INDEX. 



701 



Astrsea pallida, 81 



Astrangia, 80 



Astrangia Danse, 81 



Astrogonium, 114 



Astioldes, development of, 82 



Astropecten, 114 



Astrophyton Agassizii, 111 



Atalapha Doveboracensis, 591 



Ateles, 560, 620 



Atlantosaurus, 515 



Atoll, 89 



Atrium, 388 



Auk, great, 541 



Aurelia aurita, 63 

 flavidula, 65 



Auricularia, 132 



Aurochs, 612 



Autechinida, 128, 126 



Autolycus, 215 



Automata, animals as, 683 



Aves, anatomy of, 518, 525 

 characters of, 518, 557 

 development of, 582 

 feathers of, 523 

 moulting of, 534 

 nesting habits of, 536 

 sexual colors of, 585 

 skeleton of, 518, 519, 521 

 songs of, 535 

 topography of, 520 



Axinella polypoides, 48 



Axolotl, 479 



Aye-aye, 619 



Baboo-t, 630 

 JBalsena mysticetus, 593 

 Balaeniceps rex, 545 

 BalEenoptera boops, 593 

 Balanoglossus aurantiacus, 199 

 Balanus halannides, 373 

 Balatro, 179 

 Baphetes, 483 

 15arnacle, 373 



anatomy of, 373 



Barramundi fish, 430 



Bathycrinus, 101 



Bats, 588 



Batrachia, breeding habits of, 484 



characters of, 464, 487 



development of, 476 



gills of, 468 



poison of, 475 



reproduction of lost parts 

 of, 481 



skeleton of, 465 



teeth of, 467 



viviparous, 479 

 Bear, 615 

 Beaver, 584 

 Bee, 359, 365 

 Beetles, 373 



oil, 372 

 Belone longirostris, 454 

 Bilateral symmetry of Ctenopho- 

 ra, 92, 93 



Echinoderms, 96, 120 

 Bilharzia haematobia. 152 

 Bill-fish, 454 

 Bimana, 624 



Bipalium dendrophilus, 143 

 Bipinnaria,113 

 Birds, diving, 541 



of prey, 548 



perching, 551 



raptorial, 548 



swimming, 543 

 (Also see Aves.) 

 Bison, 611 



Bladder, swimming, of fishes, 442 

 Blastoidea, 107, 109 

 Blind fish, 443, 444, 453 



shrimps, 315 

 Blissus leucopterus, 349 

 Blister beetles, 353 

 Blood, circulation of, 635 

 Blood corpuscles, 8 

 Blue-fish, 455 

 Boa constrictor, 496 



