INDEX. 



785 



Microscopic animalcules, 13; experiments of 

 Baron Gleichen on, 13; tlieory of Dujanlin 

 on, 13; complicated organization of, demon- 

 strated by Ehrenberg, 14; varying organs 

 of, 15. 



Microscopic measurements, great accuracy of, 

 10; view of Infusoria in mountaiii-meal of 

 Ebsdorf, 33; shells, 38. 



Microzoa, profusion of vital apparatus in, 

 16. 



Migrations of animals, 313; insects, 316, 350; 

 fishes, 319, 345; mammals, 320; birds, 320; 

 rex>tile3, 345; plants, 553. 



Miliola, constitutes coarse limestone, 35 ; 

 minuteness of, 35; with its capillary ap- 

 pendages, engraving of, 36. 



Mimosa pud ica, great sensitiveness of, 473. 



Miner and mason birds, 290; insects, 192, 

 196; owl {Strix cimicularia), nest of, 303. 



Mineral substances, absorption of, by plants, 

 400. 



Mirage in the desert, the, 707 ; engraving 

 of, 706. 



Misletoe propagated by means of thrushes, 

 659. 



Moa, or Dinornis, 242; engi-aving of, 243. 



Modiolus, Stone-eating [Modiola lithophaoct)-, 

 83 ; engra\'ing of, 83. 



Mole, strictly carnivorous, 231 ; value of, to 

 agriculture, 231; voracity of, 231; Euro- 

 pean [Talpa eurojjcea), engra^dng of, 231; 

 structure of, 232; catches birds, 232; ex- 

 periments of M. "Weber on, 232, note; its 

 mode of boring, 232; cleanliness of, 233, 

 note; capacity of, for seeing, 233, note. 



Mole-cricket, great strength of, 115; en- 

 gr-avings of, 116, 196; destruction effected 

 by, 195. 



Molluscs, exuberance of, in ancient oceans, 

 88; microscopic minuteness of shells of, 91. 



Monads, extreme minuteness of, 45; Oken 

 on, 45; of Leibnitz, 46; engraving of, 46. 



Blonk Bombyx, destructive to forest trees, 

 223. 



Monsters and Superstitions, 764. 



Monte Kosa, eruptions of, 055. 



Moon, the, 746; its distance from the earth, 

 746; its mountains, 747; appearance when 

 full, engraving of, 747; volcanoes, 748; 

 engraving of, 748; part of crescent, during 

 first quarter, engraving of, 749; reasons 

 for impossibility of life in, 751. 



MormolycK, abnormal exterior of, 95. 



Mormoli/ce phyllodes, engraving of the, 95. 



Morren, M., on cause of redness in water, 22. 



Jlorton planting the American flag by the 

 Polar Sea, engraving of, 683. 



Mosasaurus, a marine lizard, 594, 



Mosquito, highly magnified {C>dcx), en- 

 graving of, 101. 



Mosquitoes, organs of mouth of, 101, note; 

 same as gnats, 101, note: specific against 



stings of, 102, note; in Senegal, 101; in 

 Lapland, 102; in the Crimea, 105, note. 



Motacilla, reed- warbler {M. arandinacea), 

 nest of, 285 ; engraving of, 287. 



Jlountaiu-buihiers, 88. 



jMoun tain -meal, deposits of, 33. 



Mountains, three kiuds of layers of calcare- 

 ous, 92; theory of formation of, 570, 625; 

 various forms of, 034. 



Mount Erebus, Antarctic regions, GQS ; en- 

 graving of, 671. 



Mummy wheat, 565. 



IMurichi [Maaritla Jlcxuosa), great use of, 

 near mouth of Orinoco, 367, note. 



Musca carnaria^ disease caused by sting of, 

 109, note. 



Muschenbroeck's exi^eriment on transpira- 

 tion in plants, 420; engraving of, 420. 



Muscles, great numbers of, in insects, 114. 



Muscular apparatus of the willow-cater- 

 pillar, engraving of, 115. 



Miirica cerijera (candleberry myrtle), wax 

 obtained from, 445. 



N. 



Naiade^e, aquatic spiders, form air-bell, 211. 



Naiades, aquatic plants, also called Pluviales, 

 respiration in, 415. 



Nebula, Spiral, constellation of the Grey- 

 hounds, 735 ; engraving of, 736 ; Dumb- 

 bell, constellation of Fox, engraving of, 

 737; Crab, constellation of the Bull, 735; 

 engraving of, 738. 



NebultC, the, 735 ; number of stars compos- 

 ing the, 737. 



Negro hut lighted up with luminous beetles, 

 engraving of, 135. 



Negroes of Senegal defending themselves 

 from mosquitoes, 101 ; engraving of, 103. 



JVepenthes diKtillatoria^ transpiration from, 

 426 ; engraving of, 429. 



Neptune's Cup (Raplddopkora patera), 59; 

 engraving of, GO. 



Neptune's Glove, 58. 



Nest of the tree termite (Termes arhmnmi], 

 engraving of, 191 ; paper-making wasps, 

 engraving of, 215 ; common magpie [Corvus 

 pint), engraving of, 237; saw-beaked hum- 

 ming-bird (Petasophnra scrrirostris), en- 

 graving of, 243; Mango humming-bird 

 (Lnmpornis manr/o), engraving of, 24(i; 

 mound-building Megapodius (BTenapodius 

 tumulus), engraving of, 251, 253, 254; 

 long-tailed titmouse (Parus caiidatus), 

 engraving of, 200 ; penduline titmouse 

 (Parus pendulinus), engraving of, 261 ; 

 Cape titmouse {Parus caperisis), engrav- 

 ing of, 263; tailor-bird (Sylvia suioria), en- 

 graving of, 264 ; golden oriole (Oriolus 

 rjalbida), engraving of, 267 ; common 

 100 



