INDEX. 



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Mangrove key, history of a, 150-155. 

 Massasauga (Oaudisona tergemina), 91. 

 Medicinal qualities of the rattlesnake, 107. 

 Melospisa melodia, 21. 

 Merula migratorius, 26. 

 Mice and rats, wild, 70. 

 Migrations of seals, 188, 195. 

 Moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus), 91, 94. 

 Mockingbirds and rattlesnake, 30. 

 Mbdiola plicatula, 146. 

 Mole (Scahps aquaticus), 72. 

 Mollusks as oyster enemies, 119-146. 

 Moths, sphinx, 61. 

 Mussels as oyster pests, 146. 

 Myriapods of caves, 215. 



Neosorex, 32, 37. 



Netsick. (See Ringed Seal.) 



Ocean, distribution of life in, 77. 

 Octopus granulatus, 161, 166. 



" punctatus, 165. 

 Ommaslrephes illecebrosa, 161. 

 Operculum, use of, 117. 

 Ophiobolus sayi, 102. 

 Ophiurans, 130. 



Opossum (Didelphys mrginiana) in winter, 69. 

 Ormer shell. (See Haliotis.) 

 Ortyx mrginianus, 175. 

 Ostrea mrginiana, 113. 

 Oven-bird. (See Water-thrush.) 

 Ovulum angulomm, 228. 

 Oyster {Ostrea mrginiana), 113. 



" enemies of, 119-149. 



" on the Florida coast, 150. 



PagophiVus grmnXandicus, 186. 



Partridge. (See Quail.) 



Pearl images of Buddha, 224. 



Pedicellarise of star-fish, 120. 



Periwinkles and oyster pests, 137-149. 



Philampelus labrusem, 60. 



Phoca fcetida, 186. 



Phoca vitulina, 182, 187. 



Pinnotheres ostreum, 148. 



Pipilo erythropthalmus, 30. 



Pogonias chromis, 142. 



Pompano (Trachynotus carolinus), food of, 



160. 

 Pompano-shells, the, 156-160. 

 Porcupine (Erethwon dorsatus), 73. 



Pugnacity in small animals, 36. 

 Purpura lapilVus, 145. 



Quadrupeds in winter, 68. 



Quahaug ( Venus mercenaria), 232, 239. 



Quail, the American (Ortyx mrginianus), 175. 



Rails, when flooded out, 30. 



Bana syVoatica, 15, 65. 



Rattle of rattlesnake, purpose of, 97. 



Rattlesnakes (see Crotalus), 90-112. 



Reptiles, expression in, 101. 



Ringed seal, 186, 188. 



Robin (Merula migratoria), 26. 



Sandpiper, spotted (Tringoides macularius), 



41. 

 Saxidomus auratus, 244. 

 Scalops aquations, 72. 

 Scent, retention of, in quail, 179. 

 Sciurus carolinensis, 72. 



" liudsonius, 72. 

 Sea-ear. (See Haliotis.) 

 Sea-grapes (eggs of squid), 146. 

 Sea-necklaces, 139. 

 Sea-stars. (See Star-fish.) 

 Seal, bearded (ErignatTms barbatus), 188. 



" common. (See Harbor-seal.) 



" the Greenland. (See Harp-seal.) 



" the harbor (Phoca vitulina), 182. 



' ' the harp (Pagophilus grmnlandicus), 186, 



188, 199. 

 Seal, the hooded (Oystophora cristata), 186, 



188, 191. 

 Seal, the ringed (Phoca fmtida), 186, 188. 

 Seals, former abundance of, 182. 

 Sepia, or India ink, source of, 166. 

 Serpulidaj on oysters, 149, 152. 

 Sertularia argentea, 149. 

 Shell-heaps in Florida, 154, 155. 

 Shell-money of primitive races, 227-247. 

 " of Pacific coast, 240. 



" southern varieties of, 241. 



Shells as a defence, 116, 128. 

 Shrew, etymology, 38. 

 ". long-tailed, 32. 



" short-tailed (Blai-ina brevicauda), 33. 

 Sialia sialis, 26. 

 Siurus auricapillus, 47. 

 " motacilla, 44, 47. 

 " ncevius, 43, 46. 



