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INDEX 



A 



Ghost-moth, egg-laying of, 242 

 '/ Glochidium," strange history 



of, 223, 261 

 Gobies, curious eggs of, 212 

 Goby, spotted, nest of, 216 

 ' Godman, F. D., on young wood- 

 cock, 64 

 " Gossamer," nature of, 262 

 Gourami, foam nest of, 218 

 Grant, Ogilvie, mortality among 



petrels, 89. 

 Grebe, nestling, coloration of, 

 103 



■ ornament in, no 



Guillemot, transporting young, 

 64 

 "Gulls, eating nestlings, 83 

 Giinther, A. L., on young guille- 

 mots, 64 

 Gymnarchus, nursing habits of, 

 217 



Hare, condition at birth of, jg 

 Heat, distressing to birds, 93 



— effect of on nestlings, 93 

 Heel-pads in nestling birds, 145 

 Hoatzin, nestling of, 118 

 Horns of young mammals, 46 

 Horse-mackerel, larvae of, 224 

 Horse, number of young of, 21 

 Howard, H. E., on nestling 



warblers, 74 



Ibises, eating nestlings, 83 

 Ichneumon fly, 240, 256 



gruesome larvae of, 256 



Infant, ape-like characters in, 53 



— loss of hair in, 52 



— mortality, 83 



— strength of arms in, 5 3 

 Instinct, 253, 255 



Jacana, coloration of nestling, 

 99 



Kangaroo, young of, 7 

 Kangaroos, carrying young, 1 1 



— forsaking young, 12 



• — number of young of, 1 1 

 Koala, young of, 13, 14 



Larval stages, permanent, 2 



Leg, development of in birds, 



132 

 Lion, mortality among young, 



21 



— number of young of, 21 



— spots of young, 34 

 Lobster-moth, strange cater- 

 pillar of, 246 



Lobster, spiny, remarkable larva 



of, 240 

 Lumpsucker, care of eggs of, 



218 



Macpherson, H. B., on young 



eagle, 65, 71 

 Mammals, condition at Birth of, 



8 et seq. 



— young, coloration of, 27 



education of, 24 



Man, loss of hair in, 52 

 Marsupials, young of, 7 

 Maturity, periods of attainment, 



23 

 Megapodes, precocious nestlings 



of, 129 

 Mesoptyles, meaning of, 151 

 Mice, pouched, young of, 13 

 Migration, perils of, 90 



— probable cause of, 92 

 Millais, J. G., ptarmigan, re- 

 marks on, 57 



Mouth, changes in form of, 182, 

 184 



— ornamentation in nestlings, 

 III 



— receptacle for young, 20 

 219 



Mussel, early stage of, 259 



— fresh-water stage of, 260 



Nestling birds, death-rate among, 



82 

 disintegration of stripes 



in, 99 



eaten by crabs, 89 



eaten by mice, 89 



excrement of, 73 



feeding nestlings, 80 



feeding of helpless, 75 



feigning death, 59 



helpless types of, 73 



