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INDEX. 



Asterias, lO-l. 



Asteroidea, 99, 103 ; general chiirarters 

 fif, 10:J, et scy. 



Atolls, 89, 90. 



Atiiiim (^Tuncata), 192. 



Aucheniay 337. 



Auk, 295. 



Aicretia, 77, 73. 



Aves, 227 : general characters of, 278 ; 

 feathers of, ib ; vertebral column of, 

 279 : beak of, 2S0 ; pectoral arch of, 

 281; hind-limb of, 282; foot of, 284; 

 digestive system of, ib. ; respiratory 

 system of, 280 ; circulatory system of, 

 28V ; nervous system and orjjans rf 

 sense of, 288 ; migrations, ib.; di\isions 

 of, 290, et seq. 



Aves altrices, 2S8. 



Ave.^ erraticcv, 2S9. 



Aves manente.'i. 28^. 



A ves migratorice, 289. 



A ves prcecoces, 287. 



Avooet, 296. 



A\olotl, 261. 



Aj e-aye, 306. 



Baboon, 355. 



Babyroussa, 334. 



liadger. :!47. 



BaUtnta. 329. 



I!aUenida\ 329. 



Biliincer.s, 17 . 



BrUanidre, ^40. 



Dalami.<, 149. 



Cileen, 329. 



BalUllda, 213. 



Ilaiidici.ut, 323. 



Baiixiing, 35.^. 



liiirnaclcs, 119 



n^iri-iiTiiiimla. 24«. 



Buiier-reels, 89. 



Batides. 2)7. 



Bairachla, 2.'j1. 



Bats, :M1, 3V>. 



lie.ir, 346. 347. 



Beaver, 350, :-51. 



B:e-eaters, 304. 



Bees, 179. 



Bdemnites, 214. 



B'mana, 318 ; general rdiar.actcis (jf, 3 ;0. 



Biology, definition of, 2. 



Bird-lice, 168. 



B rds (see Aves). 



Bird's-liead process, IS.S, 1S9. 



Birds of Prey, 304, 30.0. 



Bi.mn, 340. 



Bittern, 296. 



Bivalve Sliell-lish, 19i:. 



Bladder-worms {.svc Cystic Wniiii^). 



Blastoitlea. 99, 109. 



Blalta, 172. 



Blatlidae, 171 



Biind-worm, 270. 



Boa, 209. 



Boat-nv, 171. 



Boiiasa, 298. 



Btinvi'jkc, 244. 



n.ioit sccirliion, l,-..j. 



ri,.i. ::lil 



/;.i.;./,f. I! in. 



Bmrliiniindri. jsi, 1^.',, 15.;; g li, ral 

 cljaniclers of, 193, et xeij. 



Braelujnra, 111, 142. 

 Bi-.uds (ot ocea[iic Hydrozoa), 73. 

 Bradi/piididee, 325. 

 Braiiuliial hearts (Cuttle-fishes), 210, 

 Branchial sac {Tunicata), 19j ; (Lance- 

 let), 220. 

 Branclisatc Vertebrates, 211. 

 Jlranchit'era (Gasteropoda), 203. 

 Brittle-stars, 105. 

 Brula, 324. 

 Bubalus, 340. 

 Bucciiium, 202. 

 BiKeridie, 304. 

 Buffalo, 340. 

 Biiionidee, 256. 

 Bustards, 297. 

 Butterflies, 176. 

 Byssus (ot LameUibranchiata), 201. 



Caddis-flies, 173. 



Caduedjranehiata (Amphibifi), 251. 



Caica, intestinal (of Birds), 286. 



Cmci.lim, 250, 251. 



Caiman, 273. 



Calamaries, 208, 212, 213. 



Calico (Corals). 87. 



Catyeophoridce, 72, 74. 



Camelidaj, 337. 



Caiimlopardalidae, 338. 



Campanularida, 58, OS ; niedusifonii 



gonopliores of, 68. 

 Canals, of Sponges, 46; of Alci/onar:a, 



90 ; of Cteiwpliom, 96. 

 Cauidee, 347. 

 Caiitharis, 182. 

 Capreotus, 333. 

 Caprini.uljfidre, 3)4. 

 Caiiybara, 350. 

 Cirihnu, 3.38. 

 Carinaria, 2i'5. 

 Cari.nata', 290, 293. 

 Carnimra, 318; general characters of, 



344, et seq. 

 Carp, 243. 

 Carriage - spring apparatus (Biachio- 



poda), 194. 

 Cassowary, 290, 292. 

 Castor, 360. 

 Castoridm, 351. 

 Catarhina, 357. 

 Cats, 344, 346, 347. 

 Canidce, H^iO. 

 Cai}ieornia, 33S. 

 Cebidm, 357. 



Cellulose, in Ascidians, 1^2 

 Cen'efes, 354. 

 Centipedes, 167, 158. 

 Ccpltalopoda, 186, 196 ; general idiaracters 



of, 208, et seq.: lespiratorv oigans of, 



210; reproduction of, 211 ; sliell of, 212. 

 Cephalothorax, 137, et seq.; 151. 

 Cerastes, 267. 

 Cerafiri.m., 42. 

 Cerntodus. 289, 248. 

 Ceroopitherits, 358. 

 Cerlbidm, 304. 

 Cenud.r, 338. 

 Ceroiis, 338 

 Crslrrieioii. 240. 

 t^esfoiH. 96, 

 Ce'deeii. 316, 318; general charaelcrs of, 



;J2S, et seq. 



