Index. 



Pied Grallina, nest of, 219. 



Plant tissues, workers in, 250-258. 



Platypus Duck-billed, 183. 



Pocket-gopher, 172. 



Polities Gallica, 72. 



Polybta liliacea, 73. 



Pond life, 50. 



Poplar Leaf Weevil, 257. 



Poppy Bees, 86. 



Pouched Rat, 172. 



Prairie Marmot, 175. 



Processionary Moth, caterpillars 



153- 

 Puffin, 1 86. 



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RADIOLARIA, 16. 



Rain-bird, 186. 



Rainbow-fish, 62-64. 



Rattlesnake, 177. 



Razor-shell, 40. 



Redpole, Lesser, nest of, 199. 



Reed Warbler, nest of, 199. 



Reef-building Corals, 17-26. 



Reparium, 152. 



Ring Dove, nest of, 203. 



Rock Dove, nest of, 204. 



Warbler, nest of, 213. 



Rook's nest, 206. 

 Rose Gall-fly, 252. 

 Rotifers, 51. 



SAND MARTIN, 184. 



Sand-mason Worm, 47. 



Saiiba Ants, 109. 



Saxicava, 42. 



Scale insects, 251. 



Scallop-shells, 30, 31. 



Screw-shells, 32. 



Sea-adder, 59. 



Sea-butterfly, 38. 



Sericornis, Yellow- throated, 211. 



Serpula, 43. 



Shell-builders, 27-42. 



, bivalve, 32, 37- 



- , univalve, 32. 

 Shell-structure, 29. 



of Foraminifera, n. 

 Sheet-weaving Spiders, 139. 

 Silkworms, 154. 

 Snap-net Spider, 137. 



of, 



Social insect builders, 65-78. 

 Solen, the, 40. 

 Solitary builders, 79. 

 Spiders, 123 ft seq. 



, Banded, 151. 



, Basket Argiope, 134. 



, Cocoons, 149-153- 



, Gossamer, 124. 



, Mason or " Fairy-lamp," 150. 



, Orb-weaving, 129, 135. 



, Reparium, 152. 



, Sheet-weaving, 139. 



, Tailed, 152. 



, Tarantula, 141. 



, Trap-door, 142-149. 



, Triangle or Snap-net, 137. 



, Water, 139. 



, webs, 128. 



, Wolf, or Hunting, 153. 



Spinners and weavers, 122-162. 

 Spondylus, 37. 

 Squirrel, nest of, 241. 

 Sticklebacks, 56-60. 



, Marine, 59- 



Stock Dove, nest of, 204. 

 Stonechat, nest of, 195. 

 Swallow, Dictum, 213, 214. 

 Swallow's nest, 207. 

 Sycamore Moths, cocoons of, 158. 



TAILOR BIRD, nest of, 230. 

 Tarantula, 141. 

 Termites, 115-121. 

 Thorny Oyster shell, 37. 

 Thrush, Song, nest of, 192, 195. 

 Tiger Beetle larvae, 165. 

 Tiger Moth, cocoon of, 159. 

 Tit, Long-tailed, nest of, 197. 

 Titlark, nest of, 196. 

 " Top-shells," 33- 

 Trap-door Spiders, 142-149. 

 Triangle Spider, 137. 

 Trochus, 33. 

 Tube-builders, 43-55. 

 Turtle Dove, nest of, 203. 



WARBLER, Fantail, nest of, 229. 

 Wasp, Armadillo, 72. 

 Wasp, Common, 65-70. 

 , Pasteboard, 74. 



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