INDEX TO ZOOLOGY, 



Hanfr nests, the, 355. 

 Il!ip;"ile, 15, 494. 

 Hapalolis. 404. 

 Harelda glacialis, 386. 

 llarengula spraltus, 209. 

 Hares, the, 455-457. 

 Harlaniis, 442. 

 Harlequin, the, 380. 



Harpa, 87. 



Harpactes raalabaricus, rutilus, &c., 

 323. 



Harpactinaj, 323. 



Harpagmotherium canadense, 438. 



Harpagiis, 302. 



Harpoffodon, 488. 



Harpyia, 305, 479. 



Harriers, the, 308. 



Harry-long-legs, spider-like animals so 

 called, 125. 



Haiistellata, derivation of the term, 

 137. 



Hawfinch, the, 356. 



Hawk owls, the, 314. 



Hawks, the, 302, 306, 307-309, 319, 

 320. 



Hawksbill turtle, the, 289. 



Head, the, of insects, and its appen- 

 dages, with scientific terras refer- 

 ring to the different parts, 135, 136. 



Head-fish, the, 232. 



Hedgehog, the, 475. 



Helarays caffer, 46C. 



Heliciniu 90; helicincB, 91 ; helix, ib. 



Hcliornis surinamensis, 387. 



Heliothis delphinii, 180. 



Helminthes, general characters of the, 

 42, 43 ; classification of the, by Dn- 

 veruoy, 43, 44 ; manner of life of, 

 44; helminthophyta, ib. 



Helocera, 155. 



Heloderma horridum, 281. 



Helophilus, 194. 



Helophoridie, 154. 



HelopidcB, 100. 



Helotaisus ecaudatus, 305. 



Hemerobiidse, 168. 



Hemicardium cardissa, 73. 



Hemidactyla, 280. 



Hemidactylium, 255. 



Heuiipristis, 243. 



Hemiplera, 13, 143, 184. 



Heplanchus, 242. 



lieihivora, 412, 429. 



Ilercyna palliotalis, 180. 



I'erniella, 101. 



Herons, the, 379, 380. 



Herpestes, 487. 



Herring, the common, 209 ; immense 

 sho.tls of, 209, 210 ; account of the 

 herring fishery, 210, 211. 



Hersilia caudata, 129. 



Hesperia, 184. 



Hesperomys, 464. 



Hessian fly, the, 193. 



Hetferius brunneipennis, 156. 



Hetenxiephalus, 404. 



Heterocera, 179. 



Heterocerci monopteiygii, 237. 



Heteroceridis, 154 



Heferodon, 408, 428; II. niger. Sec, 

 470. 



HettTodontida?. 420, 428. 



Heteromeles, 273. 



Heleromeni, 151, 152, 159. 



Heteromorpha, 134. 



Heteromys, 461, 462. 



Heteropoda, 10, 77. 



Heteroplera, 184, 185. 



Heteropus, 273, 413. 



Heterotherium, 419. 



Hexaiichus, 242. 



Hexaprotodon, 436. 



Hioiax coerulescens, 300, 302. 



Hiester, Dr., account of the bacteria 

 femorataby, 104, 165. 



Himautopus albicollis and nigricoUis. 

 381. 



Hinnites, 63. 



Hinnus. 444. 



Hipparchia semele, galatliea, &c., 

 184. 



Hipparion, 44.5. 



Hippinae, 115. 



Hippoboscidffi, 196. 



Hippocampidae, 232 ; hippocampus, 14, 



I Hippoglossus, 219 ; H. vulgaris, 220. 



Hippopotamidaj, 435; hippopotamus, 

 I 435, 436. 



Hippopus, resemblance of, to tridacna, 



Hippotherium, 444. 



Hippothoa, 54. 



Hirudo, 11; H. officinalis, &c., 97. 



HirudinidsB, 96. 



HirundinidsB, the, 316 ; hirundininse, 

 317. 



Hirundo rufa, lunifrons, rustica, &c., 

 317, 318. 



Hister, 150 ; histeridae, ib. 



Hoazin, the crested, 300. 



Hobby, the, 302. 



Hogg, views of, as to the nature of 

 sponges, 16. 



Hogs, the, 441, 442; cause of measles 

 in, 45. 



Holocanthus, 228. 



Holocentrum longipinne, 222. 



Holocephali. 2(15, 240. 



Hololepta, 150. 



Holoptychii, 239. 



Holojius rangii, 38. 



Holostei, 234, 237. 



Holothuria, 10. 



Holothuridea, 41. 



Holoway, the, 497. 



Homo, 15 ; H. diluvii testis, 253. 



Homolina>, 115. 



Homoniorpha, 134. 



Homoplera, 184, 185. 



Homopus, 287. 



Honey buzzard, the, 306. 



Honey creepers, eaters, and suckers, 

 330. 



Honey guides, the, 30,5. 



Hooded snake, the, 207. 



Hoodlbug, the, 168. 



Hoopoes, the, 326. 



Moplophorus, 408. 



Horiida^, 159. 



Hurnbills, the. 360. 



Horned frog, the, 278. 



Horned owls, the, 312. 



Horned pout, the, 216. 



Hornet, the. 175. 



Horns, the shedding and growth of, 

 393, 394. 



Horse, the, 443. 



Horse mackerel, the, 226. 



Horse whale, (he, 432. 



Hummina-birds, H-*, 182, 328 et seq. 



Hyania, 15, 490 ; hya^nidsB, ib. 



Hya'nodon, 487. 



Hyahea, 77; hyalteidae, ib. 



Hybodus, 243. 



Hydra, 9 ; H. grisea, fusca, and viridis, 

 27. 



Hydrachna, 124; hydrachnids, ib. 



Hydradephaga, 153. 



Hydrarcliidie, 482; hydrarchos, ib. 



Hydrargira, 214. 



Hydridie, 263, 268 ; hydrus, 208. 



Hydrocanthiiri, 1.53. 



Hydrochaerus, 458. 



Hydroida, new arrangement of the, 



25 ; characters of the, 20 ; hydridie 



and hydra, ib. ; structme andhabits 



of the hydra. 26, 27. 



Hydrometi-a, 142, 188 ; hvdrometrida;, 



188. 

 Hydromys, 404. 



Hydrophihda;, 154; hydrophilus, ib. 

 Hydropsyche, 169. 

 Hydrostatica, 10. 

 Hyla versicolor, viridis, &c., 259; hy- 



lada>, 257, 259. 

 Hylwosaurus, 285. 

 Hylactes, 335. 

 Hvlobates agilis, 497. 

 Hylogale, 47? 

 Hvlouiys, 474. 



Hymenoptera, 13, 132, 137, 143, 169. 

 Hynobius, 256. 

 Hyops, 441. 

 Hyolherium, 440. 

 Hypena rostralis, 180. 

 Hyporinidas, 114. 

 Hyperoodon, 428. 

 Hypobranchia, 80. 



Hyponomeuta, 179. ' 



Hypopus, 123. 

 Hypsieidaj, 214. 



Hypsiprjmnus, 413. 

 Hypudanis, 464. 

 Hyracotherium, 440. 

 Hyracidte, 439 ; hyia.x, 439, 440. 

 Hysteropus, 273. 

 Hyslricid.T, 457 ; hyslricina, 460. 

 Hystrix ciistatus, 401. 



lacchus, 494. 



Ibis rubra, alba, &;c., 381; the ibises, 

 380. 381. 



Tbycter, 306. 



Ichneumon, 171,487; ichneumonidee, 

 171. 



Ichthyia tus, 305. 



Ichthyology, early works on, 2 ; vari- 

 ous classifications of fishes, 200-205. 



Ichthyosaurus, 14, 284. 



Icteria viridis, 343. 



Icterime, 354 ; icterus baltimore, 355. 



Ictides, 483. 



Ictinia plumbea, 306. 



Idoteidie, 112. 



Iguana, 14, 278 ; iguanida?, 277. 



lg\ianodon, 285. 



Imago, the, or perfect insect, 135. 



Inclusa, 57. 



Indicator major and minor, 365; indi- 

 catorina', ib. 



Indris, 493. 



Inferobranchia, 80; inferobi-anchiata, 

 10. 



Infusoria, nature of the, 9; only 

 known since the invention of the 

 microscope, 17 ; first discovered by 

 Leeuwenhoek, 18 ; siz^ and shape 

 of, ib. ; different forms and organi- 

 zation of, 19; inhabitants of writer 

 not of air, 20 ; modes of locomotion 

 and methods of reproduction of, 21 ; 

 vital power of, ib. ; extent of geolo- 

 gical strata made up of the solid 

 parts of, 21, 22; doubts existing 

 among naturalists as to the exact 

 nature of many of the, 22 ; the 

 class autntera, 23, 24 ; enterodela, 

 24, 25. 



Inia boliviensis, 426. 



Ir.secta, 12, 13, 95, 132. 



Insectivora, 15, 416, 472, 470. 



Insects, chief characteristics of, 12, 

 132; application of names to the 

 organs of, 132, 133 ; the egg and lai- 

 va of. 33 ; metamorphoses of, 134 ; 

 the pupa, itj. ; the imago or perfect 

 insect, 135; general observations 

 upon the component parts of the 

 head of, with an explanation of the 

 scientific terms applied to them, 

 135-138^on the thorax and its ap- 

 pendages, 138, 139— on the abdomen, 



139, 140; nervous system of, 140; 

 luminosity of, ib. ; methods of de- 

 fence of, and sounds emitted by, 



140, 141 ; ravages of, among vege- 

 table productions, 141; uses of, 141, 

 142; essentially terrestrial, 142; 

 orders of, according to Latreille, 

 143; Burmeister's arrangement of, 

 143, 144; directions concerning the 

 search (or, and pieservation and ai- 

 rangement of specimens, 149-151. 



Insessores, 293. 



Intestina, animals included under the, 



10 ; orders of, ib. 

 Fnuus ecaudatus, 490. 

 Involuta, 88. 

 lo fluvialis, 84. 

 Iridina, 71 ; iridininse. ib. 

 Irrisor ervthrorhvuchus and melano- 



rhynchiis, 230. 

 Isis hippuris, 37. 

 tsocardia, 73. 

 Isomy.s, 4()4. 

 Isopoda, 12; the walking, swimming, 



and sedentary. 111; families of, ao" 



cording to Latreille, 112. 

 Fsothrix. 460. 

 lulidiB, 131 ; inlus, ib. 

 Ixodes, 123; i.xodidae, ib. 



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Jacamaralcyonides leueotis, 325. 



Jiicamars, the. 325. 

 ' Jacanas, the, 382. 

 I Jackal, the, 489. 

 ' Jackdaw, the, 351. 



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