INDEX 



251 



Mountain meal, 156 

 Mouse-deer, 26, 163, 193 



lemurs, 124 

 Mulligong, 58 

 Musk, 150 



kangaroo, 244 



rat, 152 



N 



Narwhal, 162 

 Nereis, 84 

 Numb-fish, 184 



Octopus, 177, 201 

 Offensive and defensive 



weapons of animals, 



159 



Oil, 147 



One-horned sheep, 47 

 Opossum, 25, 190 

 Orang-utan, 121, 188 

 Otter, 94 



Owl, burrowing, 80 

 Oyster, eggs of, 69 



Pemmioan, 140 

 Pepsine, 157 

 Perch, eggs of, 69 

 Peregrine falcon, 97, 102 

 Persian lamb, 51 

 Pinnipeds, 192 

 Plant-lice, 78 

 Platypus, 54, 56, 57, 61, 



81, 172, 204 

 Plover, 31, 81 

 Poisonous animals, 204 

 Polecat-ferret, 91 

 Porcupine, 147, 169, 190, 



191 



Pounce, 145 

 Prairie dog, 80 

 marmot, 80 

 Praying insects, 33 

 Proctotretus, 24 

 Proechidna, 62 

 Pfongbuck, 167 

 Protection of animals, 107, 



118 



Puff adder, 215 

 Puss moth, 178, 226 



Q 



Quails, 40 



Parasites, 77, 200 

 Parasol ants, 79 

 Parchment, 45, 143 

 Partridge, plumed, 31 

 Peacock, 140 

 Pearls, 152 

 Peewit, 30 



Rabbit hunting, 91 



pest of, 106 

 Rat, 131, 132, 139 



kangaroo, 133 

 Rattlesnake, 23, 80, 148, 



157, 214 



