INDEX 



403 



Sable, the, 151 



Sabre-toothed "tigers." See Machairo- 



donts 

 Saiga antelope, 6, 15, 341, 342, 391 

 Saint-Hilaire, M., 60 

 SalmoD, 5, 23, 139 

 Sardinia, 211, 214, 310, 319 

 Savernake Forest, 131 

 Scammon, Capt., 28 

 Scandinavia, 250, 257, 265, 301, 305, 376, 



377 

 Scandinavian type of man, 377 

 Scharff, Dr. R. F., i, 156, 213, 244, 245, 



305, 3". 319. 320 

 Sciurus, 225, 387 

 Scoresby, Capt., 22 



Scotland, 12, 14, 15, 21, 23, 36, 42, 49, 

 59. 68, 73- 93, 96, 97, 108, 122, 123, 

 131, I33> 185, 186, 249, 299, 302, 



306, 317, 339. 361, 374. 377. 379 

 Scottish races, 376 et seq. ; physiognomy, 



377 

 Sea lions, 190, 191 ; distinction between 



seals and sea lions, 191, 195 

 Seal, the Bearded, 1 5, 203, 386 

 Seal, the Bladder-nosed or Hooded, 207, 



386 

 Seal, the Common, 197, 386; colour of, 



107 ; mammae, 198 ; voice, 198 ; love 



of music, 199 ; destruction of, 199, 



200 ; distribution, 200 

 Seal, the Greenland {see the Harp seal), 



386 

 Seal, the Gray, 204, 386 ; colour, 204 ; 



breeding-time, 205 ; distribution, 206 

 Seal, the Harp, 201, 386 

 Seal, the Ringed, ^02, 386 

 Seals in general, 4, 15, 187 

 Seals, the true, 195 ; classification of, 



and anatomy, 195; origin of, 189; 



kidneys of, 188 ; fore and hind feet 



of, 190, 197 

 Sebaceous (fatty) glands and fluids, 8 

 Secondary Epoch, 12, 14, 15, 16, 210 

 Semnopithecus, 368, 370 

 Serows, the, 344 

 Severn, the, 202 

 Sewell, Mr. A. J., 127 

 Shandon Cave, 135 



Sheep, the, 340, 348 et seq., 391 ; origin 



of domestic, 348, 350, 351, 391 

 Sheep, the Armenian, 349, 350, 351 

 Sheep, the Soa, 350 

 Sheep, the St. Kilda, 350 

 Sheep, the Urial {Ovis vignet), 349 



et seq. 

 Sheep, the Audad (N. African), 341, 350 

 Shetland Islands, 21, 41, 49, 59, 194, 278, 



377 



Shrew ash, the, 71 



Shrew, the Common, 70, 71, 72 



Shrew, the Lesser, 72, 73 



Shrew, the Water, 73 ; description of, 73, 

 74 ; breeding, 75 ; distribution, 75 



Shrews, 59, 69 et seq, ; teeth of, 56, 69, 

 73; mammae, 70; breeding, 70; 

 archaic features of, 69 ; food, 7 1 



Shropshire, 378 



Siberia, 16, 22, 127, 128, 186, 211, 257, 

 265, 272, 299, 301, 304, 314, 346 



Sibbald's Rorqual, 49 



Sika. See Deer 



Sirenia, 17 



Siwalik Hills (N.-W. India), 152 



Skunk, 123 



Skye, Island of, 39, 123, 388 



Sligo, 299 



Soa sheep, 350 



Somaliland, 167, 168 



Somersetshire, 180, 306 



Sorex, 69, 381 



South America, 14, 18, 36, 41, 129, 213, 

 366 



Sowerby's whale, 42 



Spain, 14, 156, 213, 214, 292, 310, 319, 

 320, 364 



Sperm whale {see Whale), 36 



Spermaceti, 38 



Spermophilus, 230, 387 



Spitzbergen, 194, 200, 304 



"Sport," 4, 153, 195 



Squalodont whales, 18 



Squirrel, the Common, 225 ; colour of, 

 226 ; seasonal changes, 226 ; breed- 

 ing habits, 226 ; food, 227 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 229 



Squirrels, 77, 225 



Staifordshire, 287 



