INDEX 



i'aci-; 



description of 335 



Orotaphytus collaris 125, 126 



Crotalus cauctisoita 138 



Orotaphaga ani 268 



sulcirostris 208 



Crustacea: 



a class of t lie Invertebrata 27 



containing Grays and Crabs 44 



Cuckoo, Black-billed: 



life history of 200 



Californian 266 



great spotted 209 



Siberian in Alaska 200 



Cuckoos: 



African 2(19 



as a group 260 



nidi ficat ion of 266 



Cueullos 28 



Cucutus canorus: 



habits of 2G0 



c. telepTiontts in Alaska 260 



Cavicr, on Elf Tadpole 99 



Cyelostomata, a division of the t'nniiafa . 20 



Gynoidea, the group 403 



Cyrlonyx-, the genus 210 



D. 



Daddy-long-legs, classed with the Araok- 



nida 28 



Dampier, work cited 198 



Darwin: 



on the Block Skimmer 194 



on the genus Furnarius 358 



on ostriches 472 



Dasyuridae, the family 372 



Deep-sea fishes, various species from 



Bay of Bengal 80 



DelpMnapterus, species of the genus .... 375 



Delphinidac, the family 374 



DelpJiinus, species of the genus 374 



Dcmlroica discolor, nest of 324 



Denticete, the suborder 374 



Development, defined 23 



Devilfishes, capture of 09 



Devil's Darning-needles 34 



DiddpJiidac . . .' 364 



anatomy of 308 



))\d< IpJu/s, the genus 307 



Dingo '. 404 



Diphx berenice 35 



ruhicundi/Ja 35 



Diver, Blaek-tbroated 171, 173 



plumages of 173 



Dogfish : 



eggs of 74 



feeding on crabs 52 



various species of 70 



Dogs, domestic 403 



Dolomedrs tenebronus 30, 31 



Dovekie, history of the 177 



Douglass's horned toad 120 



Dragon-flies 34 



duration of life in 38 



fossil forms of 38 



how to study 37 



how classified -^4 



iarvse of 37 



literature on 34 



metamorphosis of 38 



number described 35 



present knowledge of 39 



reproduction of 35 



uses of to man 37 



Drummond, ou snakes 134 



Dryobates pubescens 270 



Ducks, nesting of 309 



Dugongs, place in the system of the. .. . 393 



Duplicidentata, the suborder 405 



Dyer, work cited 21 



E. 



Eagles, related to Harpagorius 444 



PAliE 



Echinodermata, in classification 26 



Eel, Congo 91 



Eels, breeding establishment: 



at Commachio 89 



electric 90 



habits of 87, 88 



myths aboul 88 



Eu'gs, of birds 306 



Electric Rays 08 



Elf owls 249 



Emballonuridar, the family 432 



Embryology, in classification 23 



Ermine 409 



European cuckoo, breeding habits of ... . 310 



Extinction of Birds 257 



F. 



Faxon, Walter, on the Astaeidre 44 



Feather tracts, defined and named 290 



Fennec 464 



Ferrets 409 



Finches aud Sparrows: 



number known to Wilson 330, 335 



foreign forms of 335 



Fisher . 469 



Fishes: 



a group of the Gnathostomata . . . . 26 



deep-sea 74 



Fire-flics, luminous powers of 28 



Flamingoes, nidification of 309 



Flower, Sir William Henry: 



on bats 428 



on the whales 378 



on the opossums 308 



Flying Foxes 431 



Flying Lemurs 404 



Flying Squirrels: 



as pets 400 



characters of 400 



life-hisiorv of 400 



traits of 403 



Forbes, S. A., cited on Cravtishes 45 



Fox: 



taxidermy of 460 



Arctic 463 



Cross 463 



Grav 463 



Kit or Swift 463 



Silver or Black 463 



Fratercula, eegs of 309 



Fringillidse, the family 317, 329 



Frogs, genera of 100 



Furnarius rufux: 



general description of 358 



Newton on 361 



nest of 314 



other authors on 362 



G. 



G-aleopithecidae, the family 404 



Galls, origin of 28 



Gannets, various species of 199 



Garman, work cited 74 



Gavial 100 



Generic groups in taxonomy 24 



Genius, defined 24 



Geococoyw California rus, life-history of . . 26T 



Giant sperm whale 384 



Gila: 



Chipmunk 405, 409 



monster 120 



Gill, Dr. Theodore, work cited 78 



Glass-snake, description of 109 



Glancidium, the genus 249 



OloMocephalus, species of the genus .... 375 



Glow-worm 109 



Guathostomata, second division of the 



Craniata 26 



Goose fish 78 



Grampus, species of the genus 375 



Grampuses, markings of 383 



Great Horned Owl in Alabama 239- 



