INDEX 



S^Z 



Daulias luscinia, i i6o. 



Day, iii 1 1 6. 



Day-Flies. See May-Flies. 



Dead-man's Fingers, i 477 (illust.). 



Dean, iii 41. 



Death- Adders, ii 80; iv 339. 



Death-feigning habit, ii 342-345. 



— arachnids and insects, ii 345, 373- 



— birds, ii 343-344. [374. 



— mammals, ii 343. 



— reptiles, ii 344-345- [224: iv 355. 



*' Death-watches", i 379; iii 223- 



Decapoda (Cephalopoda), i 314-315; 

 iii 30-31. 



— (Crustacea), i 410-412; ii 135-141, 

 337-338. 400-404, 469-470; iii 27-2S, 

 169-172, 175, 365-368; iv 13-14. 



Deer, i 109, 110-112; ii 321, 367; iii 

 152; iv 142, 144-145, 346. 



— Chinese water, i iii. 



— fallow, i in; iii 151 (illust.). 



— mouse-. See Chevrotains. 



— mule, iv 430. [142, 402. 



— musk-, i iio-iii; iii 131 (illust.); iv 



— red, i iii; iv 144-145. 373-374- 



— roe, i T12. 



— spotted, ii 351-352. 



— Virginian, iv 430. 



Defences of animals, i 17; ii 275- 

 375. 



— precautionary measures, ii 276, 277- 

 331- 



— resistance, ii 276-277, 332-362. 



— retreat, ii 277, 363-375- 



Degeneration, biological, i 298, 431, 

 432; iii 420-421; iv 197, 197-199, 203. 

 Degu, i 132 (Illust.). 

 Delphinapterus leucas, iii 83: iv 

 Delphinidse, II 26-29. [316-317. 



Delphinus delphis, ii 27-28. 

 Dendrelaphis, iii 270. 

 Dendrocolaptidse, iii 463- 

 Dendrocopus major, i 162; ii 58. 



— minor, i 162. 



Dendrohyrax arborea. See Pro- 



cavia. 

 Dendrolagus, ii 182. 



— Luniholtzii, ill 258. 

 Dendronotus arborescens, H 296. 

 Dendrophis, iii 270. 

 Dendryphantes capitatus, iv 167. 

 Dental formulse, of mammals, i 36, 



67, 72, 78-79; ii 6, 7. 

 Dentalium, i 338; iii 221-222, 412. 



— - indianorum, iv 323, 



— vulgare, i 338-339. 

 Dentine, i 35, 102. 

 Derbyshire-neck, i 43- 

 Dermanyssus gallinse, iv 360. 

 Dermaptera, iii 2S2. 

 Dermatochelys. See Sphargis. 

 Dermatocoptes, iv 196. 

 Dermatophagus, iv 196. 

 Dermatoptic vision, iv 39-40. 

 Dermestes lardarius, U 109, no; 

 Dennestidse, ii no. [iv 355. 

 Dermis, i 25. See also Skin. 

 Descartes, i 203. 



Desman, Russian, ii 35; iii 71-72 



— Spanish, iii 72. [(illust.). 



Desmans, i 83; Ii 35; iii 71-72, 246. 

 Desmodus rufus, ii 39. [(Illust.}. 

 Desmognathus fuscus, ii i 4 35 

 Desoria glacialls, i 384; ii 214. 

 Development, i n, 14, 18. See also 



Life Histories and Metamorphosis. 

 — direct, iii 355. 



Development [Cant.) 



— indirect, iii 355. 



— influence of food-yolk on, iii 345-348. 

 -— acorn-headed worm, iii 420-421. 



— amphibians, i 62-63, 240-242, 249, 

 254, 256; ii 457-458; iii 434-443- 



— animalcules, i 491, 493-494, 498; iii 

 317-325, 333-335; iv 206-207. 



— annelids, ill 318, 329-330, 358-361. 



— arachnids, i 387; ill 373-377. 



— ascidians, iii 332, 421-422; iv 105- 



— birds, i 151-152; ill 448-453. [106. 



— crustaceans, i 409; Hi 362-369; iv 

 197-199. 



— cchinoderms, ill 328, 354-357. 



— fishes, i 60, 264, 279; HI 422-434. 



— flat-worms, iii 329; iv 201-205. 



— insects, iii 377-404. 



— king-crabs, iii 369. 



— lancelet, iii 342, 344-345. 



— mammals, iii 474-494. 



— molluscs, iii 404-419. 



— moss-polypes, iii 330-331; iv 104. 



— myriapods, iii 370-373. 



— nemertines, iii 419. 



— peripatus, iii 370. 



— reptiles, i 203, 209, 216; Iii 443-44S. 



— sponges, i 485; iii 325-326, 341-342, 



— thread-worms, iv 205-206. [343- 



— zoophytes, I 471-472, 476, 478-479, 

 480, 481, 482; iii 327-328, 339-34I0 

 349-353; iv 103-104. 



Devil's coach-horse, i 368 (illust); 

 Devis, iv 407. [Ii 108. 



Dianthcecia albimacula, iv 86. 

 Diapheromera femorata, iii 379. 

 Diaphora mendica, ii 313. 

 Diaphragm. See Midriff. 

 Diatoms, Ii 248; iv 72. 

 Dibranchiata. See Cuttle-Fishes. 

 Dickens, i 383; iv 408. 

 Dicotyles, iv 147-142. 



— labiatus, iii 4S9; iv 334-336. 



— torquatus, i 109; ii 233, 234; ill 149, 



Dicynodon, iv 468. [489. 



Didelphyidse. See Opossums. 

 Didelphys azarse, Iii 480. 

 -— marsupialis, iii 255, 



— murina, Hi 479. 



— Virginians, I 138: iii 260. 



Didus ineptus, il 369-370, 

 Difflugia, i 489 (Illust.): Ii 341; iii 6 

 Digby, Sir Kenelm, iv 320. [(illust.). 



Digestion, i 37-38 ; ii 1-3. 

 Digestive cseca, i 348. See also 

 Caecum. 



— cavity, i 34. 



— glands, i 34, 36-37, 



Digestive organs, 1 34-38. 



— amphibians, i 240, 253; ii 194. 



— annelids, i 427; il 259. 



— birds, i 146; ii 184. 



^ crustaceans, i 407; ii 136-137. 



— echinoderms, i 452-453, 458; ii 413. 



— fishes, i 261, 271-272; ii 450. 



— insects, i 346-348. 



— mammals, i 67. 



— — carnivorous, ii 7. 



— — herbivorous, ii 165, 167, 168-169, 

 171, 172, 176. [233-234. 



omnivorous, i 34-38; ii 225, 226, 



— molluscs, i 308, 332-333. 



— nemertines, ii 391. 



— reptiles, i 199-200, 207, 215, 230. 



— siphon worms, il 260. 



— thread-worms, i 448. 



— zoophytes, i 471, 473-474. 



Digestive-tube and Breathing, 



ii 382-383, 

 Digitigrade feet structure ;- 



— birds, iii 126. 



— mammals, 86, 87; ii 5-6 (illust.); iii 

 134., 154-155, 157. 



Digits, i 24, 31-32. 



— amphibians, i 238, 248, 250, 252; hi 

 48, 49, 121, 272, 288. 



— birds, i 141, T46, 149, 152, 161, 162, 

 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 170, 171, 173, 

 176, 179, 180, 185, 188; Hi 58, 59, 6i- 

 62, 65, 66, 126, 127, 128, 130, 153, 261, 

 263, 264-265, 266, 295, 299, 473. 



— fishes, HI 119. 



— mammals: — 



flesh-eating, 1 86, go. 91, 92; Hi 



76, 78-79, 80, 84, 154, 155, 156, 157, 



247. 

 gnawing, i 123, 125, 128, 133; iii 



74, 75, 194, 195, 196, 197, 203, 205, 



252, 253. 

 hoofed, I 104-105, 106, 107, 108, 



no, 113-114, j2o; iii 130, 137-138, 



139, 142-144, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 



153- 

 insect-eating, I 83, 86 ; HI 197- 



198, 202. [258-260. 



pouched, iii igo, 191-192, 206, 



bats, iSi,82; iii 244-245, 292, 293- 



— — conies, i 104; ill 249. [294. 

 edentates, i 136; iii 254, 256. 



— elephants, i 102. 



— — lemurs, i 80; iii 241, 242, 243, 244. 

 man and monkeys, i 24, 31-32, 



71. 73. 77> 78: iii 158, 233-234, 237, 

 238, 240. 



— reptiles, i 196-198, 205, 209, 213, 215, 

 218, 223, 225, 237; iii 54, 55, 122, 209, 

 268-269, 270, 286. 



Dingo, i 94: ii 343; iv 222. 

 DiaophOus, i 431. 

 Dinornis maximus, iv 476. 

 Dinornithidse, iv 428. 

 Dinosauria, Hi 124; tv 469-470. 



Dinosaurs, armoured, Iv 469, 470 



— beast-footed, iv 469. [(illust.). 



— bird-footed, iv 469-470 (Illust.). 



— horned, iv 470. 



— reptile -footed, iv 469. 

 Diodon, i 278; ii 334; iv 340. 



Diomedea exulans, i 183. 

 Dionsea muscipula, Iv 69-70. 

 Diphyes, H 161. 

 Diploblastica, i 467, 490, 491. 

 Diplonychus, IH 382. 

 DiplOpoda, i 396. See also I\Ii]li- 

 pedes, [[ilhist. J. 



Diplozodn paradoxum, Iv 201 -202 



Dipnoi, i 257, 264-266. See also 

 Lung-Fishes. 



Dipodidse, iii 192, 194-197. 

 Dipodomys Phillipsi, IH 193-194. 

 Diprotodon, iv 474. 

 Dipsacus laciniatus, iv 92. 



Diptera, i 351, 355-358; H T19, 120- 

 122, 215-216, 251, 314, 441-442, 462, 

 467-46S ; Hi 178, 289-290, 29T, 311, 

 313, 402-404; iv 127, T90-192, 349, 



DlpUS jaculus, ii 319, 322. [351, 



— Mauritanlcus, Hi 196. 



" Discontinuous distribution ", 



iv 410-412, 429, 430. See also Dis- 

 tribution in space. 



DisCOphora. See Leeches. 



Distomum macrostomum, iv 202- 



203 (illust. ). 



