INDEX. 



439 



Tabular view' — continued. 



Sub -families of Siluridaa, and the 



orders of fishes, i. 333. 

 Genera of the Loricarinje and the 



sub-families of the Siluridse, i. 



338. 

 Genera of the Silurinae and the 



sub-families of the Silurid^, i. 



ool. 

 Sub-genera of Silurus and the 



genera of Silurinje, i. 353. 

 Tribes of Acanthopteryges and 



the tribes of Malacoptervges, 



ii. 8. 

 Acanthopteryges and the orders 



of fishes, ii. 11. 

 Families of tortoises and the or- 

 ders of reptiles, ii. 119. 

 Chelonian reptiles and the ver- 



tebrated classes, ii. 120. 

 Saurian lizards, ii. 162. 

 Chameleons, ii. 165. 



Tails, forked, characteristic of swift- 

 ness, i. 31. Extraordinary deve- 

 lopement of in Macropodus ve- 

 nustus, o5. 

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

 Teeth of fishes described, i. 43. 

 Uncertainty of, as a zoological 

 character, i. 44. 243. 

 Tench, i. 239., found dead in a pond 



after the first of 18S7-8, 50. 

 Testudinidee. general characters of, 



ii. 113. 

 Tetragonopterus, characters of, i. 



254. 

 TetroodinEB, general characters of, 



i. 196. 

 Thimble-frog, ii. 89. 

 Thornbacks, i. 168. 172. 

 Thryssa, characters of, i.'276. 

 ThynninjE, general characters of, 



ii. 34. 

 Tilesia, characters of, i. 318. 

 Toad, Surinam, ii. 91. 

 Toads described, ii. 86. 89. 

 Toad-fish described, ii. 59. 

 Tongue of fishes described, i. 14. 

 Sometimes armed with teeth, 43. 

 Torpedo, electric, habits of, i. 178. 

 Description of its electric organs, 

 179. 

 Torpedo rays, i. 177. 

 Torpedo skates, i. 168. 

 Torpedo, spotted Indian, figured, i. 



178. 

 Torpedoes, i. 168. 177. Habits of, 



183. 

 Tortoise, alligator, ii. 116 

 Tortoise, fierce, 116. 

 Tortoise, fimbriated, 117. 



Tortoise, scaly, 117. note. 



Tortoise-fish figured, i. 190. Figur- 

 ed and described, i. 195. 



Tortoises, general characters of, ii. 

 100. 107. 112. 



Tortoises, land, ii. 113. 



Tortoises, freshwater, 114. 



Tortoises, soft, ii. 115. 



Trachinus, characters of, ii. 39. 



Trachypteridse, ii 47. 



Tree frog, ii. 89. 



Trichodon, figured and described, 

 ii. 60. 



Trichosoma, characters of, i. 284. 



Trigla, characters of, ii. 54. 



TriglidEa, general characters of. ii. 

 53. 



Trionicidffi, general characters of, 

 ii.ll5. 



Trout, i. 241. 



Trunk- fish figured and described, 

 i. 195. 



Trygons described, i. 172. 



Tunnies, astonishing swiftness of, 

 i. 38. 



Tunnies described, ii. 34. 



Tunnv, fleshy flavour of, 11. 5. 



Turbo't, i. 312. 



Turtle, coriaceous, green, and log- 

 gerhead, ii. 115. 



Turtles described, ii. 112. 



Turtles, marine, ii. 114. 



Triodon bursarius, figured, i. 198. 



V. 



Valenciennes, ichthyological works 

 of, characterised, i. 63. 



Ventral fin, coincidences in form- 

 ation of, in widely distinct genera, 

 i.39. 



Ventral fins described, i. 19. Re- 

 present the hind-feet of quadru- 

 peds and legs of birds, i. 19. Sit- 

 uation of, employed by Linnseus 

 as the construction of some of 

 his primary classes, 20. 



Viper, commiin, ii. 146. 



Viper, horned, ii. 146. 



Vipers, true, ii. l-i6. 



Vitality of fishes, i. 48. 



Viviani, iciithyological works of, 

 characterised, i 63. 



Volcano, fish thrown up alive from 

 an exploding, i. 49. 



W, 



Walla, description of, i. 289., note. 

 Water-salamanders, figured, ii. 92. 



Described, 93. 

 Water-serpents, flat-tailed, ii. 147. 



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