398 



INBBX. 



PAGB. 



Petromyzon : petros— a stone ; imtzo 



—to suck 348 



Petromtzontid^, . . . 348 

 Peucffia: peufce— apinetree, . 87 

 PHALAOROOORAOID^: pTialaTcros 



—bald; 7coraa>— a raven, . 147 

 Phalaeopodid^ , . . . 123 

 Phalaropus : phalaros — sUining ; 



pous— foot, .... 133 



Phenacobius : pTtenacc— deceptive ; 



bios— life. 399 



Philobela: pMleo— to love; fi-ele— 



sunlight; (Tiilus— mud?), . 125 

 Philomachus : -pUiUo — to love ; 



macTie— a fight, . . . 139 



Photog&nAs: photogenis — born of 



Hgbt, 294 



Phoxinus: phoxinos—a, minnow; 



(pfcoxos— tapering), . . 303 

 Phrynosoma: pfenwie— a toad; ao- 



ma— body 170 



Pica: L., a magpie, ... 94 

 PiCARLffl: L., picus — a wood- 

 pecker, 98 



PlOID^, 102 



Picoides: L., like a woodpecker, 104 

 Picus: L., a woodpecker, . , 103 

 Pileoma: pile ma — something 



compact, 319 



Pimelodus: pi/melodes—faX, . 300 

 Pimepbales: pimele— fat; kephale 



—head, . . . . ■ . 388 

 Pinicola; L., living among pines, 81 

 Pipilo; Ii.,ptpilo— to chirp, . 89 

 Pisces: !>., fishes, , . . 199 

 Pity7n/ya: pitus— a pine-tree; 7m(-« 



—mouse, ..... 33 

 Pityophis: pitua — a. pine-tree; 



opM«— snake, .... 178 

 Placopharynxiploa;— anything flat 



and broad; pTiowiwKP— pharyipc, 296 

 PtanesUcua: Greek, planesticos— 



wandering, vagabond, . . 47 

 Planirosira: L., plonw-s— flat; roa- 



triwn.— snout, .... 344 

 Plargyrua: pleura— side; a/rguroa 



—silver, 393 



Platygoblo: platus— broad or flat; 



L., G?o&to— a gudgeon, . . 304 

 Plectrophanes: plektron — a spur; 



p/ian*o— to show, . . 83-354 

 PlesUodon: pl&tstos— many; odon 



—tooth, 171 



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Pletbodon : pUthoa — abundance ; 

 odo?i^-tootb 193 



PLBTHODON TIDiE , . . . 192 



Pleurodblid^ : Pleurodeles ; 

 pie woTi— side; deleeis — destruc- 

 tive, 190 



Pleurolepis: pleuron — side; lepis 



—scale 319 



Plotid^, ..... 146 

 Plotus; plos— a swimmer, . 146 

 Podiceps: L., podex— rump; pes— 

 foot, 155 



PODIOIPID^, . . . . 155 



Podilymbus : L., podicepa — a 

 grebe; col^/mbiis- a loon, . 156 



Poecilichthys : poiTcilos — varie- 

 gated; ichtTius- fish, . . 326 



Polioptila: polios— hoary ; ptilo»i^- 

 feather, 50 



Polyodon : polus — many ; odon — 

 tooth 344 



POLTODOMTID^, . . . 343 



Pomolobus: porno. — opercle; loboa 



—lobe 379 



Pomotis: poma — opercle; ous— 

 ear, ...... 339 



Pomoxys: pomo— opercle; oxus— 

 sHarp, . . . . -. . 347 



Pooecetes ; poa — meadow-grass; 



feoite— nest, ... 84 



Porphyrio ; porplvu/rion — a red 

 water bird, from porp h-urios, 



purple, 136 



Porzana: meaningless, . . 136 

 Potamocottus:potow7ios— a river; 



fcotfcos— a sculpin, . . . 254 

 Procyon: pro— before; kuon—dog 20 

 Prootouidje, .... 30 

 Progne: a daughter of Pandlon, 



who was changed into a swallow 72 

 Prosopiura : prosopeia— a mask (in 

 allusion to the broad preorbital), 362 



Protbida, 197 



PaoTEiD^, 197 



Proteus : a name in mythology, 1 97 

 Protistius: protos— before, in ad- 

 vance; MsfcioTir- sail (dorsal fin), 363 

 Protonotarla : L., noted above 



others: prothonotary , . . 60 

 Pseudemys: pseudos— false; emus 



—a tortoise, . . . . 164 

 Pseudobranchus: pseutZos — false ; 

 bragchos—gilla, . . . 198 



