INDEX 



Adelie penguin, mortality among 

 nestlings, 83 



Albatross, remarkable story of 

 nestling of, 78 



Alcock, Dr., mortality among 

 terns, 89 



Alligator, care of for young, 157 



Andrews, Dr., play of frigate- 

 birds, 96 



Angler-fish, huge egg-masses of, 

 212 



— transformation of, 226, 229 

 Ant-eater, transverse stripes of, 



31 

 Antelope, harnessed, stripes of, 



31 

 Antelopes, young, number of, 20 

 Antennae, as cradles, 241 

 Antlers, nature of, 47 



— growth of, 48 



— shedding of, 49 



— of fossil deer, 49 



Apes, carriage of young in, 20 

 ArchEEOpteryx, tail of, 3 



— wing of, 121 



Arius, curious nursing habits of, 



21, 49 

 Aspredo, carrying eggs, 219 

 Auks, nestlings of, 64 

 Axolotl, remarkable history of, 



188, 259 



Bat, Horse-shoe, disposal of 

 young, 17 



— Noctule, young of, how 

 carried, 16 



— Naked, young of, how carried, 

 18 



Bat -ray, embryo of, 221 

 Bats, young of, how carried, 14 

 Beaks, of nestling birds, re- 

 markable, 143 



Beak-sheath in nestling birds, 146 

 Bearded tit, mouth ornaments 



in nestling, 112 

 Birds, kinship with reptiles, 131 

 Birth-rate, modifying factors of, 



22, 23 

 Bitterling, curious nursery of, 223 

 Bow-fin, nursing habits of, 217 

 Brood-pouch, remarkable con- 

 tents of, 241 

 Butler, A. L,, a nestling Egyp- 

 tian plover, 60 

 Buzzard, cannibalism of nest- 

 lings, 263 



Caecilians, 203, 205 



Californian quail, curious habits 



of, 62 

 Caiman, Dr., on netting larval 



crabs, 238 

 Caterpillars, 242, 244 



— and instinctive actions, 253 



— carnivorous, 250 



— devices of, 244 et seq. 



— eating egg-shells, 247 



— mistaken for snails, 250 



— moulting of, 243 



— remarkable postures of, 240, 

 245, 248-9 



— working in concert, 254 



Cat - fish, remarkable nursing 



habits of, 219 

 Chamaeleon, hibernation of em- 

 bryo in, 161 

 Chapman, F., on young flamin- 

 goes, 70 



■ on young pelicans, 79 



Chimaera, strange egg of, 211 

 Chrysalis, how formed, 252 

 Cobego, carriage of young, 19 

 Cocoon, how formed, 253 



— remarkable types of, 254 



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