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INDEX 



Plant-lice, 174; honey-new se- 

 creted by, 313; of corn, 314. 



Plants for use in aquarium, 332. 



Plectrophenax nivalis, *25i. 



Plum curculio, *i89. 



Poison fangs of rattlesnake, *228. 



Pollen, honey-bees gathering, *304. 



Pollicipes polymenus, * 1 55. 



Polygonia interrogaiionis, larva of, 

 pupating, *i9; pupa or chrysa- 

 lid of, *20. 



Polynoe brevisetosa, *I49. 



Polyp, digestive cavity of, *90. 



Pond-skater, 167. 



Pond snail, external structure of, 

 52; in aquarium, *52. 



Porcupine, 260. 



Porpoise, 262. 



Pout, homed, 211. 



Preservation of animals, 343. 



Preserving insects, 334. 



Primates, 269. 



Protection by special resemblance, 

 287; of birds, 250; special 

 means for, 277. 



Protozoa, locomotion ' of, 66; 

 ocean, 119; respiration of, 80. 



Pseudopleuronectes americanus, 



*2I3. 



Puma, 269. 



Pupa, defined, 6 ; of silkworm, 1 5 ; 

 of violet-tip butterfly, Polygo- 

 nia interrogaiionis, *20. 



Pupal stage, defined, 6. 



Purpura saxicola, *I42. 



Quail, protective color of, 287. 

 Queen, honey-bee, *307. 

 Quince curculio, *i87; immature 

 stages of, *i88. 



Rabbit, alimentary canal of, de- 

 scribed, 90; protective color 

 of, 287. 



Rabbits, 260; in Australia, 274. 



Rainbow trout, *2i2. 



Raja erinacea, *2i5. 



Rangifer caribou, 266. 



Rat, black, 260; brown, 260. 



Rattlesnake, 227; dissection of 

 head, showing poison fangs, 

 *228; rattles of, *227; reme- 

 dies for bite of, 228. 



Rattles of rattlesnake, *227. 



Rearing animals, 329. 



Redbird, *23i. 



Reference books, list of, 327. 



Reindeer, 266. 



Remedies for bite of rattlesnake, 

 228. 



Remora, *2i6. 



Remoropsis brachyptera, *2i6. 



Reptiles, circulation of, 95; how 

 to preserve, 343. 



Resemblance, special protective, 

 287. 



Respiration, 79; by gills, 81; of 

 amphibians, 83 ; of insects, 82 ; 

 of Protozoa, 80; use of dia- 

 phragm in, 85. 



Robber ants, 314. 



Robin, western, *235. 



Rock-crab, *i55. 



Rodents, 258. 



Root-cage, for rearing insects, 332. 



Rosalina varians, *i2i. 



Reptiles, 219. 



Ruminant, 265. 



Running spider, with egg-sac, *39. 



Sable, 269. 



Sacculina, *295; parasitism of, 



293- 

 Salamander, red-backed, 219; 

 tiger, *2i8; western brown, 



*2l8. 



Salmo irideus, *2i2. 



Salmon, 211; eggs of, 43. 



Sand-dollar, 138. 



Sanninoidea exitiosa, *i76. 



Sawfish, 214. 



Sayornis nigricans, *232. 



Scales of butterflies' wings, 281; 



diagram to show arrangement 



of on wing of butterfly, *284; 



insertion pits of, *284; of moths 



and butterflies, *283. 

 Scalops aquaticus, 261. 

 Scavenger-beetle, water, 169. 

 Sciuropterus volans, 261. 

 Sciurus carolinensis , 261; hud- 



sonicus, 261; ludovicanus, 261. 

 Scolopendra, *i6o. 

 Screech-owl, *248. 

 Scutigera forceps, *i6i. 

 Sea-anemones, 126, *i27, *i28. 

 Sea-blubs, 132. 



Sea-horse, 213, *2i4; eggs of , 43. 

 Sea-lion, 268. 

 Sea-turtle, 220. 



