INDEX 



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c. stricMandi 330 



leucoptera 330 



pityopsittacus 330 



taenioptera 337 



Lycosidae, a family of spiders 31 



3M, 



Macroclemtnys tcnrmiuclcii 155 



Macropodidae, the family 373 



Macrotis, the genus 372 



Mammals, a group of the Gnat host o- 



mata 20 



Manatees, American: 



history of 393 



species of 393 



young of 394 



Manatees, how classified 388 



Mairatus, the genus 393 



Mancalias shufeldti 78 



uranoscopus 78 



Mangrove Cuckoo, distribution and his- 

 tory of 204 



Man-o'-War Bird 19S, 202 



Mantidae, where classified 43 



Mantis: 



Australian form of 43 



African species of 43 



external characters of 41 



food of 42 



folklore of 40 



habits of 39 



in history 39 



meaning of name 39 



other names for 39 



protective mimicry in 42 



religiose- 39 



uses in China 41 



worshiped by Hottentots 41 



Marine Turtles 151 



Marmots 405 



Marsapialia, the group 364 



Marsupials, how classified 372 



Marten: 



beech 409 



Pennant's 409 



pine 409 



sable 409 



Material, quantity necessary for study.. 18 

 Meadow-larks: 



as game birds 204 



habits of 205 



Megalcstris, the genus 189 



Megapodes, nidification of 309 



Megaptero, species of the genus 370 



Mcgosrops, descriptions of various species 



of 247 



Mesoplodon soweroiensis 376 



Metachirus, the subgenus 367 



Metathrria, the subclass 304 



Metazoa: 



classification of 25 



defined 25 



invertebrate 25 



Mice: 



lumping 421, 423 



singing of 420 



Micoureus. opossums of the group 308 



Micro-clriroptrra, the suborder 432 



HicropaUas, a genus of owls 249 



Miene 399 



Migrations of birds 317 



Mink 469 



Mites, a group of the Arachnida 28 



Mivart, St. George, work cited 100, 102 



M'Lachlan: 



cited on dragon-flies 38 



cited on the relations of insects to 



other Classes 27 



MnioUltidae, the family 317, 318, 353 



Mola rotunda, taxidermy of 450 



Mollusca, in classification 26 



Monodon Monocrros 375 



Monotremes, Eggs of 306 



Monteiro's Angola, cited on Mantis 43 



Morphology, defined 22 



Mosquito Hawk 34 



Mouse, Deer 415, 419 



Mud-daubrrs, capturing spiders 33 



Murcenas 89 



Mwaenidae, species of 89, 90 



Muraenopsis tridactylus 91 



Muridae, the family 423 



Murrelets, species of 177 



Museums: 



Army Medical 442 



of anatomy 442 



of the future 445 



origin and growth of 442 



various kinds of 442 



Mustrla : 



amcricana 469 



fo'tna 469 



flavigula 469 



melampus 469 



martes 469 



zioellim 469 



MusteUdae, the family 469 



Mvriapods, group of the Annulosa 44 



Myriopoda, a Class of the Invertebrata. 27 



MyrmecoMvs, the genus 372 



Mi/sticete, the suborder 376 



Myths: 



about bats 431 



about jackals 462 



Myxine, a genus of the Cyclostomata. . 20 



X. 



Nakoo or Gavial 100, 162 



characters and habits 101 



Nandu 470, 471 



Narwhal, description and history of.... 383 



Natatores 164 



Native Devil 372 



Rabbits 372 



Natrix sipedon 133, 135 



Naturalist: 



armamentarium of 17 



books for 17 



education of young 19 



qunlifications for 15 



former education of young 20 



Neobythites stcatiticus 80 



Nests of Birds: 



characters of 306, 309 



conventional form of 310 



difficult to draw 302 



some unknown 314 



Neuroptera, order of 34 



Newton, Alfred: 



on Parrots 259 



on habits of Loons 170 



on the affinities of Pygopodes 167 



Nighthawks, used as food 204 



Noddies, habits of 189 



Non-chord ata, defined 25 



NordenskjOkl, on the Sea Cow 393 



Nyotala acadica 246 



Nyctinomus, habits of the genus 432 



O. 



Odonata, of Kirby 34 



Opliibolus rJiomhoniaculatus 137 



OpJiidiidnr 80 



Ophisaurus 109 



Opossum : 



Crab-eating 367 



habits of, in confinement 369 



Lord Derby's 367 



Three-striped 308 



young of 370 



Opossums: 



fossil 373 



