304 



IN'DBX. 



MonSra, 2T7. 



Monkey, The, 16. 



Monodon (one-tooth) monocerOB (one- 

 hom), 85. 



Monotremata (one orifice), 16, lOS. 



Monotremes, 108. 



Moose, 69. 



Morrhua americana, 193. 



Moschua (mupk) moschiferns (mask- 

 hearing), 69, 78. 



Mosquitoes, 206, 213. 



Motacilla alba (white), 116. 



Mother Gary's chicken, 159. 



Moths, 206, 211. 



Mountain Goat, 59, 63 ; Sheep, 59, 67. 



Mouse, 95. 



Mud Bel, 183. 



Murex, !i45, 246. 



Murex tenuispinus (tender spine), 245. 



Muricidae (ehell-fish), 215. 



Muridae {Mu8, gen. muris^ a mouse), 95, 96. 



Mus decuuionus, large, 97 ; musculus 

 (very small), 97. 



Muscidse (fly), 214. 



Mushroom Cloral, 268. 



Musk Deer, 69, 73. 



Musk Ox, 69. 



Musk Rat, 97. 



Muscle-wormj 239. 



Mustela americana, 40; pennantii, 40. 



MustelidiB, 29, 40. 



Mya arenaria, 250- 



Mycetes ursinus, 25. 



Mygalidae (mouse), 227. 



My^ale, nest of, 2213. 



Myiarchus crinitus, 125. 



MyriapSda (many-footed), 203, 225. 



Myrmecophaga (ant-devourer) jubata 

 (maned), l(i4. 



Myrmecophagidse, 104. 



Myrmeleonidse (ant-lion), 22.3. 



Myrmeleon ohsoletus (hidden), 224 



Mytilidse, 252. 



Mytilus edulis (edible), 252. 



Naja tripudians, 176. 



Narwhal, 84. 



NatatOres (swimmers), 151. 



Nauclerns (pilot) furcatus (forked), 135. 



Nautilidae (sailor), 244. 



Necrophorus (dead-carrier) vestigator 



(tracker), 217. 

 Nephila plnmipes, 227. 

 Nereis, 236. 

 Nervous System, 13. 

 NenroptSra (nerve-winged), 206, 223. 

 Nenro-skeleton (nerve skeleton), 165. 

 Newt, 183. 

 Night Hawk, 126. 

 Nightingale, 116. 

 Noctilionidae, 89. 

 Noctiliis leporinue, 90. 

 Noctilncse (ni^ht-shiner), 275. 

 Noctiluca (night-shining) millaris 



(pimply), 275. 

 Northern Hare, 102. 

 Nucleobranchista, 245, 248. 

 Nnmida meleagris, 140. 

 Numididse, 140, 



Nnmmnlites ataica, 276. 



Obsolete (obscure), 113. 



OdontophSra, 246. 



(Esophagus, 52. 



Operculum icover), 191. 



Ophidia, 165. 



Ophisaurus (snake-lizard), 173. 



OpisthobranchiSta, 245, 248. 



Opossum, 16, 107. 



Orang-outang, 20, 22. 



Orchestia longicomis, 232. 



Orders, how formed, 12. 



Organ-pipe Coral, 268. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 121. 



Ornithorhynchus paradoxus (paradox 

 ical), 109. 



Ornitnosauria, 165. 



OvthoptSra (straight-winged), 206, 222. 



Orthopters, 222. 



Ortyx virginianus, 143. 



Osteological (bony), 39. 



Ostrea edulis, 253. 



Ostrich, 113, 143 ; African, 144 ; S. Amer- 

 ican, 145 : Patagonian, 145. 



Otariidie, 29, 49. 



Otter, 40, 45. 



Ovibos (sheep-ox) moscbatus (musk), 59. 



Ovipositor (egg-placer), 219. 



Oviparous, 15. 



Ovis aries, 59, 68 ; montana, 59, 67. 



Owl, i:a; Burrowing, 101. 



Ox, 53, 60 ; Musk, 59. 



Oysters, 253, 253. 



Oyster-catcher, 146. 



Pachyglopsa, 171. 



Palmate (palm-shaped), 69. 



Panther, 33. 



Paper Sailor, 243. 



PapilionidK (butterfly), 211. 



Papilio machaon, 211. 



Paradiseidge (paradise), 124. 



Paradise-bird, Emerald, 124. 



Paradisea apoda (footless). 124. 



Parasitical (living on others), 129. 



Parthenogenesis, 221. 



Partridge, 142. 



Parrot, 113 ; Carolina, 132. 



Passenger Pigeon, 138 



PassSres, 113,114 



Passerine, 112. 



Pastinaca hastata (spear), 186. 



Pavo (Peacock) cristatus (crested), 140. 



Pavonidae, 140. 



Peacock, 140. 



Pearly Nautilus, 244. 



Peccary, 53, 74. 



Pedipalpi (feet-feelers), 226, 228. 



Pelagia cyanella, 270. 



Pelecanidge. 1.55. 



Pelecanus (Pelican) erythrorhynchus 



(red-beakea)jl55 ; fuscus (brown), 155. 

 Pelican, 113 ; White, 155 ; Brown, 155. 

 Penguin, 113, 159; Jackass, 161; Patar 



gouian, 161. 

 Pentacta frondosa, 259. 

 Pentacrinus asteria, 264. 

 Perca flavescens, 191. 



