INDEX 



385 



tailed, 254 ; alligator, 255 ; charac- 

 teristics of, 259. 



Llamas, 322. 



Lobsters, 134. 



Locust, Carolina, 155 ; distribution, 

 155 ; eyes, 157 ; mouth parts, 158 ; 

 food, 160 ; respiration, 161 ; cir- 

 culation, 162 ; reproduction, 163 ; 

 economic importance of, 164 ; 

 American, 170; sounds of, 171. 



Loons, 280. 



Lung fishes, 223, 224. 



Macaws, 291. 



Machinelike animal, 23. 



Mackerel, 218, 227. 



Macrocheira, 140. 



Madagascar, 368. 



Madreporite, 90. 



Maggot, 186. 



Malaria, 185. 



Malpighi, 375. 



Malpighian vessels, 363. 



Mammals, 302 : characteristics of, 

 334, 338 ; adaptations of, 335, 330, 

 337 ; classification of, 338. 



Mammoth, 352. 



Man, 334, 350. 



Manatee, 319. 



Mandibles, 1.58. 



Mantes, 173. 



Mantle, 105. 



Marsipobranchii, 205. 



Marsupialia, 313. 



Mastodon, 352. 



MaxiUai, 158. 



Maxillipeds, 125. 



May beetles, 187. 



Measuring worm, 356. 



Medulla oblongata, 309. 



Medusae, 52. 



Megalops, 139. 



Mesoderm, 90. 



Mesogloea, 47. 



Mesothorax, 158. 



Mesozoic, 347. 



Metamorphosis, incomplete, 164 

 complete, 168. 



Metathorax, 158. 



Metridium, 55. 



Midges, 186. 



Millipeds, 154. 



Mimicry, protective, 357. 



Minerals in animals and plants, 7, 8. 



Mites, 145. 



Mitosis, 20. 



Mocking bird, 291, 293. 



Moles, 330. 



MoUusca, 103 ; economic importance 

 of, 122 ; classification of, 123 ; char- 

 acteristics of, 121. 



Mollusks, digestion of, 361 ; fossil, 

 345. 



Monarch butterfly, 358. 



Monotremata, 311. 



Mosquitoes, 35, 184, 185, 186. 



Moths, 178, 179; tomato, 180; cod- 

 ling, 181 ; cotton, 181 ; polyphe- 

 mus, 182 ; peach-tree borer, 182. 



Mussel, 103 ; structure of shell, 103 ; 

 respiration of, 106 ; locomotion of, 

 107 ; alimentary canal, 108 ; circu- 

 lation of, 109 ; reproduction of, 110. 



Mya, 112. 



Myriapoda, 153 ; classification of, 

 198. 



Nacre, 111. 

 Nautilus, pearly, 120. 

 Necturus, 238. 

 Nemathelminthes, 64. 

 Nephridia, 82. 

 Nests, edible, 294. 

 Newts, 240. 

 Night-hawks, 289. 

 Nomenclature, binomial, 376. 

 Notochord, 200. 

 Nucleus, 12. 

 Nudibranchs, 117. 

 Njmiphs, 163. 



Octopus, 119. 



Olfactory lobes, 309. 



Oosperm explained, 21. 



Operculum, 210. 



Opossum, 314. 



Oral surface, 90. 



Orang-outang, 333. 



Order explained, 27. 



Organ defined, 22 ; functions of, 22. 



Orioles, Baltimore, 291, 294. 



Orthoceras, 345. 



Osculum of Grantia, 37. 



Ostriches, 279, 280. 



