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INDEX. 



wren {Troglodytes eitrojjccus)^ engrav- 

 ing of, 269; barn-owl (Strix Jlammea), 

 engraving of, 271; goshawk [Astiw pahun- 

 harius), engraving of, 273 ; water-hen 

 [Fiilica chlo7-opus)y engraving of, 283; 

 reed-warbler [Motacilla arundimicea), en- 

 graving of, 287; little grebe {Oolt/mbus 

 minor), engi'aving of, 291 ; red flamingo 

 [Phoimcopterus ruber), engraving of, 295; 

 salangane {Hirundo esculenta), engraving 

 of, 297; party -coloiired wren {Eer/uhts 

 omnicolor), engraving of, 299 ; redwing 

 {Turdus iliacvs), engraving of, 301 ; oven- 

 bird {Funiartus rnfvs), engraving of, 302; 

 and burrow of the burrowing-owl {Strix 

 cunicularia), engraving of, 304; Fondia 

 erpthrops, engraving of, 305 ; black-headed 

 Synalaxis {S/malaxis mchmopts), engraving 

 of, 307; Baltimore oriole {Orioliis Balti- 

 more), engraving of, 309 ; Jupuba Cassicus 

 {Cassicus hmmorrhous), engraving of, 311; 

 crane on Egyptian monument, 329; chim- 

 ney-swallow {Hirundo rustica), engraviug 

 of, 331. 



Nettle, activity of poison of, 458. 



Nicholson on vibration of wings of common 

 fly, 112. 



Nicola'i, ]\[., proves hardness of coral under 

 water, 71. 



Noctiluca, Miliary {Noctiluca miliaria), cause 

 of phosphorescence in sea, 22 ; highly mag- 

 nified, engraving of, 22. 



Nourry, J\I., on ucst of little grebe, 289, 

 note. 



Number of kno'wn stai-s, 726. 



Nunimulites, mountain chains formed by, 

 o'i; interior view of, engraving, 37; of 

 which tlie Sphinx is exclusively composed, 

 engraving of, 37. 



Nuptial arbour of the spotted bower-birds 

 {Chlamydera mandata), engraving of, 279; 

 chamber of the Pine Hylesinus, engraving 

 of, 227. 



Nuptials of plants, 482; Spiral Yallisneria, 

 engraving of, 503; the common XJtricu- 

 }<iria {U/ririd aria rnhjaris), engraving of, 

 504. 



Nutmeg-tree [Myristica mosclmta), engraving 

 of, 454 ; propagation of, by pigeons, 560. 



Nycterus, bat of Upper Eg^'-pt, engraving of, 

 321 ; limited movements of, 321. 



Kymphiva //?te7, exhalation of oxygen by, 419. 



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Oak, Chapel, of Allouville, 530; eugravingof, 



531. 

 Oolite formation, 593. 

 Opium, indispensable in medicine, 451. 

 Opossum, 593; '^lQrvA\iQ{D idvlpliis dvrsigera), 



engraving of, 594. 



Organs of the mouth of gnat, engraving of, 

 101, note. 



Oriole, Baltimore, nest of, engraving of, 309; 

 golden, nest of, engraving, 267. 



Orizaba volcano, size of its crater, 650; sum- 

 mit and crater of, engraving of, 651. 



Osmia jycqmveris, the popjty-bee, its excava- 

 tions, 207, note. 



Ostrich, strength of, 245; incubation of, 268; 

 nest of, 26S. 



Ottomacs, earth-eaters of the Orinoco, 32. 



Oven-bird {Furnarius rufrns), nest of, engrav- 

 ing of, 302. 



Owl, Barn {Strix Jlammea), nidification of, 

 270; great {Strix otus), 270; long-eared 

 {Strix bubo), 270. 



Oxygen, consumption of, by human species, 

 415; exhalation of, by plants, 417; weight 

 of, in atmosphere, 418, note. 



Pacific Ocean, madrepore islands in, 75. 



Payurus Miles, soldier-crab, in its usurped 

 domicile, engraving of, 208. 



PaltEotheria, 599. 



Palccotkerium magnnm, engraving of, COO. 



Palingenesis, objections to, 47. 



Palissy, Bernard, teaching of, 620. 



Palm, pith of, used as food, 373; horizontal 

 section of stem of, engraving, 383, note; 

 longitudinal section of stem of, engi-aving, 

 383, note ; celebrated, at Otranto, 501. 



Palmated Khubarb {Rheum pahnatum), en- 

 graving of, 403. 



Palms, artificial fecundation of, 497. 



Pan-Kou-Che, the Chinese creator, 4. 



Panorpis, larva and nymph, engraving of, 145. 



Panspermism, 715. 



Pantheism, doctrine of, 25. 



Paper Cypress {Cypcrus papyrus), employ- 

 ment of, 380. 



Paper -making wasp, 214; wasps {Vespa 

 nidulans), engraving of, 215; nest of, en- 

 graving, 215. 



Pajjyrus of the Egyptians, engraving of, 381. 



Paris built in great part of Miliohe, 35. 



Peirese, M. de, on showers of blood, 148. 



Penguin, Patagonian [Aptenodytes patagon- 

 iea), engraving of, 240; mode of carrying 

 its egg, 240; x^eculiarities of, 290; great 

 swimming i)owers of, 290; nests of, 293; 

 subteiTanean abodes of, 293; capacity of, 

 for resisting cold, 342. 



PentrqAatarthrus paussoides, engra'^'lng of, 

 122. 



Pepper-plant {Piper nigrum), 457; aroma of, 

 contained in fruit, 457; engra\'ing of, 457. 



Perch, Climbing {Perca scandens), pro^^siou 

 of, for bearing water, 358; engraving of, 

 359. 



