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INDEX 



Visceral axches, amphibians, i 242. 



— embryo vertebrates, i 62 ; ii 381 



— fishes, i 260. [(illust.), 421. 

 Visceral clefts, amphibians, i 242. 



— embryo vertebrates, i 62; ii 3S1-382 

 (illust.), 421. 



— primitive vertebrates, i 293. 



— fishes, i 260. 



Visceral hump, of molluscs, i 308, 

 309, 312, 313, 316, 318-319, 322-324, 

 325, 327- [259- 



Visceral skeleton, of fishes, i 25E- 



ViSOn, ii 22; iii 76; iv 303-304. 



— Americarij iii 76; iv 304. 



— European or Russian, iii 76; iv 303. 



— Siberian, iii 76. 



Vitreous humour, i 58- [iSi. 



Vitrina pellucida, ii 373: i" 'So- 



Viverra civetta, i 89; iii 157. 



^ zibetha, i 8g. [227; iii 156-157. 



Viverridae, i 87, 88-91; ii 11-14, 226- 

 Vizcacha, i 133; ii 17-18 (illust.). 

 Vocal chords, i 47- 



Vogt, Carl, ii 27, 32, 229, 230, 321, 350, 



363; 11185, 150. i'^'^. 196, 249. 331- 

 Voice, organs of, birds, i 147, 149. 



— mammals, i 47. 



— reptiles, i 202. 



Voice-box, i 47- 



Vole, bank-, 1 129. 



— field- (common), i 129: ii 177. 

 (southern), ii 177; iv 4S6. 



— water-, i 128 (illust.', 129; iii 73. 

 Voles, i 128-129; i'i 73> 4^3; iv 130, 



Volucella pellucens, ii 119. [340. 

 Volutes, i 321. 



VolVOX, i 489, 494-495 (illust.); ii 274; 

 "i 6. 334-335 (illust.). 



Von Baer, in. 



Vorticella, I 489, 493-494; ii 266, 41?.; 



iii 2, 5, 6, 8-9, 319-320, 321, 3-3, 325. 



Vosseler, ii 255. 

 Vultur monachus, i 175- 



Vulture, black, i T75. 



— eagle-, ii 303. 



— Riippel's, i 175 (illust.). 

 Vultures, i 152, 173-175; ii 69; iv32S. 



— American, i 175. 



W 



Wagtail, blue-headed, i 157. 



— Srey, i 157; iii 125 (illust.i 

 (illust.), 458. 



— pied or water, i 157; ii 65. 



— white, i 157. 



— yellow, i 157; ii 66 (illust.). 



WagtaUs, i 156-157; ii 65-66; ii 



Waldheimia, i 438-439 (illust.). 



Wallace, i 7, n; ii 4°. 189, 284, 



311, 312, 346, 349; iii 282, 287, 



494; iv 132, 140, 143, 160, 212, 



409, 410, 412, 417, 419, 422, 426 



"Wallace's line", iv 424, 426. 



Walrus, i 98; ii 24-25, 349; iii 



(illust.!, 492; iv 311-312, 394. 

 Walton, Izaak, iv 364. 

 Wampum, Indian, iv 323-324 (il 



"Wandering cells", iii 3-4- 



also Cells. 



Wanderoo, i 74-75 (illust.). 

 Wapiti, i III. 



Warhler, blackcap, i 160 (illust. 



— Dartfnrd, i 160. 



— fan-tail, iii 459-460. 



1 105. 



. 309. 



, 294, 

 346, 

 433, 



Ubt.). 



See 



Warbler (Cont) 



— garden, i 160 (illust.). 



— grasshopper, i 160. 



— marsh, i i6o, 



— reed, i 160 ; iii 458. 

 great, iii 458 (illust.). 



— sedge, i 160. 



Warhlers, i 160 (illust. ; iv 202. 

 Warde-Fowler, W., ii 65. See also 



Mimicry. 



Warning coloration, i 16; ii 301; 



iv 5S-59, i6q, 402. 



— acorn-headed worms, ii ^06. 



— amphibians, ii 304-305. 



— annelids, ii 308. 



— ascidians, ii 306. 



— fishes, ii 305-306. 



— flat-worms, ii 308. 



— insects, ii 307-308, 360; iii 399; iv 59. 



— mammals, ii 301-303. 



— molluscs, ii 306-307. 



— plants, iv 81. 



— reptiles, ii 303-304, 31 r. 



— sponges, ii 309. 



— zoophytes, ii 308-309, 361. 

 Warnings, spurious. See Mimicrj-. 

 Wart-Hog, African, iv 373. 



Wart-Hogs, i ioS-109. 



Wasp (and see Wasps); 



-- common, i 373; ii 250-251. 



— common sand-, i 373. 



— fly-storing sand-, i 373. 



— mud-, i 374. 



— path-, i 373. 



Wasps, i 16, 373-374; ii 206, 250-251, 

 3o7t 358; iii 311-312 (illust.), iv 29- 

 30 (illust.), 55-56, 59, 111-112 (illust. \ 



— sand-, i 373. [192, 356. 



— solitary, i 374; iii ^91-393. 



Waste-products, i 44-46; ii 377. 

 Waste -removing organs. Scc 



Breathing or^^ads and Kxcrdi-ry 

 organs. 



Water (HnO), i 33; " 270, 271, 273, 



377-380, 382-383, 420; iv 65-66, 76. 



Water-Boatmen, i 354-355; >i i-t. 



440; ill .:■) (illust.). 



Water-Fleas, i 419, 421, 422 (illust. ■, 



466-467 ; ii 256, 405 ; iii 26 (illust , 

 362-363 (illust.). 



Water-'guana, iii 53- 

 Water-Hen, iii 61. 



— Mo^tier■^, in 61. 

 Water-Pheasant. See Ja^ana. 

 Water-Scorpions, i 354; " 124, 440- 



441; ill J3.-3S3. 

 Water-testing organ, of molluscs, 



i 320, 3J3: iv 31. 

 Water- vascular system, of echlLio- 



dcrms, i 452, 457, 458-459, 463 ; ii 

 412, 414-416; iii 91-92, 95-96, 97. 



Waterton, Charles, i 7; iii 239. 



Watson, Alfred, E. T., iv 364. 



Wax-glands, iv 254 (illust.). 



Weasel, common, i 98 ; ii 21, 290; iv 



326 (illust.). 

 Weasels, i 97-98 (illust.); Ii 20-22; 



iii 156; iv 303, 326, 345. 



Weaver-Birds, i 156. 



Webs, of arachnids, i 391, 392; iii 374; 



and see Nests. 

 Weever, greater, ii 357. 



— lesser, ii 357. 



Weever-Fish, ii 305-306. 



Weevil (and see Weevils): 



— apple-blossom, iv 354. 



— birch-, iii 394-396 (illust.); iv 50. 



Weevil (Cont.) 



— biscuit-, iv 355. [(illust.). 



— corn-, i 369 (illust.); iv 354-355 



— nut-, i 369; ii 211 (illust.). 



— pea-, iv 354. 



— rice-, i 369 (illust.). 



Weevils, i 369; ii 211, 315, 337; iii 

 224, 394-396; iv 50, 354-355- 



Weismann, iii 319; 'v 491- 492, 493- 

 Welhaven, J. S., iv 408. [494. 



WelS, i 280 (illust.). 

 Whale (and see Whales) : 



— fin-back (or Rorqual), ii 29; iii 85. 



— Greenland or northern "right", i 

 101; ii 29, 30; iii 491; iv 314-315. 



— killer-, ii 26, 27 (illust.); iii 85. 



— southern " right", iv 315. 



— sperm- (or Cachalot), ii 29; iv 316, 

 317 (illust), 403. 



— white, iii 83 (illust.); iv 316-317. 

 Whales (and see Whale), i 61, 99-101; 



ii 26-30; iii 83-86, 490-491; iv 209- 

 210, 314, 317. 



— toothed, ii 26-29; ^^' 316-317. 



— toothless, or whalebone, ii 26, 29-30; 

 iv 314-316. 



"Whalebone", i loo, loi (iiiust.); ii 



30 allusL); iv 314, 315. 

 Whale-Louse, i 415 (illust.); ii 143. 



Wheatear, i 160; iii 1S5 (illust); iv 



133- 

 Wheat-Eelwonn, ii 222-223 (illust). 

 Wheel- Animalcules, i 304, 434-435; 



ii 261-263, 410; iii loo-ioi. 



Wheel-organ, i 434, 435; ii 410. 



Whelk, common, i 321 (illust.); ii 96, 

 97i 394-395; iii 412, 413 (illust.); iv 



— dog-, iv 348. [348. 



Whewell, in. 

 Whimbrel, i 169. 

 Whinchat, i 160; iv 1^3. 

 Whip-poor- wm, ii 58. 

 Whip-Scorpions, i 387, 3S9 (illust); 



il 125-126, 443; iii 169 (illust.). 

 " Whiskers ", of mammals, iv 28. 

 White, Gilbert, i 6 ; iii 380, 466, 467, 



471, 4S3; iv 379. 

 White-" Ants ". See Termites. 



"Whitebait", iv 264. 



White matter, ofspinal cord, i 50-51. 



Whitethroat, 1 160 illust \ 



— lesser, i i6o 'illust.'. 

 Whiting, i 279; ii 283; iv 200, 267. 



Whooper, i 177. 



Whydah Finches, iv 421. 



Widgeon, i 176; iii 58. 



Wiedersheim, iii 118. 



Wildebeest, i nS. 



WUley, iii 110, 214, 41S. 



Willows, iv 89, 92. 



Wilson, E. B., iv 494. 



Wilson, Gregg, iii 478. 



Windhover, i 174. 



Windpipe (and see Breathing organ): 



— birds, i 147; ii 427. 



— mammals, i 46-47 (illust). 

 Wing-covers, beetles, i 366; ii 315; 



iii 313, 314. 



— insects, straight-winged, i 345, 380. 

 Wing-coverts, of birds, i 143, 178; 

 Wings:— [iii 297. 



— bats, i 81; iii 292-294. 



— birds : 



game, iii 300. 



— perching, i 153, 155, 156, 15S, 



160, i6t; iii 303, 304. 

 picarian, i 163; iii 304. 



