INDEX 



PAGE 



systematic position of ............. 364 



Orca, species of the genus .............. 375 



Orcortyx, the genus ..................... 215 



Ornithological Hall of Smithsonian.. .445, 447 



Orthagorisnis tuola ..................... 45n 



characters of ..................... 45:2 



size of ............................ 451 



systematic position of ............. 451 



vernacular names of .............. 45:2 



Orthoptera, contains the Mantidie ...... 43 



Oscines, defined ....................... 317 



Ostrich: 



African .......................... 471 



South American .................. 470 



writer on ......................... 472 



Otocyon ................................ 4(54 



Oven-bird, description of ............... 354 



Owl: 



Barn, natural history of .......... 232 



Long-eared ....................... 2.'!2 



Short-eared ....................... 2:;:; 



Snowy ........................ 238, 245 



Owls: 



species of ........................ 232 



great gray ........................ 243 



P. 

 Pacas ................................. 



Packard, A. S. : 



on eels ........... ................ 



cited on dragonflies ................ 



on chelonia ....................... 



on crayfishes ..................... 



on locomotion in snakes ........... 



Palaeontology, science of ................ 



Parasitism, in insects .................. 



Parrot, Thick-billed: 



Notes on its being a bird of the 

 United States .... ............... 



Parrots, breeding habits of ............. 



Partridges, as a group .................. 



Passeres, the suborder .................. 



Passcrhui Cyanca, photographing nest of. 

 Pekan ................................. 



Pelican: 



Brown, description of ............ 



White ............................ 



Pelicans, various species of, and their 



habits ............................ 



Pennant's Marten ..................... 



Peramcles, the genus .................... 



Peranicliddc, the family .............. 372, 



Peromyscus Icucopus .................... 



Pctaurus ............................... 



Petise ................................. 



Petromyzon, in classification ............. 



Pies, eggs of, resembling those of cuck- 

 oos .................................. 



Pigeons, breeding habits of ............. 



Pigmy sperm whales ................... 



Pikas ................................. 



Pine Marten ........................... 



Pityophis sayi bcllona, structure of Epi- 



425 



87 

 37 



147 

 44 



143 

 23 

 28 



lottis 



Phaeton, vernacular names for 

 Phalangistidac, the family 

 Phascogale, the genus 

 Phascolomi/idac, the family 

 Phocoena, species of the genus of 

 Photography: 



of birds 



warblers 



PhrunOAQHM, genus of lizards 

 Phylloptcrya;, protective mimicry in 

 Physulux, species of the genus 

 Physercridae, the family 

 Phj/tftcr macroccphalus 



Phalu nnistidac, the family 



Plastron 



Pliny, his classification of bats 



258 

 310 

 213 

 330 

 310 

 469 



196 

 198 



195 

 469 

 372 

 373 

 415 

 404 

 470 

 26 



269 

 310 

 384 

 423 

 466 



142 

 198 

 373 

 372 

 373 

 375 



270 

 320 

 109 



86 

 376 



376 

 .".Hi 

 67 

 4(4 

 if; 

 428 



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Podicipoidca, superfamily of. 164 



Poey, Don Felipe, work cited 77 



Polar bear, taxidermy of 464 



Porcupines 423, 426 



Porifera, where classified 26 



Porpoise, Common, where classified .... 380 



Prairie Warbler, nest of 324, 327, 329 



Praying Mantis 39 



Pristis pcct hiatus 67 



ProcelfarUdae, Huxley on the 185 



ProdclpJihnis cuphrosyne 374 



Protective: 



coloration in snakes 130 



mimicry in snakes 130 



Protective resemblance 436 



in Bats 439 



in Harlequin snake 439 



Prothonotary warbler, nest of 320 



Protozoa: 



defined 25 



how classified 25 



PscHdogrypluis californianus : 



distribution of 230 



eggs of % J::i 



Pieromys 399 



Pterpmya iiitidus 404 



Pterylography : 



methods of studying 281 



of woodpeckers 281 



terms employed in, 281, 282, 285, 286, 289 



Puffing pigs 384 



Puffins, species and habits of 181, 182 



Putmau, F. W., cited on crayfishes .... 45 



Pygmy owls 249 



Pygopodes 164 



Quail: 



Black or Fool 216 



Massena, or Partridge 219 



Quail and Partridge, how distinguished. 214 



K. 



Rabbit, of Europe 425 



Rumania truncata 455 



Rattle of rattlesnake 141 



Rattlesnakes 138 



Rays and Skates, families of 68 



Rear Horse: 



beneficial to man 



eggs of 39 



why so named 39 



Red-eyed Vireo, nest and young of 311 



Reptiles, a group of the Gnathostomata. . 26 

 Reptilia: 



animals referred to 91 



animals representing 108 



Rhabdopleura, place in the system for. . 26 



RhacManectes glaucus 376 



Rhea: 



amcricana 470 



darwini 470 



macrorhyncha 470 



Rhynchopaitta pachyrhyncha : 



Evidence as to its being a bird of 



the United States 258 



Rhytina stclleri: 



described by Flower 391 



discovery of, by Steller 391 



Road-runner, distribution of 267 



Rodendia, general consideration of 405 



Rodents as flesh-eaters 411 



Roussette bat 431 



Rynchops nigra, osteology of 184 



S. 



Sable, North American 469 



Saint-Hilaire, work cited 368 



Salamander: 



description of 



myths about 95 



