INDEX 



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systematic posil ion of 364 



Orea, species of the genus 375 



Oreortyx, the genus 215 



Ornithological Hall of Smithsonian.. .445, 447 



Orthuf/orisrus mold 450 



characters of 452 



size of 451 



systematic position of 451 



vernacular names of 452 



Orthoptera, contains the Mantidse 4: : : 



Oscines, defined 317 



Ostrich: 



African 471 



South American 470 



writer on 472 



Otocyon 464 



Oven-bird, description of 354 



Owl: 



Barn, natural history of 232 



Long-eared 232 



Short-eared 233 



Snowv 238, 245 



Owls: 



species of 232 



great gray 243 



P. 



Pacas 



Packard, A. S. : 



on eels 



cited on dragonflies 



on chelonia 



on crayfishes 



on locomotion in snakes 



Palaeontology, science of 



Parasitism, in insects 



Parrot, Thick-billed: 



Notes on its being a bird of tli 



United States 



Parrots, breeding habits of 



Partridges, as a group 



Passeres, the suborder 



Passerina Cyanea, photographing nest of 



Pekan ". 



Pelican: 



Brown, description of 



White 



Pelicans, various species of, and 



habits 



Pennant's Marten 



Perameles, the genus 



Peramelidae, the family 372 



Peromyscus leut opus 



Petaurus 



Petise 



Petromyson, in classification 



Pies, eggs of, resembling those of cuck 



425 



87 



147 



44 



143 



258 

 310 

 213 

 330 

 310 

 400 



196 



198 



lr 



195 



400 



oos 



Pigeons, breeding habits of 



Pigmy snerin whales 



Pikas . : 



Pine Marten 



Pityophis sayi beUona, structure of Epi- 

 glottis 



Phaeton, vernacular names for 



Phalangistidae, the family 



PJiascogale, the genus 



Phavcolomt/idar, the family 



Phoroi nu, species of the genus of 



Photography: 



of birds 



warblers 



Phri/nosoma. genus of lizards 



PJvyllopteryx, protective mimicry in 



Pliysalus, species of the genus 



Phr/srrcridac, the family 



Physeter macrooephalus 



Plagiostomata 



Phalangistidae, the family 



Plastron 



Pliny, his classification of bats 



415 



404 



470 



26 



269 

 310 



3S4 

 423 



466 



142 

 198 



372 

 373 

 375 



270 



109 

 S6 

 376 

 376 

 376 

 67 

 404 

 146 

 428 



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Podicipoidea, superfamily of 164 



Poey, Don Felipe, work cited 'a 



Polar bear, taxidermy of 464 



Porcupines 423, 426- 



Porifera, where classified 26 



Porpoise, Common, where classified .... 380 



Prairie Warbler, nest of 324. 327, 329 



Praying Mantis 39 



Pristis peetinatus 67 



Procellariidae, Huxley on the 185 



ProdelpMnus eupJirosijne 374 



1'roleel ive: 



coloration in snakes 130 



mimicry in snakes 130 



Protective resemblance 436 



in Bats 439 



in Harlequin snake 439 



Pi-othonotary warbler, nest of 320 



Protozoa : 



defined 25 



how classified 25 



]>s( udogryphus calif ornianus : 



distribution of 230' 



eggs of 231 



Pterom f/s 399 



Pteromys nitidus 404 



Pterylography: 



methods of studying 281 



of woodpeckers 281 



terms employed in, 281. 282.285, 286, 289 



Puffing pigs 384 



Purlins, species and habits of 181, 182 



Putman. P. W., cited on crayfishes .... 45 



Pygmy owls 249 



Pygopodes 164 



Q. 



Quail: 



Black or Fool 216 



Massena. or Partridge 219- 



Quail and Partridge, how distinguished. 214 



R. 



Rabbit of Europe 425 



Ranzama truncata 455 



Battle of rattlesnake 141 



Rattlesnakes 138 



Bays and Skates, families of 6S 



Rear Horse: 



beneficial to man 39 



eggs of 39 



why so named 39' 



Red-eyed Vireo, nest and young of 311 



Reptiles, a group of the Gnathostomata. . 26 

 Reptilia : 



animals referred to 91 



animals representing 10S 



Bbnbdoplouru, place in the system for.. 26 



Rhachianectes glaucus 376 



Rhea: 



americana 470 



dartoi/ni 470 



macrorJiyncha 470 



Rfiynchopsitto. pachyrJiyncJia : 



Evidence as to its being a bird of 



the United States 258 



Rhytina stelleri : 



described by Flower 391 



discovery of, by Steller 391 



Road-runner, distribution of 267 



Rodendia, general consideration of 405- 



Rodents as flesh-eaters 411 



Rnussette bat 431 



Rynchops nigra, osteology of 184 



S. 



Sable, North American 469 



Saint-Hilairc, work cited 368 



Salamander: 



description of 94 



myths about 95 



