INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 



Malacozoa, 49; shell and mantle of 

 the, 50; divided into three classes, 

 52. 



Malactinozoaria, the, of Blainville, 

 31. 



Malakia, the, of Aristotle, 91. 



Malaplerurus or malapterus eleetri- 

 cus, 208, 217. 



Maldanias 93. 



Mallard, the, 386. 



Malleus, 63. 



Mallotus, 211; M. villosus, 212. 



Malthea, 231. 



Malurinae, 335 ; malurus superbus, lb. 



Mamestra pisi, oleracea, and brassic*, 

 180. 



Mammalia, the, characteristics and 

 orders of, 15 ; general account of the 

 organization of, 392-399 ; systems of 

 classification of, 398-402; geograph- 

 ical distribution of, 498-502. 



Mammoth ohioticus, 438 ; the Sibe- 

 rian mammoth, 439. 



Man of war bird, the, 391. 



Manakins, the, 347. 



ManatidcP, 431 ; manatus aniericanus, 

 senegalensis, ib. 



JUandibulata, derivation of the terra, 

 137 ; organs of the mouth in the, 

 with scientific terms applied to the 

 several parts, 137, 138. 



Mandrill, the, 496. 



Manid*, 405 ; manis pentadactyla, &c., 

 15, 405. 



Mannii, whence derived, 186. 



Mantidaj, 163, 164. 



Mantis, 114; M. religiosa, 164. 



Mantispa, 168; mantispidae, ib. 



Margaritana, the, of Schumacher, 69. 



Margaritifera, 70. 



Marmots, the, 469. 



Marsupialia, structure of the, 411. 



Marten, the, 485. 



Martin, the, 317; the black, 319. 



Maskalonge, 213. 



Massasauga, 266. 



Mastiff, the, 488. 



Mastodon, 438. 



Mastodonsaurus, 286. 



Mastotherium, 438. 



Matamata tortoise, the, 288. 



Meal bug, the, 160. 



Meandriiia labyrinthica, 35. 



Mecorhynchi, 160. 



MeduscB, 9, 10 ; general characters and 

 anatomy of, 27-29 ; stinging proper- 

 ty not univei'sal in, 29; luminous- 

 ness of the sea chiefly due to, ib. ; 

 mode of generation peculiar to, 31, 

 32. 



Megaceros, 450. 



Megachile, 176. 



Megaderma, 477. 



Megadesraa, 73. 



Megalobatrachus, 252, 253. 



Megalonyx, 409. 



Megaiosaurus, 285. 



Megamys. 458. 



Megapodidse, 370 ; megapodius tumu- 

 lus, ib. 



Megapterna, 256. 



Megatheridae, 408. 



Megatherium, 409. 



^'elandryid8e, 159. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus, &c , 364 ; 

 melanerpinae, ib. 



Melania araarula, fcc, 83, 84 ; mela- 

 niidffi, 82. 



Melanopsis, 84. 



Melasoma, 159. 



Meleagrinae, 373 ; raeleagris gallopavo, 

 ib. 



Meles labradorica and vulgaris, 483. 



Meletta, 209. 



Melicerta ringens, 25. 



Melierax musicus, 309. 



Meliphagidae, 330. 



Meliihreptinae, 331. 



Mellifera, 170. 



Mellisugina;, 329. 



Meloe, 159; raeloida?, ib. 



Melolontha, 141 ; M. vulgaris and fuUo, 

 157. 



Melolonthidae, 156, 157. 



Melophagus ovis, 196, 



Melyrida;, 158. 



Membracidie, 186. 



Membranipora, 54. 



Menidae, 224. 



Menopoma, 252; menopomidcE, ib. 



Menura superba, 334. 



Mephitis, 486. 



Mergansei's, the, 386. 



Mergina;, 386 ; mergus merganser, ser- 

 rator, &c., 387. 



Mergulus alle, 388. 



Meridion, 19. 



Meriones, 466. 



Merlangus, 14 ; M. vulgaris, &c., 219. 



Merlin, the, 302. 



Merlucius, 219. 



Meropida?, 325. 



Merops, 15; M. apiaster, &c., 325. 



Merula pilaris, viscivorus, &c., 342. 



Merycatherium, 447. 



Mesomys, 460. 



Mesopithecus, 498. 



Metaxytheriuni, 430. 



Mice, the, 464. 



Micralymma, 142. 



Micrasterias, 19. 



Micrastur brachypterus and guerilla, 

 308. 



Microcebus, 493. 



Microchcerus, 441. 



Micronisus, 308. 



Microtherium, 435. 



Midas, 194 ; midasidap, ib. 



Miller's thumb, the, 223. 



Millipedes. 130. 



Milvago, 306. 



Milvin;e, 306. 



Milvulus forficatus, 345. 



Milvus, 15; M. regalis, 306. 



Mimus polyglottus, rufus, &c., 342, 

 343. 



Mink, the, 485. 



Miselia oxycanthae, 181. 



Missel thrush, the, 342. 



Mississippi kite, the, 306. 



Missourium theristo-caulodon, 438. 



Mitella, 101. 



Mites, 12, 118, 119,122. 



Mitra, 88. 



Mocking bird, the, 342; the winter, 

 349. 



Moles, the, 472. 



Mollia, the, of Pliny, 91. 



Mollinesia, 214. 



MoUusca, leading characters of the, 

 8 ; brief summary of the chisses in- 

 cluded under, 10; wide sense in 

 which the term was used by Lin- 

 naius, 49, 50; Cuvier the first to use 

 the term in its modern sense, 50. 



Molorchus, 162. 



Molossus, 476. 



Molothrus pecoris, 355. 



Momotinae, 322 ; raomotus brasilien- 

 sis, ib. 



Monacanthus, 231. 



Monas, 9 ; M. leno, 23. 



Monasa tranquilla and leucops, 323. 



Monedula, 172. 



Monitor of the Nile, the, 281. 



Monk, the, a species of seal, 481. 



Monkeys, the, 491-498. 



Monocerca, 9. 



Monodon monoceros and microcepha- 

 lus, 429. 



Monomerosomata, 121. 



Monomyaria, 61. 



Monostichii, 236. 



Monotreniata, 15, 403. 



Moon-fish, the, 228. 



Moor buzzai'd, the, 308. 



Moor cock, the, 376. 



Moose, the, 450. 



Mordellidie, 159. 



" More pork," a bird so called, 320. 



Mormoops, 478. 



Mormyridie, 213. 



Morrhua, 2U0; M. vulgaris, &c., 218, 

 219. 



Morse, the, 432. 



Mosasaurus, 281, 282. 



Mosc^Re, 448; moschus moschiferus, 

 ib. 



Mosquitoes, the, 192. 



Motacillinae, 341 ; M. boarula, ib. 



Motella, 219. 



Mother Carey's Chickens, 388. 



Mother of pearl, 50, 63. 



Moths, 178. 



Motmots, the, 322. 



Mouffet, the Theatrum Insectorum of, 

 the earliest English zoologics^l work, 

 2. 



JIoufHon, the, 453. 



Mound birds, the, 370. 



Mouse, the meadow, 462. 



Mouth, the, of insects, structure of; 

 with the terms applied to the differ- 

 ent parts of, 137, 138. 



Mud-fish, the, 235. 



Mud-hens, the, 383. 



Mud-wasp, the, 173. 



Mugil albula, 225; mugilidae, lb. 



Mule, the, 444. 



Miiller, classification of fishes accord- 

 ing to, 203-205. 



Mulleria, 72. 



Mullet, the, 222, 225. 



MuUus, 222. 



Mulus, 444. 



Murex, 86. 



MuriPnidip, 207. 



Murida', 461 ; murina, 462, 404. 



Mus, 15 ; M. musculus, rattus, fcc, 

 464, 465. 



Musca, 194 ; mnscidae, ib. 



Muscicai)a grisole, albicollis, &c., 346. 



Muscicapidae, 344 ; muscicapinie, 346. 



Muscovy duck, the, 386. 



Musk, the, 448. 



Musk ox, the, 454. 



Musk rat, the, 463. 



Musophaga violacoa, 360; Musopha- 

 gidiP, ib. 



Mussel, the common, 66; method of 

 cooking, and remedy for dangerous 

 symptoms arising Irom eating, ib. 



Mustela, 15, 485; mustelidie, 485. 



Mustelini, 241 ; mustelus, ib. 



Mutilla, 174 ; mutillidaj, ib. 



Mya arenaria, &c., 58. 



Mycetophagidae, 155. 



Mycetophila, 193. 



Mycetopus, 68. 



Mycetus, 495. 



Mycteria americana, 380. 



Mydaus, 486, 494. 



Mygale, 128, 474 ; mygalid;e, &c., 

 128. 



MyidcG, 58. 



Myljobaiini, 243; myliobatis, ib. 



Mylodon, 409; M. Darwinii and harla- 

 ni, ib. 



Myodes hudsonius, 463. 



Myopntamus, 459. 



Myoxina, 46(i ; myoxus, 466, 467. 



Myriapoda, 13, 130. 



Myrmecobius fasciatus, 417. 



Myrmecophagidae, 405, 400. 



Myrmeleon, 168; myrmeleonidae, ib. 



Myrmica domestica and kirbii, 174, 



MysisidtP, 116. 



Mystromys, 464. 



Mytilid;e, 66; mytilus, ib. 



Myxine glutinosa, 206. 



Myxinoidei, 206. 



Myzomelinae, 330. 



Nacre, or mother of pearl, 50, 63. 



Naia tripudians, 267. 



Nais, 98. 



Names, carelessness in the applica- 

 tion of, by the older entomologists, 

 132. 



Narwhales, 429. 



Nassa, 86. 



Nasua rufa. 483. 



Natatores, 294. 



Natica, 89. 



Nauclerus furcatus, 306. 



Naucoris cimicoides, 187. 



Naucrates ductor, 227. 



Nautilida>, 94. 



Nautilus, the, of the ancients, 93 ; N. 

 pompilius, &c., 94. 



Nayades, the, of Lamarck, 67. 



Necrobia, 158. 



Necrophaga, 154. 



Necrophorus, 149, 155. 



Nectarineadte, 327 ; nectarinia senega- 

 lensis, &c., 327, 328. 



Necturus lateralis, maculatus, and 

 punctatus, 252. 



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