INDEX 



Aard-wolf, 125. 

 vark, 135, 219. 

 Abyssal fauna of sea, 157, 



158, 169, 179-81, 206. 

 oflakes, 197, 204-5. 

 Abyssinia, 83, 81. 

 Acacias, 129, 116. 

 thorny, 122, 123. 

 Acantnephyra, 178. 

 Accentor, 90. 

 Acorn shells, 160. 

 Acipenser, 200. 

 Acrobates, 112. 

 Adansonia, 122. 

 Addax, 128. 

 Adelops, 207. 

 Ael\uus, 81. 

 Aepyceros, 129. 

 Africa, 9, 11, 12, 32, 34, 40, 



56, 72, 80-3, 86, 98, 100-25, 



126-40, 145-52, 153, 182, 



200-24. 

 Africa, Central, 188. 

 Eastern, 128. 129, 130. 

 North, 88, 128, 129, 133, 142, 



210. 



South, 55, 128, 129, 130. 

 South-western, 98, 99, 102, 



106, 115, 118, 119, 128. 

 tropical, 210. 

 African lakes, 188. 

 Agriophyllum, 68, 69. 

 Agulhas, 170. 

 Agutia, 110, 115. 

 Alactaga, 65. 

 Alashan, 69. 

 Alaska, 22. 

 Alca, 163. 

 Alces, 40. 

 Alcyonarians, 175. 

 Alders, 19. 

 Alepocephalus, 179. 

 Algae, 158, 159, 163, 165, 168, 



169,172,173. 

 Alpine regions, 62. 

 Alps, 49, 72, 74, 87, 88, 89, 90. 

 Amazon, E., 110, 192. 

 Amblyopsis, 207. 

 Amblyrhynchus, 149. 

 Amblystoma, 194, 195. 

 America, 21, 40, 49, 62, 81, 



84, 106, 107, 110, 116, 117, 



132,150,153,165,201,224. 

 Central, 101, 106, 142, 147, 



214 ; see North America, 



South America. 

 American continent; 211, 



214. 

 Amoebae, 188. 



Amphibians, 90, 149, 151, 



166, 184, 194, 195, 206, 217. 

 Amphipods, 30. 

 Amu Daria, 58, 59. 

 Auabas, 119. 

 Anaconda, 117, 223. 

 Anaspides, 225. 

 Andes Mts., 9, 80, 85, 87, 88, 



126, 210. 

 Angola, 124, 133. 

 Annelids, 167, 168, 175, 181. 

 Anodon, 191. 

 Anomalurldae, 109, 219. 

 Antarctic area, 15, 21, 32, 

 163. 



continent, 214. 

 Ant-eaters, 13, 94, 111. 



banded, 139. 



hairy. 111. 



scaly. 111. 



two-toed. 111. 

 Antechinomys, 139. 

 Antelope, 11, 32, 40, 60, 75, 

 80, 83, 84, 106, 123, 126, 127, 

 128, 131, 132, i36, 139, 210, 

 218. 



African sable, 107; 



harnessed, 107. 



pala, 129. 



saiga, 59. 



water buck, 129, 130. 

 Anthropoid apes, 98, 213, 



217. 

 Antilocapra, 61. 

 Ants, 119, 142. 



driver, 119. 

 Apteryx, 224. 

 Aphrodite, 168. 

 Apes, 102. 



black, 217. 

 Aquila, 88. 



Arabia, 86, 118, 128, 139. 

 Aral, Sea of, 58. 

 Arctic America,16, 23,25,27. 



Asia, 23. 



Circle, 34. 50. 



fox, 23, 26. 



hare, 18, 20, 22, 88. 



regions, 22, 31, 32, 161. 



sea, 12. 



waters, 33. 



wolf, 21, 22. 

 Arctictis, 106. 

 Arctogaea, 213, 215. 

 Arctogaeic realm, 215. 

 Arctomys, 62, 86. 

 Argali, 82. 



Argentine, 9, 55, 64, 113, 123, 

 132, 134, 135. 



Argyropelecus, 178. 

 Ai-madfilos, 13, 134, 135. 

 Artemia, 182, 205. 

 Artemisia, 69. 

 Arvicola, 87. 



Asia, 11, 12, 21, 22, 32, 38, 42, 

 43, 47, 50, 51, 54, 56, 58, 61, 

 62, 82, 101, 107, 119, 129, 140, 

 210, 215. 



Central, 52, 54, 82, 83, 85, 

 89, 98. 



Northern, 46. 

 South-eastern, 77, 98, 99, 

 106-8, 115, 117. 

 steppes of, 34, 52, 133, li«. 

 tropical, 210. 

 Asio, 147. 

 Ass, 61. 



wild, 132, 133, 218. 

 Astaous, 200. 

 Atlantic, 163, 178. 

 Atlas Mts., 10, 80, 82, 126, 



132, 215. 



Ateles, 100. 



Auk, 24. ■ 



great, 163. 



little, 163. 



Australia, 34, 55, 56, 102, 

 103, 105, 114, 115, 121, 138- 

 40, 153, 162, 191, 208, 209, 

 213, 214, 215, 220-5. 

 Eastern, 112. 

 North, 112. 

 South, 142. 

 West, 112. 

 Australian region, 135, 138, 



218. 

 Austro - Malayan region, 



223 

 Axolotls, 195. 

 Azores, 154. 



Babbling thrushes, 218. 

 Babii-usa, 107. 

 Baboons, 98, 100, 124. 



African, 124. 



Arabian, 78. 



dog-faced, 213. 

 Bactrian camel, 60. 

 Badger, 44, 46, 216. 

 Baffin Land, 16. 

 Bahamas, 173. 

 Baikal, Lake, 182, 196, 204. 



seal, 182, 192, 196. 

 Balaena, 33, 177. 

 Balaenoptera, 33. 

 Balaton, Lake, 199, 204. 

 Bali, island of, 213. 

 Baobab, 122. 



