398 



INDEX 



Greece, 278, 310, 319 



Greek art, the horse in, 278 



Greenland, 12, 34, 44, 200, 202, 258, 304 



Greenland whale, 44 



Gulo, 149, 384 



Gypsies, 378 



Hair, in Mammals, 9 ; in whales, 25 ; in 



man, 372 ; in elephants, 263 

 Hamilton, Mr. G. Barrett, 1, 244 

 Hampshire, 52, 152, 200 

 Halichcerus, 204, 386 

 Hallux, or big toe, 109 

 Hare, the common, 219 ; colour and 



description, 220 ; breeding and 



habits, 220 ; place in folk-lore, 222 ; 



mammae, 219 

 Hare, the mountain, 217 

 Hares, 213; different kinds of, 213; 



origin of, 212 

 Harting, Mr. J. E., I, 58, 131, 233, 287 

 Harvie-Brown, Mr., I 

 Heart, in Mammalia, 9 

 Hebrides, 50, 59, 73, 93, 123, 152, 245, 



320 

 Hedgehog, 54, 55 et seq.; teeth of, 55; 



breeding of, 57 ; enemies of, 57 ; 



hibernation of, 57; food of, 58; 



distribution ot, 59 

 Hedgehog and cows, 58; and viper, 58 ; 



and mole, 63 

 Hemiiragus, 348, 349 

 Herberstain, Baron, 359 

 Herefordshire, 246 

 Hertfordshire, 153 

 Highlands of Scotland, 152, 214, 229, 



287, 299, 320 

 Himalayas, 113 

 Hipparion, 273 

 Hippopotamus, 6, 15, 282, 283 et seq., 



389 

 Historical period {see also Recent), 266, 



271, 305, 355 

 Holland, 15, 364 

 Homo, 372, 392 



Horns, 288 ; in ruminants, 288, 289 

 Horse, Prjevalski's, 6, 274, 276 

 Horse, the Arab, 275, 277 ; origin of, 



278 



Horse, the Barb, 278, 279 

 Horse, the Connemara, 276 

 Horse, the Domestic, origin of, 278 

 Horse, the Wild, of Europe, 277 

 Horses, 6, 272 ; teeth of, 273 ; markings 



of, 274 ; types of, 276, 277 ; tail of, 



274, 275 

 Hudson's Bay, 194 

 Hughes, Mr. T. McKenny, i 

 Hungary, 186, 271, 315, 321, 364 

 Hunting dog. See Lycaon 

 Huxley, Professor, 53 

 Hyaena, Hyaenas, the, 6, 15, 166, 385 

 Hyaena, the Brown, 166 

 Hysena, the Cave, 168 

 Hyaena, the Spotted, 6 15, 61, 167, 385 

 Hyaena, the Striped, 15, 167, 385 

 Hydrophobia, 337 

 Hydropotes, 290, 292, 293 

 Hyperoodon, 40, 380 

 Hyracoidea, 259 

 Hyrax, 259 



Iberian race of man, 374, 375 



Iceland, 12, 258, 305 



Incisor teeth, 54; in bats, 79; in rodents, 

 209 ; in Artiodactyles, 282 ; in mar- 

 supials and shrews, 56, 69 ; in 

 hedgehogs, 56 ; in elephants, 262, 

 265 ; of horses, 272, 273 



India, 14, 128, 132, 147, 167, 179, 184, 

 240, 284, 353, 366, 372 



Indian domestic cattle, 354, 357, 358 



Indian humped cattle, 354, 357, 358 



Insectivores, the, 16, 53 et seq., yj 



Insects, 76, 88 



Ireland, 3, 6, 12, 14, 15,36, 46, 49, 68, 72, 

 73, 89, 90, 93, 97, loi, 108, 112, 123, 

 125, 131, 141, 151 et seq., 156, 160, 

 229, 266, 299, 302, 306, 315, 317, 

 322, 361, 374, 378, 379 



Irish deer, gigantic. See Megaceros 



Irish " elk." See Megaceros 



Irish pig, 285 



Irish stoat or weasel, 160 



Isle of Wight, 100, loi. III, 165, 206 



Italy, 155, 364, 370 



Jackal, 127, 128, 129 



