INDEX. 



433 



Helotinje, general characters of, ii. 



22. 



Hemiraixiphus characters of, i. 301. 



Hemiramphus braziliensis, figured 

 and described, i.^SOl. 



Herrings described, i. 265. 



Herrings, toothless, i. 275. 



Herrings, true, described, i. 266. 

 Natural his ory of, 267. 



Heterobranchus bidorsalis figured, 

 i. 349. 



Heterobranchu.s 5-tentaculatus, fi- 

 gured and described, i. 35i;'. 



Hippocampus, its extraordinary 

 mode of capturing its prey, i. 206. 



History of Ichthyology, i. 54. 



HoUbut, i. 312. 



Holocentrinze, general characters 

 of, ii. 21. 



Hoplisoma, characters of, i. 336. 



Hoplisoma punctata, figured, L337. 



Horned frog, ii. 89. 



Horned silure, i. 339. 



Horned viper, ii. 146. 



Horse-mackarel, ii. 39. 



Huro, characters of, ii. 18. 



Hvdrcphidce, general characters of, 

 ii. 140. 



Hydrosaurus described, ii. 155. 



Hyodon, characters of, i. 289. 



Hyodon clodalis figured, i. 289. 



Hyodons, description and habits of, 

 i. 289. 



Hypophtbalmus figured and de- 

 scribed, i. 346. 



Hypostoma, characters of, i. 336. 



I. 



Ichthyology: — 



Difficulties in the investigation of, 

 i. 3. 



Method pursued in the present 

 work, i. 4. 



History and bibliography of, i. 54. 



Attention paid to by the An- 

 cients, i. 54. 



Revived in the 16th century by 

 Belon, Salviani, and Rondele- 

 tins, i. 54. 



Artedi, the true founder of syste- 

 matic, i. 56. 



Klein opens a new field in, i. 56. 



Gronovius, Gouan, and Catesby, 

 works of on, i. 57. 



Bloch and Schneider, works of on, 

 i. 58. 



Munro, the founder of ichthyo- 

 logical anatomy, i. 58. 



Lacepede's great work on, cha- 

 racterised, i. 58. 



Gmelin, Dumeril, Russell, and 

 Risso, works of on, i. 60. 



Rafinesque Schmaltz, valuable la- 

 bours of in, i, 60. 



VOL. II. 



Ichthyology — 'continued. 

 Sicily, a rich field ot, i. 63. 

 Viviani, Spinola, Valenciennes, 

 Leach, Montagu, Geoffroy 

 St. Hilaire, Isidore, Geoffroy, 

 Redoute, and Desmarest, la- 

 bours of in, characterised, i. 63. 

 American,illustrated by Le Sueur, 

 Harwood, and Rafinesque, i. 64. 

 Cuvier's works advance the study 

 of, i. 64. Character of his con- 

 tributions to, 65. 

 Indian, illustrated by Hamilton, 



i. 65. 

 Expensive modes of publication, 

 an obstacle to progress of, i. 66. 

 357, note. 

 Of the Red Sea, illustrated by 



Ruppell, i. 66. 

 Of Brazil, by Spix and Agassiz, 



i. 67. 

 Of Britain, illustrated by Yarrell, 

 i. 68. 

 Ichthyosauri, general characters of, 



ii. 121. 

 Iguana lizards, ii. 152. 

 Iguana, proper, described, ii. 153. 

 Iguanidee, primary divisions of, ii. 



152. 

 Indian jugglers, snakes tamed by, 



ii. 146. 

 Inter-operculum described, i. 42. 

 Intestines of fishes described, i. 14. 

 Isidore Geoffroy, ichthyological la- 

 bours of, characterised, i. ^cS). 



Julis Mediterranea figured, ii. 25. 



K. 



Klein, value of the ichthyological 

 works of, i. bQ. 



L. 



Labrinee, general characters of, ii. 

 24. 



Lacepede, value of his ichthyologi- 

 cal labours, i. 58. 



Lacertidee, general characters of, ii. 

 154. 



Lampreys described, i. 223. 



Land salamanders figured and de- 

 scribed, ii. 92. 



Land tortoises, ii. 113. 



Lateral line described, i. 45. 



Lath fish, ii. 44. 



Lauridae, characters of, i. 241. 



Laurida Mediterranea figured and 

 described, i. 246. 



Laurida microps, figured and de- 

 scribed, i. 246. 



Laurida minuta figured, i, 247. 



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