INDEX 



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spotted ........................... 99 



Sauropsida ............................ 26 



Sawfish: 



capture of ......................... 67 



s;t\v of ........................... 67 



Sa \v-whet Owls ........................ 246 



.......................... 12.", 127 



family of ................. 399, 405 



413 



the genus ........................ 410 



volans ............................ 399 



Sclaler, on the Pygopodes .............. 164 



Scorpions, a group of the Arachnida. . . . 28 



i-incrca: 



habitat of ........................ 243 



c. lapponica . . . .................... 243 



Screech Owls, species of ................ 247 



Sea ( 1 o\vs ......... _. ................... 388 



Sea horse: 



description of ................... 82, 83 



young of ......................... 85 



Shakespeare on toad-myths ............. 106 



Shark: 



fossil ............................. 72 



Hammerhead ..................... 73 



man-eating ....................... 71 



Sharks: 



compared with Kays .............. 70 



various species of ................ 72, 73 



Shufeldt, R. W., work cited ............ 101 



tfibhaldius, species of the genus ........ 376 



SimpHcidentata, the suborder ........... 405 



HipJioiitoinu ............................. 82 



Hirlt>n, the genus ...................... 99 



Siren, three-toed ..................... 91, 93 



i, the order ...................... 388 



awicapillus, its affinities ........ 358 



Biurus: 



nest of .................... 354, 357, 359 



myths in regard to ............... 363 



song of ........................... 353 



Six-lined lizard ........................ 125 



Skate, barndoor ....................... 69 



Skates and Rays, habits of ............. 69 



Skimmer, Black ................ 185, 191, 192 



Skua, origin of the name ............... 190 



Skuas and Jaegers, systematic position 



of ................................... 185 



Skunks ................................ 469 



Smith, S. 1., cited on Crayfishes ......... 45 



Snake doctor ......................... 34 



Snakes: 



general characters of .............. 138 



teeth of ............. ............. 141 



in history ........................ 144 



photographing ................. 134, 137 



Snapping turtles, habits of ............. 155 



Sotalia pallida ......................... 374 



Species, morphological ................. 24 



Speotyto, the genus ..................... 247 



Spermaceti ............................ 379 



Spermophiles .......................... 405 



Spermophilus, the genus ................ 410 



Sperm whales, species of ............... 384 



Suhvrapicus r. ma-iuilis, pterylography 



of ... ................... ......285, 287, 289 



Spiders: 



as a group of insects .............. 28 



characters and habits of .......... 33 



diving ............................ 31 



drinking water ................... 33 



enemies of . . . .................... 33 



fossil ............................. 34 



group of the A nnulOM ............. 44 



how they spin ..................... 29 



plan of web of .................... 29 



poisonous bites of ................. 32 



protective mimicry in ............. :!."> 



various kinds of ................. '_".> 



Spinnerets of spiders ................... 29 



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Sponges 25 



Squaiina 70 



Squirrels: 



Abert's 410, 412 



Arizona 410, 412, 413 



Fox 410 



Gray 410, 411 



Red 410 



Stagnoniantis Carolina 31) 



Star fish, classification of 26 



Steganopodes, the group 198 



Stcno: 



coinpressus 374 



ftmctiH 374 



Btercorariu*, the genus 189 



Stigmata in larval dragon-Hies 37 



Sting-rays, characters of 70 



Stoat 469 



Storks, nests of 310 



Strigidae, western forms of 249 



Sturnclla maf/na : 



meaning of the name 2O5 



neglecta and other species 205 



nest of 207, 209 



Sula: 



bassaiia. characters of 1!)!) 



CIHIHOPX and other species 200 



Sun fish: 



how mounted 450 



its characters 4">ii 



species of 455 



Surnia ulula 245 



u. caparnch, natural history of .... 245 



Swainson on name of Oven-bird 358 



Swamp milkweed in nest of Yellow 



Warbler 324 



Swifts and Swallows, nests of 314 



SynffitatMdae, description of 82 



&!/, iiinni iicbuJoNUin : 



photographs of 240 



n. allenl 240 



n. occidentals 240 



T. 



Taguans 399 



Tailor bird, nest of 313 



Tapock, the opossum called 367 



Tarr, Ralph S., cited on crayfish 45, 46 



Tasmanian Wolf 372 



Taxidermy : 



at the Leyden Museum 450 



models in 449 



of H. H. ter Moor, Jr 44! >. 4r.C, 



Scientific 459 



Taxonomy : 



defined 21 



natural 2:> 



Teeth of rodents 425 



Tenuaut, work cited 161 



Tern : 



Black 189 



Roseate 189 



Trudeau's 188 



Terns: 



habits and characters of IS" 



number of species known IS!) 



Least, distribution of IS!) 



Tcstudo pardalis 14S. 152 



Thalassarctos. literature on 465 



Thelyphonits rjigantfus 32 



Thomas, Oldfield, on opossums 364 



Thylaclne :>2 



Thylacinus c^anoccplwlus 372 



Titmice, nests of 314 



Toad, Surinam 100 



Toads : 



history of 106 



genera of 1 < >< i 



voice organs of lot; 



Torch fish, description of 77. 78, 80 



Torpedo, capture of 68 



