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c. stricklandi 336 



leucoptera 336 



pityopsittaciis 336 



taenioptcra 337 



Lycosidac, a family of spiders 31 



M. 



Macrocltmmys tentminckii 155 



Macropodldae, the family 373 



Macrotis, the genus 372 



Mammals, a group of the Gnathosto- 



mata 26 



Manatees, American: 



history of 393 



species of 393 



young of 394 



Manatees, how classified 388 



Manatus, the genus 393 



Mancalias shufcldti 78 



uranoscopus 78 



Mangrove Cuckoo, distribution and his- 

 tory of 264 



Man-o'-War Bird 198, 202 



Mantidae, where classified 43 



Mantis: 



Australian form of 43 



African species of 43 



external characters of 41 



food of 42 



folklore of 40 



habits of 39 



in history , . . . 39 



meaning of name 39 



other names for 39 



protective mimicry in 42 



religiosa 39 



uses in China 41 



worshiped by Hottentots 41 



Marine Turtles 151 



Marmots 405 



Marsupialia, the group 364 



Marsupials, how classified 372 



Marten: 



beech 469 



Pennant's 469 



pine 469 



sable 469 



Material, quantity necessary for study. . 18 

 Meadow-larks : 



as game birds 204 



habits of 205 



Hegalestris, the genus 189 



Megapodes, nidification of 309 



Megaptera, species of the genus 376 



Megascope, descriptions of various species 



of 247 



Mesoplodon sowerliensis 376 



Metachirus, the subgenus 367 



Metathcria, the subclass 364 



Metazoa: 



classification of 25 



defined 25 



invertebrate 25 



Mice: 



lumping 421, 423 



singing of 420 



Micourvus, opossums of the group 368 



Micro-cliiroptera, the suborder 432 



Mioronallas, n genus of owls 249 



Miene 399 



Migrations of birds 317 



Mink 469 



Mites, a group of the Arachnida 28 



Mivart, St. George, \vork cited 100, 102 



M'Lachlan: 



cited on dragon-flies 38 



cited on the relations of insects to 



other Classes 27 



Mniotiltidae. the family 317, 318, 353 



Mola rotunda, taxidermy of 450 



Mollusca, in classification 26 



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Monodon Monoceros 375 



Monotremes, Eggs of 306 



Monteiro's Angola, cited on Mantis 43 



Morphology, defined 22 



Mosquito Hawk 34 



Mouse. Deer 415, 419 



Mud-daubers, capturing spiders 33 



Muraenas 89 



Muraenidae, species of 89, 90 



Muraenopsis tridactylus 91 



Muridae, the family 423 



Murrelets, species of 177 



Museums: 



Army Medical 442 



of anatomy 442 



of the future 445 



origin and growth of 442 



various kinds of 442 



Mustela: 



americana 469 



foina 469 



flaviaula 469 



melampiis 469 



martes 469 



zibellina 469 



Mustelidae, the family 469 



Myriapods, group of the Annulosa 44 



Myriopoda, a Class of the Invertebrata. 27 



Myrmecobius, the genus 372 



Mysticete, the suborder 376 



Myths: 



about bats 431 



about jackals 462 



Myxine, a genus of the Cyclostomata. . 26 



Nakoo or Gavial 160, 162 



characters and habits 161 



Nandu 470, 471 



Narwhal, description and history of 383 



Natatorcs 164 



Native Devil 372 



Rabbits 372 



Natrix sipedon 133, 135 



Naturalist : 



armamentarium of 17 



books for 17 



education of young 19 



qualifications for 15 



former education of young 20 



Ncobythites steatiticus 80 



Nests of Birds: 



characters of 306, 309 



conventional form of 310 



difficult to draw 302 



some unknown 314 



Neuroptera, order of 34 



Newton, Alfred: 



on Parrots 259 



on habits of Loons 170 



on the affinities of Pygopodes 167 



Nighthawks, used as food 204 



Noddies, habits of 189 



Non-chord fita, defined 25 



Nordenskjold. on the Sea Cow 393 



Nyctala acadica 246 



Nyctinomus, habits of the genus 432 



O. 



Odonata, of Kirby 34 



Ophibolus rhombomacuJatus 137 



Ophidiidac 80 



Ophisaurus 109 



Opossum : 



Crab-eating 367 



habits of. in confinement 369 



Lord Derby's : 367 



Three-striped 368 



young of 370 



Opossums: 



fossil . 373 



