dendroica discolor, nest of 324 



Denticetc, the suborder 374 



Development, defined 23 



Devilfishes, capture of 69 



Devil's Darning-needles 34 



Didclphidac 364 



anatomy of 368 



Didclplujs, the genus 367 



DingS 464 



Diplex berenice oo 



rubicundula 35 



Diver, Black-throated 171, 173 



plumages of 173 



Dogfish: 



eggs of 74 



feeding on crabs 52 



various species of 70 



Dogs, domestic 463 



Doloinedcs tenebrosus 30, 31 



Dovekie, history of the 177 



Douglass's horned toad 120 



Dragon-flies 34 



duration of life in 38 



fossil forms of 38 



how to study 37 



how classified 34 



larvae of 37 



literature on 34 



metamorphosis of 38 



number described 35 



present knowledge of 39 



reproduction of 35 



uses of to man 37 



Drummoud, on snakes 134 



Dryobates pubcsceus 270 



Ducks, nesting of 309 



Dugongs, place in the system of the. .. . 393 



Duplicidentata, the suborder 405 



Dyer, work cited 21 



E. 



Eagles, related to Harpagorius 444 



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Echinoderniata, in classification 26- 



Eel, Congo 91 



Eels, breeding establishment: 



at Commachio 89 



electric 90 



habits of 87, 88 



myths about 88 



Eggs, of birds 306 



Electric Rays 68 



Elf owls . . '. 249 



Emballonuridac, the family 432 



Embryology, in classification 23 



Ermine 469 



European cuckoo, breeding habits of.... 310- 



Extinction of Birds 257 



F. 



Faxon, Walter, on the Astacidse 44 



Feather tracts, defined and named 290 



Fennec 464 



Ferrets 469- 



Finches and Sparrows: 



number known to Wilson 330, 335- 



foreign forms of 335 



Fisher . . T 469 



Fishes: 



a group of the Gnathostomata. . . . 26 



deep-sea 74 



Fire-flies, luminous powers of 28 



Flamingoes, nidification of 309 



Flower, Sir William Henry: 



on bats 428 



on the whales 378 



on the opossums 368 



Flying Foxes 431 



Flying Lemurs 404 



Flying Squirrels: 



as pets 400 



characters of 400 



life-history of 40O 



traits of 403 



Forbes, S. A., cited on Crayfishes 45 



Fox: 



taxidermy of 460 



Arctic 463 



Cross 463 



Gray 463 



Kit ' or Swift 463 



Silver or Black 463 



Fratercula, eggs of 30& 



Fringillidse, the family 317, 329 



Frogs, genera of 100 



Furnarius rufus: 



general description of 358 



Newton on 361 



nest of 314 



other authors on 362 



G. 



Galcopithecidae, the family 404 



Galls, origin of 28 



Gannets, various species of 199 



Garman, work cited 74 



Gavial 160 



Generic groups in taxonomy 24 



Genius, defined 24 



Ckococcyx californiarus, life-history of . . 267 



Giant sperm whale 384 



Gila: 



Chipmunk 405, 409 



monster 120 



Gill, Dr. Theodore, work cited 78 



Glass-snake, description of 109 



Glancidium, the genus 249 



Globioccphaluz, species of the genus .... 375 



Glow-worm 109- 



Guathostomata, second division of the 



Craniata 



Goose fish 78 



Grampus, species of the genus 375 



Grampuses, markings of 383 



Great Horned Owl in Alabama 231> 



