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INDEX. 



Lygian region, 59, 60 

 Lyncus, acid waters of, 55 

 Lynxes (Lynx), 123-4, 257 



Mseotis, Lake, 48, 54, 56 



Malakia, 13, 162, 179, 209, 213, 

 215, 226-8 



Malakostraka, 13, 213, 215, 221, 

 224-6 



Malpighi, 107 



MammiE, 171-2, 250, 252, 261 



Mammals, 25, 69, 75, 82, 102-3, 105- 

 8,110, 112, 115-8, 120-2, 124-38, 

 141, 149, 151, 154-60, 165-7, 170- 

 2, 178, 180-1, 183, 189-92, 198, 

 207, 208, 213, 214, 219, 250-62 



Man distinguished from other ani- 

 mals, 262 



Mantichora or Martichora, 257, 

 259 



Mantis shrimp (Krangon), 226 



Marcellus of Sida, 236 



Marrow, 92, 107, 108, 111-2, 122, 

 126, 127, 177 



Mars, occultation of, 15, 51 



Martial, 236-7 



Martens {Gale), 106, 126, 168, 257-8 



Maxim, 6 



May- or day-flies {Ephemeron), 221, 

 223 



Mean between extremes, 6 



Mechanical mixtm-es, 91 



Mecon, 163-4, 218 



Medusae, see Jelly-fishes 



Membranes, 107, 109, 110, 127, 137, 

 143, 159, 176-8, 185, 204, 205, 

 206-7, 220, 222 



Mercury, nature of, 71 



Mesentery, the, 144-5, 158-9, 161 



Metallic deposits, 49-50 



Metaphysics, 6 



Meteors and meteorites, 33, 51 



Methana, eruption at, 60 



Meyer, J. B., 225 



Mice {Mus), 106, 126, 155, 170, 177, 

 202, 257-8 



Migrations of birds, 244 



Milk, 94, 107, 116-7, 171-2, 250, 252 



Milky Way, 24, 28, 32-4 



Millais, J. G., 251 



Millipedes, 127, 164, 221 



Milne-Edwards, 85 



Mineral substances, A.'s views on, 

 49, 50 



Mirbel, Brisseau, 97, 100 



Missel-thrush {Ixoboros), 246 



Mixis, 91-2 



Mixture, A.'s views on, 12, 91-2 

 Mixtures of coloured lights, 41, 68-9 



,, of pigments, 41, 68-9 

 Moles (Aspalax), 102, 106, 179, 



185-6, 257 

 Molluscs, 5, 82, 103, 106, 127, 138-9, 



153, 162-4, 168-71, 174, 179, 182, 



186-7, 189, 193-4, 199. 210, 211, 



215, 217-9, 226-8 

 Mongooses {Ichneumon), 257 

 Monkeys {Kebos, Pithehos), 82, 



126, 160, 214, 252, 257, 261-2 

 Monothura (Univalves), 218 

 Monycha, 214, 238, 256-7 

 Moon, the, 31-2, 34-5, 51 

 Moths, 199-200, 221, 223, 238 

 Motion, A.'s views on, 3, 24, 27, 32, 



88 

 Mules {Oreus), 130, 155-6, 256-7 

 Mullets, grey {Kestreus), 82, 106, 



158, 162, 183, 233 

 Mullets, red {Trigle), 106, 162. 232, 



233 

 Mursena {Muraina), 152, 156, 193, 



233 

 Murex, 106, 163-4, 169, 217-8 

 Mycenas, physical changes at, 59 

 Myriapods, i27, 164, 221 

 Mytis, 138-9, 211 



Narhe, 230-1 



Natural history, 6 



Natural Science, A.'s works on, 11- 



12 

 Natural system of classification, 209 

 Nautilos, 227 

 Nearchus, voyage of, 252 

 Necessary parts of animals, 212 

 Negroes, 120, 123 

 Nerites, 218 



Nerves, 109, 174-6, 180, 184, 194 

 Nesting fishes, 5, 236 

 Neura, 108-9, 176 

 Newts {Kordylos), 136, 234, 240 

 Nicanor, 9 



Nightingales {Mdon), 246-7 

 Nile, the, 48, 56-8 

 Nilgai {HippelapJios), 252, 254 

 Non-aynphodonta, 128, 214, 252 

 Notochord, 122 

 Nutrition of plants, 96, 98 

 Nyses, river, 56 



Occiput, 103, 119, 177 

 Occultation of Mars, 15, 51 

 Octopus {Polypous), 106, 163, 168, 

 171, 194, 210, 227 



