INDEX. 



379 



As'erias, 104. 



Asteroidea, 99, 103; general characters 

 of, 103, et seq. 



Atolls, 89, 00. 



Atrium (I'urtfcata), 192. 



Aitchenia, 337. 



Auk, 295. 



Aurelia, 77, 78. 



Aves, 227; general characters of, 278; 

 feathers of, ib.; vertebral colunm of, 

 279; beak of, 280; pectoral arch of, 

 28 L; hind-limb of, 282; foot of, 284; 

 digestive system of, ih. ; respiratory 

 system of, 286 ; circulatory system of, 

 287 ; nervous system and organs of 

 sense of, 288 ; migrations, i6. ; divisions 

 of, 2fl0, et seq. 



Aves altrices, 288. 



Aves erraticce, 28P. 



Aves manentes. 28 \ 



Aves tnigratorice, 2S.i. 



Aves prmcocea, 2S7. 



Avocet, 296. 



Axolotl, 251. 



Aye-aye, 356, 



Baboon, 355. 

 Babyroussa, 334. 

 Badger, 347. , 

 Balcena, 329. 

 BcUcBnidoB, 329. 

 -Bfilaneers, 17'. 

 Batanidce, 149. 

 Balamis, 149. 

 Baleen, 329. 

 BalistidoB, 213. 

 Bandicoot, 323. 

 Banxring, 355. 

 Barnacles, 149 

 Barramunda, '24*?. 

 Barrier-reefs, Si'. 

 Batides, 247. 

 Batrachia, 253. 

 Bats, 351, 3V2. 

 }iear, 346, 347. 

 Beaver, 350, ?51. 

 Bee-eaters, 304. 

 Bees, 179. 

 Bslemnites, 211. 



Bfmana, 318 ; general f'haracters of, 3 JO. 

 Biology, definition of, 2. 

 Bird-lice, 168. 

 Birds (see Aves). 

 Bird's-head process, 1S8, 189. 

 Birds of Prey, 304,305. 

 Bison, 340, 

 Bittern, 296. 

 Bivalve Sliell-fish, 196. 

 Bladder-worms {see Cystic "Worms). 

 Blastoidea. 99, 109. 

 Blatta, lV-2. 

 Blattidce, 171 

 Blind-worm, 270. 

 Boa, 269. 

 Boat-fly, 171. 

 Bonasa, 298. 

 Bony Pike, 244. 

 Book scorpion, 155. 

 Bos, 340. 

 Bovidce, 340. 



Brachiopoda, 184, 185, 186 ; general 

 characters of, 193, et seq. 



Brachyura, 141, 142. 

 Bracts (of oceanic Uydrozoa), 73. 

 Bradypodidce, 325. 

 Branchial hearts (Cuttle-fishes), 210, 

 Branchial sac (Tunicata), 19z ; (Lance- 

 let), 220. 

 Brancliiiate Vertebrates, 211. 

 Branchifera (Gasteropoda), 203. 

 Brittle-stars, 105. 

 Bruta, 324. 

 Bubalus, 340. 

 Buccinum, 202. 

 Buceridce, 304, 

 Buffalo, 340. 

 Bu/onidce, 258. 

 Bustards, 297. 

 Butterflies, 176. 

 Byssus (of Lamellibranchiata), 201. 



Caddis-flies, 173. 



Caductbranchiata (Amphibia), 251. 



Caaca, intestinal (of Birds), 286. 



Cmciluie, 250, 251. 



Caiman, 273. 



Galamaries, 208, 212, 213. 



Calice (Corals), 87. 



CalycophoridcB, 72, 74. 



Camelidae, S37. 



Camelopardalidae, 338. 



Campanularida, 58, 6S ; medusiform 

 gonophores of, 68. 



Canals, of Sponges, 46 ; of Alcyonaria, 

 90 ; of Ctenophora, ^Q. 



CanidcB, 347. 



Cantkaris, 182, 



Capreol-us, 338. 



Caprimulgridce, 3H. 



Capybara, 350. 



C-iribou, 338. 



Carinaria, 205, 



Carbiatce, 290, 293. 



Carnivora, 318 ; general characters of, 

 344, et seq. 



Carp, 243. 



Carriage - spring apparatus (Brackio- 

 pjda), 194. 



Cassowary, 290, 292. 



Castor, 350. 



Castoridoe, 351. 



Catarhina, 357. 

 Cats, 344, 345, 347. 

 CavidoB, 350. 



Cavieornia, 338. 

 Cehidce, 357. 



Cellulose, in Ascidians, It 2. 

 Centetes, 354. 

 Centipedes, 157, 158. 



Cephalopoda, 185, 196 ; general characters 

 of, 208, et seq. ; lespiratory organ.-^ of, 

 210 ; reproductinn nf, 211 ; shell of, 212. 

 Ct'phalo thorax, 137, et seq.; 151. 

 Cp.rastes, 267. 

 Ceratium, 42. 

 Ceratudus, 239, 24^. 

 Cercnpithecus, 358. 

 Certhidoe, 304. 

 Ceroidce, 338. 

 Cervus, 338 

 Cestracion, 246. 

 Cestum, 96, 



Cetacea, 316, 318; general characters of, 

 328, et seq. 



