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INDEX. 



Cuttle-fishes, 161. 



edible, of Puget Sound, 165. 

 Cyprma moneta, 227. 

 Gystophora cristata, 186, 188, 191. 



Deer in winter, 74. 



" the eastern (Ccmacus virginianus), 74. 

 Deer, the mule (Oariacus macroiis), 74. 

 Dendrceca cestiva, 21. 

 Dentalium-money, 244. 

 Devil-fishes, a practical view of, 161-167. 

 Didelphys virginiana, 69. 

 Distribution, local, of animal life, 55. 

 Dogs used in hunting seals, 192. 

 Bonax variabilis, 156. 

 Dove (Zenaidura carolinensis), note of, 26. 

 Dredging apparatus, 84. 

 Drill, the, 145. 

 Drum-fish (Pogonias chromis), 142. 



Echo, myth of, the, 91. 

 Eggs of oyster, 113. 

 Elk (Gervus canadensis), 168. 

 Embryology of oyster, 114. 



" of star-fishes, 125. 



EretMzon dorsatus, 73. 

 Erignathus barbatus, 186. 

 Eskimo method of seal-hunting, 190, 194. 



Fascination accounted for, 28, 95. 

 Field-naturalist, a model, 54. 

 Fishes as oyster enemies, 142. 



" in winter, 63. 

 Five-finger. (See Star-fish.) 

 Five, significance of, among Radiates, 120. 

 Floe-rat. (See Ringed Seal.) 

 Flounders, color changes in, 82. 

 " reared from eggs, 87. 



Food of seals, 196. 

 Fright, stupefaction from, 29, 37, 96. 

 Frog, tree (Hyla versicolor), 15, 64. 



" wood (Sana temporaria, var. sylvati- 



ca), 15, 65. 

 Fulgur carica, 137, 138, 232. 

 Fulica americana, 136. 

 Fungus in caves, 216. 

 " in winter, 49. 



Geology of caves, 203-220. 

 Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis), 15. 

 Graybeard hydroids, 149. 



Ground-squirrels, 70. 



Gulf Stream, effect of, on animal life, 77, 87. 



Gulls, burgomaster, 192. 



Gulo luscus, 76. 



Saliotis family, 221-226, 245. 



" Chinese uses of, 222, 224. 



" Indian uses of, 226, 245. 

 Harbor-seal, 182. 

 Hares in winter, 69. 

 Harp-seal, 186, 188, 191. 

 Hawok. (See Shell-money.) 

 Herons when a heronry burns, 29. 

 Heterodon platyrhinus, 101. 

 Hiqua. (See Shell-money.) 

 Hirundo erythrogastra, 26. 

 Hog-nose snake (Heterodon platyrhinus), 101. 

 Hooded seal, 186, 188, 191. 

 Hummingbirds, 27. 

 Hyla versicolor, 15. 



llyanassa obsoleta, 146. 



Indian beads. (See Shell-money.) 



" methods of boring, 234, 243. 



" money and trade, 226-247. 

 Infusoria, 58. 



Ink from cuttle-fishes, 166. 

 Insects in winter, 58. 



Joree. (See Towhee Finch.) 



Kassigiak. (See Harbor-seal.) 

 King-bird (Tyr annus carolinensis), 27. 

 King-snake (Ophiobolus sayi), 102. 

 Kol-kol. (See Shell-money.) 



Laboratory, Agassiz's sea-side, 78. 



Larus glaucus, 192. 



Limpet, the slipper (Crepidulafomicata), 118. 



Linyphiaweyeri, 215. 



Lizards in winter, 65. 



Loligo pallida, 161. 



" pealei, 161. 



" sagittata, 164. 



" vulgaris, 165. 

 I/unatia heros, 145. 

 Luray caverns, 203-216. 



Makira money, 229. 

 Malayta money, 229. 

 Mangrove, characteristics of, 151. 



