INDEX 



543 



Plume coralline, i 437. 

 Plum-" Spider ", red, iv 360. 

 Plumularia, i 480. 



Plunkett, Sir Horace, iv 246. 



Plusla gamma, i 304. i" 401: iv 

 Plutarch, iv 239. [352. 



Plutella cruclferarum, iv 352. 

 Pluteus (pi. Plutei), iii 355, 356. 

 Pneumatic duct, ii 45=- 

 Pneumoderma, iv 451. 

 Pochard, i 176; iii 59. 

 Poclllopora favosa, i 475 (illust.). 



Pocket-Gopher, common, i 131. 

 Pocket-Mouse, banded, i 131, 



— common, iii 193-194 (illust. )- 



Podargus, iv 428. 

 Podicipes, i 185; iv 308. 



— auritus, i 185. 



— cristatus, i 185. 



— fluviatilis, i 185: iii 65-66, 457. 



— griseigcna, i 185. 



— nigricoltis, i 185. 

 POdura aquatica, i 384. 



— villosa, iii 176. 



Poe, iv 408. 



Pogonomsnrmex harhatus, ii 208. 



Pogy, iv 31S. 



Pointer, iv 367 (illust.), 368. [(illust.). 



Poison -bag, echinodenns, ii 361 



— tishes, ii 356-357 (illust.). 



— insects, iv 118. [234. 

 Poison fangs, of reptiles, i 224, 230, 

 Poison-glands, amphibians, ii 355. 



— arachnids, i 386, 388, 391; ii 125, 



— echinoderms, i 458. [126. 



— insects, ii 105, 358. 



— molluscs, ii 97, 357. 



— myriapods, i 394; ii 133. 



— nemertines, ii 93. [355; iv 338. 



— reptiles, i 224, 230, 234; ii 80, 354- 

 Poison-spines, of echinoderms, ii 



361 (illust.). 



— of fishes, ii 305-306, 353-357 (illust.). 

 Polar bodies, iii 336-337 (illust). 

 Pole-Cat, i 97-98; ii 22. 

 Pole-Cats, water-, ii 22 ; and see 



Visons. 



Polian vesicles, iii 92. 

 Political Economy, i 17. 

 PoUack, iv 200. [92. 



PoUen, iv 84, 85, 86. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 

 "Pollen basket", of bees, iv 254 



(illust.). 

 Pollination, of flowers, iv 83-go. 

 Polyacanthus vlridiauratus, iii 



427 ; iv 393. 



Polyborus tharus, ii 303. 

 Polychseta, i 429-430; ii 146, 408; iii 



— free-living, i 429. [227. 



— sedentary, i 429-430. 



Polycirrus aurantiacus, ii 380. 

 Polyclades, ii 151, 152. 

 Polydesmus complanatus, i 396. 

 Polyergus rufescens, i 373- 

 Polygordius, i 431-432 ; 'i" 99, 359- 

 Polylophus, iii 326. [360. 



Polynema gracilis, iv 194. 



— natans, iii 28-29. 



Polynoe, i 429: ii 408. 

 Polynoids, ii 408; iii 358. 

 Polyommatus alexls, i 362. 



Polype, freshwater, i 465-473 (illust.); 

 ii 160, 271-272; iii 2, 10 (illust.), 327, 

 328, 339-341. 



Polypterus, i 266-268; ii 334, 42T, 453. 

 Polyrhachis, iv 1 1 5. 

 Polystomella imperatrix, iv 454. 



Polystomum integerrimum, iv 



201. [;illust. ). 



Polyxenia cyanostylis, iv 33 

 Polyzoa, i 436-43S ; ii 261, 339, 410- 



411; iii 7, 8, 99-100, 330-331; iv 104- 



105. 



Polyzonium Germanicum, iii 373- 

 Pomatoceros triqueter, ii 258. 

 Pompilius e.\altatus, i 373. 



— viaticus, ii 106. 



Pond-Skater, i 354; ii 123 (illust.), 

 440 ; iii 29 (illust.). 



PontobdeUa, iii 361. 



Pony (and see Horses); 



— Norwegian, iv 235-236 (illust.). 



— Shetland, iv 237, 238 (illust.). 



Porbeagles, i 286. 



Porcellana platycheles, iii 368. 



Porcupine, Brazilian tree-, iii 253, 

 255 (illust.!. 



— brush-tailed, i 132. 



— Canadian tree-, i 132; iii 253. 



— common, i 132; ii 342. 



Porcupines, i 64, 125, 131-135; ii 



178, 333; >ii 252-253. 

 Porcupine Worm, ii 339. 

 Porcus babirussa, i 109; iii 4S8. 

 Porgana marnetta, i 171. 



Poritera. See Sponges. 



Pork "measles", i 443. 



Porpoise, i 67, loo-iot (illust.); ii 26; 



iii 490-491. 

 Porschinsky, ii 315. 



Portal circulation, 141, 202. 



— vein, i 41. 



Porte croix, i 390. 

 Porthesia auriflua, ii 360. 

 Portuguese Man-of-war, ii 161- 



162 ; iv 344. 



Posterior nares, i 46, 147. 

 Potamides, iii 417- [i°8. 



Potamochoerus penicillatus, i 

 Potamogale velox, ii 35; iii 72. 

 Potato-Fungus, iv 76. 



Potato plant, iv 76. 



— thrips, i 355 (illust.). 



Potto, Busman's, iii 243 (illust.), 244. 

 Pottos, ii 320. [479. 



Pouch, of marsupials, iii 193, 206, 478- 

 Pouched-Bear, iii 259-260, 479. 

 Pouched-Jerboa, iii 192. 

 Pouched "Lion", iv 474. 

 Pouched mammals. See Mammals. 

 Pouched-Mole, ii 43 (Must. ), 328-329 ; 

 iii 206-207. 



Pouched-Rats, i 130-131; iii 192- 



193, 204-205 ; iv 418. 

 Pouipe. See Octopus. 

 Poulton, ii 286, 293, 294, 297, 300, 



303, 305, 314, 359; iii 399; iv 160, 162. 



Poultry-Louse, pale, ii m. 



Power, Madame Jeanette, iv 57. 

 Poyou, i 137 (illust.). 

 Pracellodomus sibilatrix, iii 464. 

 ■'Prairie Dog". See Prairie-Mar- 

 mot, common. 



Prairie-Marmot, Columbian, iv 135. 



— common, I 126-127 (illust.); ii 367; 



— I\Ie.\ican, iv 135. [iv 135. 

 PratinCOla rubetra, i 160. 



— rubicola, i 160. 



Pratincole, i 169. 



Prawn, ^Esop, ii 292-293, 294. 



— common, i 412 ; ii 137, 292, 403 ; iii 

 169; iv 298 (illust.), 299-300. 



— freshwater, ii 253-254. 



— Jamaica, ii 137. 



Prawns, iii 27, 365 ; iv 35, 36, 444- 



445 (illust.). 



Praying - Insects, i 381; and see 



Mantis, praying-. 



Preformation, doctrine of, iii 336. 



Premolars, i 36. See also I'eeth. 



Priapulus, ii 410 (illust.). 



Primates, i 68, 70-79. See also Man, 

 Apes, and Monkeys. 



Prionocrangon oramatosteres, iv 



445 (illust.;. 

 Prionodura, iv 407. 

 Pristis antiquorum, i 288; ii 89. 



ProbOSCidea. See Elephants. 

 Proboscis, of acorn-headed worm, iii 

 215, 216. 



— elephants, i 102; ii 171-172. 



— insects, i 359, 363; ii 205, 206, 214, 



— molluscs, i 320, 339. L213. 



— nemertines, i 305-306; ii 93. 



— siphon-worms, i 433; ii 150. 



— tapirs, i 105. 



Proboscis-Bear, ii 229, 230 (illust.). 

 Proboscis-sheath, of nemertines, i 



305-306. 



PrOCavia Abyssimca, i 104; iii 250. 



— arborea, iii 250. 



— Syriaca, i T04. 



Procellaria pelagica, i 183. 

 Proctotretus multimaoulatus, il 



344-345. I247. 



Procyon lotor, i 94; ii 229-230; iii 

 Proechidna, i 70; iii 475. 

 Proglottides, iv 204. 

 Pro-legs, i 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 



365 ; ii 314 ; iii 102, 103. 

 Proneomenia, i 341 (illust.). 

 Prongbucks, i 109, 112-113; iii 151 



(illust.). 134-35- 



Prosobranchia, i 317, 318-324; iii 

 Prosopistoma, ii 466 (illust.) ; iii 30. 

 Prosthiostomum, ii 152. 

 Prostomium, iii 359; iv 72. 

 Proteas, iv 89. 

 Protection of eggs and young, 



i iS; iii 349, 362. 



— amphibians, iii 434-435, 436-437, 

 438-439. 44°-44i, 442, 443- 



— annelids, iii 358, 361. 



— arachnids, iii 373-374, 375. 



— birds, iii 448, 449, 451-452, 453, 454, 

 457,464-474; iv 60 (368. 



— crustaceans, iii 362-363, 365, 367- 



— echinoderms, iii 355, 356-357. 



— fishes, iii 423, 424, 426-430. 



— insects, iii 378, 379, 3S0, 381, 3S2- 

 383, 3S7-388, 389-390, 391-392, 393, 

 394-396, 400, 402; Iv 56, 115, 117, 

 ir8, 120, T26, 256. 



— mammals, i 6s ; iii 474-475. 477, 

 47S-480, 481, 482-4S3, 485, 486, 487. 

 488, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494. 



— molluscs, iii 404, 405-406, 412-413, 

 414, 417-41S. 



— myriapods, iii 371-373. 



— peripatus, iii 370. 



— reptiles, iii 444, 445, 446, 447. 



— zoophytes, iii 350, 352-353. 



Protective mimicry. See Mimicry. 

 Protective resemblance ,see also 



IMasking and (Mimicry), ii 278, 282- 

 283, 285, 2S9, 294-295, 300. 



— amphibians, ii 291. 



— arachnids, ii 299-300. 



— ascidians, ii 27S. 



— birds, ii 279, 281, 290, 295-296; iii 

 450, 453, 47': iv 132-134. 



