INDEX. 



English names of animals are followed, in most cases, by the 

 Aristotelian names apparently equivalent, e.g. Alpine swift {Algous). 

 Separate entries are also made for Aristotelian names of animals of 

 special interest, e.g. Aspalax, Glanis, Skaros. 



Absorption of light, 64-5 



Achaia, earthquakes in, 44, 59 



Achelous, river, 48, 235, 259 



^gean Sea, 54 



jEgocephalos, 157 



uEgon, river, 56 



iEgospotamos, 51 



^lian, 8, 10, 134, 231, 232, 235, 236, 



243, 254, 256, 259, 262 

 ^olian Islands, 59, 60 

 ^sop, 186, 243, 262 

 ^ther, 29, 30, 31, 43, 62, 88 

 Ethiopia, 101, 241, 256 

 Agassiz, L., 82, 208, 211, 213, 221, 



234, 235 

 Air-bladder of fishes, 161 

 Air, colour of, 67 ; none in water, 



according to A., 81, 148 ; weight 



of, 60 

 Aithyia, 242-4 

 Ahalepliai (coelenterates), 84, 215, 



217 

 Albertus Magnus, 186, 207 

 Albinos, 135 

 Alchemy, 50, 91 

 AlcmjEon, 14, 173, 183 

 Aldrovandi, 186, 207, 221, 236, 237 

 Alexander the Great, 7-9, 11, 61 

 Alhazen, 66 

 Alimentary canal, 24, 25, 102, 103, 



130, 144, 153, 158-164, 169, 171, 



203, 206 

 AUamand, 253 



Allantois and its blood-vessels, 205-7 

 Alloys, 91 



Alpine swift (Apous)^ 245 

 Amia, 156, 233-4 

 Amnion, 205-7 



Amphibians, 75, 103, 106, 111, 112, 



135, 154, 156-7, 165, 166, 170, 



214, 229-30, 234, 236, 237, 



240-1 

 Amphodonta, 128, 208 

 Anaima, 127, 179, 215-28 

 Anaklasis (of light), 34, 64 

 Analogy {analogia), 135, 209-11 

 Anaxagoras, 14, 33, 34, 43, 95, 97, 



148, 198 

 Anaximander, 31, 32 

 Anaximenes, 43 

 AnejmllaMa, 128, 208 

 Angel-fish {Rhine), 152-3, 232 

 Angora goats, 133, 253 

 Anhomceomeria, 19, 90, 92, 93, 94, 



118-187, 196 

 Animal heat, 70, 74, 75, 158 



„ motion, 188-94 

 Antelopes, 115-6, 132, 254-6 

 Anthrakeutic substances, 72 

 Anthropoid apes, 261, 262 

 Anticipation of modern discoveries, 



alleged, 5, 62-3, 128, 168-9, 197-8, 



201-2, 231, 236, 263 

 Antipater, 7-8, 10 

 Aorta, 6, 102, 109, 110, 113, 125, 



138-41, 143, 145-7, 165, 194 

 Aphides, 201 

 Aplysia, 216 

 Aquinas, Thomas, 6 

 Arabia, 100, 241, 249 

 Arabs and A.'s writings, 1 

 Arachnoid membrane, 178 

 Arachosia, 253-4 

 Araxes, river, 56 

 Archimedes, 65 

 Arcynian mountains, 56 



