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INDEX. 



Caviidee, 95, 101. 



Cebidse, 19, 26. 



Cecidomyidfie, 214. 



Cecidomjia (high-leaping fly) destructor, 



214 ; tritici, 214 

 Cedar-l)ird, 117. 



Ceutipede (hundred-footed), 203, 225. 

 CephalopSda (head-footed), 24S 

 Cerambycidse (long-horns), 217. 

 Cerambyz moschatus, 218. 

 Cere (naked skin at base of bUl), 113. 

 Cervical (neck) vertebrie, 56. 

 Cervidae Icervus, deer), 53, 69. 

 Cervus canadensis, 69 ; cut of, 71 : capre- 



olus, 69, 70 ; virginianus, 69, 72 ; dama, 



69, 72. 

 Ceryle alcyon, 126. 

 Cestoididse (girdle-like), 240. 

 CetacSa (cetus, whale), 16, 82. 

 Chsetura pelasgia, 128. 

 Chaetodontidse (hair-teeth), 192. 

 Chajtodon rostratus (beaked), 192. 

 Chumseleonidse, 171. 

 ChamEeleon vulgaris, 171. 

 Chamois (sham'-mp), 59, 63 ; cut, 64. 

 Charadi-iuB virgmicus, 146. 

 Charming of Snakes, 175. 

 Cheiromys madagascariensis, 28. 

 Cheiroptera, 16, 87. 

 Chelydra serpentina, 166, 167. 

 Chelydida;, 166, 167. 

 Chelys matamata, 166, 167. 

 Chelonidae, 166, 168. 

 Chelonia midas, 166. 

 ChilopOda, 226. 

 Chimney-swallow, 128. 

 Chimpanzee (Ghim-pan'-zee), 20. 

 Chipmunk, 100. 

 Chlamyphorus (cloak-bearer) truncatus 



(truncated), 106. 

 Chordeiles popetue, 126. 

 ChrysochloridEB, 92. 

 Chrysochloris (golden green) aureus 



(golden), 94. 

 Chrysomelidse, 217. 

 Chuck-will's Widow, 127. 

 Cicadidas, 219. 

 Cicada, 206 ; 6epten-decim,220 ; tri-decim, 



220. 

 Ciconiidse, 147. 

 Ciconia alba (white), 150. 

 Cirripeds (hair-footed), 233. 

 Cirripedia (curl-footed), 229, 233. 

 Cirri, 233 



Cistudo (box) virglniana, 16&, 167. 

 Civet, 29, 36. 

 Civet Cat, 29, 49. 

 Clam, 250. 



Classes, how formed, 11. 

 Classification, 11. 

 ClavelllnidiE, 256. 

 Ctavellina (little knob) lepidlformls, 



256. 

 Cliidai, 249. 



Clio, 245 ; borealis, 249. 

 Clupeidse (shad), 195. 

 Clupea serrata, 195. 

 Cobbler-flsh, 1112. 

 Cobra de Capello, 176. 



Coccygus (cuckoo) americanus, 129; 



erythrophthalmus, 129. 

 Cockatoo, Great Sulphur-crested, 132. 

 Cod-flsh, 193. 



Ccenosarc (common flesh), 266. 

 CoelenterSla, 265. 

 Colaptes auratus, 131. 

 ColeoptSra (Bheath-winged), 206, 215. 

 Colobe, 20. 



Colobus polycomus, 20, 24. 

 Collurio borealis, 118. 

 Colubridae (snake), 177. 

 Columbse (doves), 137. 

 Columbidffi, 137. 

 Columba livia, 137. 

 Colymbus torquatus, 159. 

 Comatula rosacea, 263. 

 Comparative Anatomy, laws of, 201. 

 Conchifers ijdbnk'^-fer'i)^ 250. 

 Condor of the Andes, 137. 

 Condylura (excrescence tail) cristata 



(crested), 94. 

 Condyle (knob hinging bead to spine), 15. 

 Conirostres (cone-beaked), 112. 

 Conurus (cone-tailed) carolinensis, 132. 

 Coot, 151. 



Corallium rnbrum (red coral), 266. 

 Coral, Red, 266 ; Madrepore, 267 ; Mush- 

 room, 268 ; Organ-pipe, 263. 

 Coreidse, 220. 

 Coreus tristis, 220. 

 Cormorant, 156. 

 Corvidse, 122. 

 Corvus corax, 122; americanus, 122; 



frugilegus, 123. 

 Coryphsena hippuris, IM. 

 Cotumix communis, 143. 

 Cougar, (koo'-gar), 33. 

 Cow, Jersey, 61 ; Ayrshire, 61. 

 Cow-bird, 121. 

 Crab, Fiddler, Sand, Hermit, Soft-shell, 



231 ; Horse-shoe, 232: Little-red, 264. 

 Crane, Whooping, 149, 150. 

 Cray-flsh, 231. 



Crinoid, living, 264; adult, free, 263. 

 Crinoidga (lily-like), 263. 

 Crocodilidse, 170. 

 Crocodilus vulgaris, 170. 

 Crocodile, 170. 

 Cross-bill. 119. 

 Crotalldse (rattler), 175. 

 Crotalus durissus, 175. 

 Crow, Common, 122. 

 Cms (hind limb), 110, 118. 

 Crustacga (crust), 203, 229. 

 Ctenactis echinata, 2(i8. 

 CtenophOra (comb-bearers), 265. 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 129; Yellow- 

 billed, 129. 

 Cnculidae, 129. 

 Culex pipiens (piping), 213. 

 Culicidse, 213. 

 Curcnlionidse, 218. 

 Curculio, 218. 

 Curvirostra (cnrve-beaked) leucopter* 



(white-winged), 119. 

 Cuttle-fish, 243. 



Cyanura cristata (blue-tail crested), 123. 

 Cyclopidse (circle-eye). 



