INDEX TO VOL. I. 



A. 



Abbeville, discoveries at, 320. 



Absorbents, 128, 151. 



JEsthna grandis, 98. 



Anatomy, the monographical, organical, 

 embryological,zoological,honiological, 

 histological,and palseontological modes 

 of investigation, 281 ; progress of ana- 

 tomical study, 371 ; practical, 384. 



Animals, compared with vegetables, 16, 

 22, 23 ; in the circumstance of en- 

 grafting, 18 ; of propagation of the 

 species, 19 ; classifications of, 25 ; ac- 

 cording to cardiac characters, 25 ; re- 

 spiratory characters, 26 ; essential cha- 

 racters, 26 ; cerebral characters, 28 ; 

 generative characters, 34 ; coital cha- 

 racters, 34 ; according to temperature, 

 35; size, 35; element, 35 ; according to 

 development, 36 ; origin of species, 37 ; 

 origin of varieties, 38 ; uses to man, 

 45 ; sociability with man, 49 ; man- 

 ners of, affected by parents, 53 ; dis- 

 position of, 53 ; combative principle 

 in, 54 ; their movements in rising, 56 ; 

 geographical distribution of, 111 ; 

 principles of development of, 203 ; 

 the imperfect correspond with em- 

 bryo-stages of perfect, 203 ; may be 

 anatomized in seven ways, 281 ; 

 Hunter's treatise on, 369. 



Anodon cygneus, generation of, 221. 



Ant, economy of, 101. 



Aphis pini, 99. 



Appetite and passion, 276. 



Arteries, 127 ; uses of, 132 ; vitality of, 

 133 ; origins of, 133. 



Ass, notes on, 59 ; experiments on, 199. 



B. 



Bark of trees, experiments on, 344. 



Bees, economy of, 60. 



Beetles, economy of, 93 ; parts of gene- 

 ration in, 223. 



Bile, notes on, 156. 



Blood, circulation of, 126. 



Bones, their structure, 373 ; ossification, 

 376 ; development, 378 ; preparation 

 of, 394. 



Bow-leg, its causes, &c, 41. 

 Breast, 230, 238. 

 Bowels, air in, 150. 

 Brain, 163 ; action of, 261. 

 Buds, 365. 

 Bugs, 103. 

 Butterfly, white, 101. 



C. 

 Cartilage, 375. 

 Castration and spaying, 234. 

 Cetonia aurata, 96 ; generation of, 



223. 

 Chick, progress and development of, 



199, et seq.; circulation of the blood 



in, 212 ; nervous and visceral system 



in, 214. 

 Cimex lectularius, 103. 

 Circulation of blood, 126. 

 Climbing plants, 354. 

 Cockchafer, economy of, 95. 

 Consciousness, 252. 

 Copulation, 193. 

 Corroded preparations, directions for, 



388. 

 Crawfish, river, 109. 

 Crows, economy of, 59. 

 Culex pip>iens, 102. 



D. 



Deceit, 268. 



Digestion, 146. 



Dragon-fly, economy of, 98. 



Drinking, 144. 



Dry preparations, 392. 



E. 



Earthquakes, their disastrous effects, 



332. 

 Earthworms, economy of, 109. 

 Eating, 143. 

 Eel, generation of, 216. 

 Egg, in bird, vivification of, 216. 

 Embalming, 399 ; receipts for, 400. 

 Embryology, 199, 230. 

 Erlstalis tenax, 102. 

 Excrements, 150. 

 Exo-skeleton, 377. 



Eye, 166 ; orbit, 167 ; choroid coat, iris, 

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