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INDEX 



Megalopa, lii 28, 366 (illust.), 367. 

 Megalops thrissoides, iv 3S1. 

 Megapelia (Goura) victoriaB, ii 

 Megapodiidse, iii 450-452. [185. 



MegapodiuS eremita, lii 451. 



— Layardi, iii 451. 



— tumulus iii 452. 



Megatherium, ii 327; iv 473-474. 

 Melanism, iv 384. [443. 



Melanocetus Murrayi, ii 85-86; W 

 Melanoplus femur - rubrum, iii 



379. [iv 249. 



Meleagris gallopavo, 1 172: ii 239; 

 Weles taxus, i 97; h 230; iii 156. 

 Melianthus major, iv 87, Sq. 

 Mellpona fasciculata, iv 251-252. 

 Mellinus arvensis, i 373; ii 106. 

 Mellivora, ii 231. 

 Meloe, iv 193-194. 



MelOidse. See Beetle^f, oil-. 



Melolontha vulgaris, i 308; ii 209; 



iii 224; iv 354. 



Melophagus ovis, iv 190. 

 MelopUorus, ii 206. 

 Melopsittacus undulatus, iv 390. 

 Membranipora, i 437- [i 245. 



Membranous labyrintli, amphibia, 



birds, i 150. 



fishes, i 263: iv 39. 



— — mammals, i 56. 



reptiles, 1 203, 209, 232. 



vertebrates, lower, iv 39 .illust.). 



Mendel, iv 49.?- 494- 

 Menbaden, iv 31S. [iv 356. 



Menopon pallidum, i 380: ii m: 

 Mephitis suffocans, ii 301-303, 354. 



Merganser, rcd-brc:a-^t(;d, i 177; ii 54 

 , illust. ■■; iii 60-61 {ilkisi. '. 



Mergansers, iii 6o-6r. 

 Mergulus alle, i 1S4. 



MergUS albellus, i 177. 

 - — merganser, i 177: iii 61. 



— serrator, i 177; ii 54; iii 60-61. 



Merlin, i 174; iv 327. 

 Merluccius vulgaris, iv 26S. 

 "Mermaids' purses", iii 424. 

 Merostomata, iv 462. 



Merriam, Hart, iii 253. [iii 2qS. 



"Merry-thought", i 144, 145, 107; 

 Mesenteries, i 473, 474, 476- 

 Mesoderm, iii 342, 344, 345; iv 47. 

 Mesoglcea, iii 339, 342. 

 Mesotarsal ankle-joint, i 146, 199. 

 Mesozoic epoch, iii 308; iv 457, 464- 



471. 

 Metacarpus, ii 197, 198: iii 134, 299. 

 Metagenesis, iii 382, 422. 

 Metamorphosis, i 350; iii 377- See 



also Life-histories. 



— acorn-headed worms, iii 420-421. 



— amphibians, iii 434-435, 43S-439, 



— ascidians, iii 421. [442, 443. 



— crustaceans, i 409. 



— echinoderras, i 450; iii 354-356. 



— fishes, iii 423, 431-433. 



— in?;ects, membrane-winged, i 370; iii 

 386-393; iv 195. [379; iii 383-386. 



— net-winged, i 374, 376, 377, 378, 



straight-winged, iii 377-3S0. 



wingless, iii 377. [i93- 



beetles, i 367; iii 393-399; iv 192, 



bugs, iii 380-383. 



flies, two-winged, i 356-357; iii 



402-404; iv 191. [iii 309-402. 



— — moths and butterflies, i 359-360; 



— molluscs, iii 405, 406-407, 411-412, 



— nemertlnes, iii 419. [4^41 i^B- 



Metatarsus, i 3t, 144, 146, 241, 252; 



ii 197, 198; iii 126, 134. 

 Metatheria, i 68-69; a"d see Mam- 

 mals, pouched. [333-334. 335- 



Metazoa, i 490, 491; iii 2, 318, 325, 



Method, comparative, i 12. 



— scientific, i 1-4- 



Methone Anderssonl, ii 2S2. 



MiaS. See Orang-utan. 



Mice, i 125, 127-131; ii 234, 321; iii 



483; iv 3S7, See also Mouse. 

 Microbes. See Bacteria. 



Microcebus pusillus, iii 493- 

 Micrococcus prodigiosus, iv 78. 

 Microgaster glomeratus, i 372; iv 

 194. [191. 



Microglossus aterrimus, ii 1S9- 

 Microlestes, iv 4S4-482. 

 Micronucleus, i 493: iii 323-325. 



Microscope, effect on study of 

 zoolog\', i 10-12. 



Microstomum lineare. iii 329. 

 Microtome, i 466. 

 Microtus, i 129; ii 177: iv 4S6. 



— agrestis (common field-vole!, i 129. 



— amphibius, i 129. 



— arvalis (southern field-vole), iv 4S6. 



— glareolus, i 129. 

 Midge, black, i 357; ii 121. 



— plumed, i 357. 



Midges, i 357; ii 121, 467-468; iv 190. 



— sand-, ii 121, 46S ■illust.'!; iv 190. 

 Midriff, i 24. 46, 67, 14S, 209; ii 427, 



Migration, i i3. [430. 



— as means of protection, ii 329-331. 



— birds, i 16S; ii 239, 241; iii 305; iv 

 61-62. [263, 276- 



— fishes, iii 423, 426, 433, 434; iv 12S, 



— insects, iv 127, 256-257. 



— mammals, i 130. 



Miliola, i 409 ■illust.'; iii 6 (illust.), 

 MUk, i 65. [4S1. 



Milk-glands, i 65-66; 



— apes and monkeys, i 71 



— bats, i 81; iii 485. 



— cetaceans, iii 490-491. 



— edentates, iii 482. 



— elephants, iii 490. 



— lemurs, i 80. 



— mam.mals, egg-laying, i 



— hoofed, i 108; iii 487, 488, 489. 



— insect-eating, i 83; iii 484, 485. 



pouched, i 68-69; ii' 47S-479. 



— sea-cows, i 102. 

 Millais, ii 48, 62, 63; iii 187. 

 Millepora, i 480-481; ii 160-161. 

 Miller's thumb, i 274; iv 273. 

 Millipedes, i 34-> 394-398; ii 218- 



219, 360, 435-437; iii 163-164, 370- 

 373: iv 14-T5, 30, 31, 360. 



— flattened, i 396 (illust.). 



— pill-, i 396. 



— snake-, iii 225. [219; iii 372- 



earth, or common, i 396; 218- 



London, i 396 (illust.). 



spotted, i 396 (illust.). 



Milvus ictinus, i 175. 

 Mimicry, ii 301. 309-317- 



— arachnids, ii 299-300, 316; iii 168. 



— birds, ii 309-311. 



— insects, ii 311-316; iv 160. 



— mammals, ii 37; iii 246-247. 



— plants, iv 81. 



— reptiles, ii 311; iii 211. 



Mimulus luteus, iv 90. 

 Mineral salts, i 33- 



Minks. See Visons. 



m 474-475i 



[477. 47S- 

 69; in 475- 



Mlnnow, i 283. 

 M'Intosh, iii 426. 

 Mirikis, i 77 (illust.). 



Mitchell, Chalmers, iv 414. 

 Mite, cheese-, i 393 illust.;; ii 443. 



— currant gall-, iv 360. 



— gall-, ii 217. 



— hair-, iv 196 (illust). [341. 



— mange- or itch-, i 393; iv 196 lillust.), 



— meal-, ii 217. 



— red fowl-, iv 360. 



Mites, i 387, 393; ii 132, 217-218, 442- 

 443; iv 15, 83, 195, 196, 360. 



Mitra, i 321. 

 Mitre-Shells, i 321. 



"Moas", iv 428. 475-476 ..illust.). 



Mosbius, iii 231. 

 Moggridge, d 207. 

 "Mohair", iv 230. 



Molars, i 36; and see Teeth. 



Mole, common, i 8i (illust.), 86; ii 36- 



37 (illust.); iii 200-202 (illust.), 484- 



485 (illust); iv 327. 



— golden, i 86; ii 33-34 (illust. : iii 

 202, 203. 



— star-nosed, ii 37 (illust.l; iii 202; iv 

 4(8 (illust.). 



Moles, i S6: ii 32S; iii 246; and see 

 Mole. 



Molecular vibration, i 54. 57. 

 Molecules, i 54. 



Mole-Rat, common, ii 177-178 (illust. ); 

 iii 203-204 (illust.). 



— great, i 130. [204. 



Mole-Rats, i 130; ii 177-178: iii 203- 

 Mole-Shrews, ii 35-36 (illust.)- 



Molge cristatus, i 246; iii 46, 47; iv 



— palmatus, i 246; iii 46. [153- 



— taeniatus, i 246. 



— vulgaris, iii 46- 



— ^^\^ltli, ii 334. 

 MollUSCa. See Molluscs. 

 Molluscs, i ir, 304, 307-341; ii 93- 



100, 196—201, 247-250, 279, 2S7, 292, 

 296, 306-307, 335-337. 342, 357, 372- 

 373. 391-399. 432-434, 459-462; iii 

 3°-37t 103-110, 180-iSi, 217-222, 

 331, 404-419; iv 16-19, 29, 31, 34-35, 

 45-46, 56-58, 214-215, 28S-297, 322- 

 324, 340, 348, 397-399, 419, 421-422, 

 433, 438-439, 444. 44S, 45T, 462-463, 

 465-466. 



— bivalve, i 311, 32S-338; ii 248-250, 

 331, 335, 336, 357, 398-399; iii 8, 36- 

 37, 104, loS, 180, 219-221, 232, 405- 

 411; iv 18, 34, 40, 45-46, 315, 2S8- 

 297.^398-399. 



— extinct, iv 465-466, 479. 



— head-footed, i 311-317; ii 391-393; 

 iii 104, 108-110, 417-419; iv 18-19, 

 34-35, 45. 214. 438. 



^ "headless", i 331. 



— Primitive. See ProtomoUuscs. 

 MolluSCOida. See i\Ioss- Polypes 



and Lamp-Shells. [iv 428. 



Moloch horridus, i 222; ii 333-334; 

 Molva vulgaris, iv 267-26S. 



Monads, i 494; ii 267-268; iii 6, illust.). 



— springing, i 489, 494 (illust. ; ii 267- 

 268. 



" Money - Spinner " (or Money- 

 Spider), i 393; ii 21S. 

 Monitor, desert, ii 73, 282. 



— Nile, i 224-225 (illust.): ii 73. 



— Papuan, ii 73. 



— water, ii 73; iii 52 (illust. 1. [32. 



Monitors, i 221, 224-225: li 73; iii 51- 



