INDEX 



251 



Mountain meal, 156 

 Mouse-deer, 26, 168, 193 



— lemurs, 124 

 MulUgong, 58 

 Musk, 150 



— kangaroo, 244 



— rat, 152 



N 



Narwhal, 162 



Nereis, 84 

 Numb-fish, 184 



O 



Octopus, 177, 201 

 OfEensive and defensive 



weapons of animak, 



159 

 Oil, 147 



One-homed sheep, 47 

 Opossum, 25, 190 

 Orang-utan, 121, 188 

 Otter, 94 



OM, burrowing, 80 

 Oyster, eggs of, 69 



P 



Parasites, 77, 200 

 Parasol ants, 79 

 Parchment, 45, 143 

 Partridge, plumed, 31 

 Peacock, 140 

 Pearls, 152 

 Peewit, 30 



Pemmioan, 140 

 Pepsine, 157 

 Perch, eggs of, 69 

 Peregrine falcon, 97, 102 

 Persian lamb, 51 

 Pinnipeds, 192 

 Plant-Uce, 78 

 Platypus, 54, 56, 57, 61, 



81, 172, 204 

 Plover, 31, 81 

 Poisonous animals, 204 

 Polecat-ferret, 91 

 Porcupine, 147, 169, 190, 



191 

 Pounce, 145 

 Prairie dog, 80 

 — marmot, 80 

 Prayiag insects, 33 

 Proctotretus, 24 

 Proechidna, 62 

 Prongbuck, 167 

 Protection of animals, 107, 



118 

 Puff adder, 215 

 Puss moth, 178, 226 



Quails, 40 



Q 



B 



Rabbit hunting, 91 



— pest of, 106 

 Rat, 131, 132, 139 



— kangaroo, 133 

 Rattlesnake, 23, 80, 148, 



157, 214 



