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INDEX. 



Fishes. — Continued. 



Teeth of, an insufficient zoologi- 

 cal character, i. 243. Exempli- 

 lied, 3:59. 

 Fiat, general characters of, i. 



310. Analogies of, 311. 

 Cod, general characters of, i. 



314. Analogies of, 324. 

 Loaches, general characters of, 



i. S60. 

 Spine-rayed, general character 

 of, ii. 1. ; geographic distribu- 

 tion of, 6. Analogies of, 8. 

 Riband, general characters of, 



ii. 44. Analogies of, 49. 

 External characters of, i. 7. In- 

 ternal anatomy of, 12. Pecu. 

 liar characters of, 11. Rank 

 of, among the Vertebrata, 7. 

 Relations of to Quadrupeds and 

 Birds, 8. 

 Cat, general characters of, i. 325' 



Analogies of, 3-33. 

 Sixty-two new or little known 



species described, ii. 385. 

 Fish frogs, pectorals of the, i. 18. 

 Fishing. frog, singular mode of at- 

 tracting its prey pursued by, i.46. 

 Fishing-frogs described, i. 203. 

 Fish lizards, ii. 10-2. 107, 120. Sup- 

 posed affinities of, ii.]25. 

 Fistularia, notice of, ii. 3.7. 

 Flat-fish described, i 230. 310. Geo- 

 graphic distribution of, 312. Pec- 

 torals, male, 18. 

 Flat-tailed water serjients. ii. 147. 

 Flying-fish described, i. 295. Its 

 volatile powers due to its enor- 

 mous pectorals, 18. 

 Flying gurnards, ii. 55. 

 Flying lizards connect the Birds 



and Reptiles, i. 9. * 



Flying lizards, ii. 102. 161. 

 Flying lizards described, ii. 124. 

 Forked hakes described, i. 321. 

 Form, primary tj'pes of, i. 103. 

 Four-striped serpent, ii. 143. 

 Freshwater tortoises, ii. 114. 

 Frog, green, horned, tree, and 



thimble, ii. 89. 

 Frog-fish, habits and appearence 

 of, i. 8. Characters of, 191. 201. 

 Singular mode of attracting its 

 prey, pursued by, 46. Pectorals 

 of the, 18. Eaten by the negroes 

 of Pernambuco, ii. 4. 

 Frog-lizards described, ii. 160. 

 Frogs, rank of among the Ver- 

 tebrata. i. 7. Described, ii. 86. 

 88. General characters of, 100. 



Gadinse, general characters of, 1.317. 



Gadidffi, general characters of, i. 



230. 314. 316. Divisions of, 317. 

 Gadus, characters of, i. 317. 

 Gadus furcatus figured, i. 318. 

 Gadu! macrocephalus figured and 



described, i. 319. 

 Galeus, characters of, i. 143. 

 Galley-wasps described, ii. 156. 

 Gar. fish described, i. 300. 

 Gasteropelicus, characters of, i. 255. 

 Geckoes, it. 152. 

 Gempylus Prometheus figured and 



described, ii. 35. 

 Geoffroy St. Hilaire, mythologi- 

 cal works of, characterised, i. 63. 

 Gerris, head of, figured, ii. 23. 

 Gill-cover, structure of, i. 12. Use 



and composition of, 9. 41. 

 Gills, structure of, i. 12. External 



covering of, of great importance, 



41. 

 Gmelin, character of his work on 



Ichthyoloj.-y, i. 60. 

 Gin, English, from its adulteration 



unfitfor preserving speciraens,i.70. 

 Globe-fish described, i. lirS. 

 Gobidge, general characters of, ii. 80. 

 Gobies, singular form of the ven- 



trals in, i. 21. Eaten by the poor 



in Italy, ii. 5. Described, 80. 

 Goitred lizards, ii. 154. 

 Gold fish come to feed in China 



when whistled for, i. 48. 

 Gouan, character of the ichthyo- 



logical works of, i. 57. 

 Grayling, i. 249. 



Great American salamander, ii. 94. 

 Green frog, ii. 89. 

 Green turtle, ii. 115. 

 Gronovius, character of the ich- 



thvological works of, i. 57. 

 "Gudgeon, i. 239. 

 Gurnards described, ii. 53. 

 Gurnards, flying, ii. 55. 

 Gurnards, sword, described, it 53. 

 Gwyniad, i. 251. 

 Gymnetres, general characters of, 



ii. 7. 44. Circle of, 47. 

 Gymnetrida;, ii. 47. 

 Gymnothorax Zebra figured, i. 220. 



H. 



Haddock, i. 317. 



Hare-fish, figured and described, i. 

 197. 



Hake, common, i. 319. Mediter- 

 ranean, 319. 



Hakes, forked, described, i. 321. 



Hamilton, Buchanan^ work of, on 

 Indian fishes noticed, L 65. 



Hammer-headed sharks described, 

 i. 133. 



Hearing, sense of, in fishes, i. 48. 



Helodermahorridum figured, ii. 155 



