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Apatura iris, 184, 
Apes, the, 496. 
Aphodiidee, 156, 157. 
Aphrodite, 11, 99; aphroditida, 99. 
Aphrophora, 186. 
Apide, 176; apis mellifica, ib. 
Aplacentalia, 400. 
Aplodontia, 468; A. leporina, 469. 
Aplysia, 80; aplysiide, ib. 
Apodes, 14, 20], 218, 
Apodide, 109. 
Aporobranchia. or pycnogonum, 120. 
Aporomera, 276. 
Apple worm, the, 180. 
Aprosternia, 157, 158. 
Aptenodytes patagonica, 382, 
Apterogyna, 174. 
red 377; apteryx australis, 
Apus, 109; A. cancriformis, ib. 
Aquiline, 303 ; aquila chrysactos, ver- 
reauxii, &c., 303, 304. 
Ara ararauna, "&e., 362; arainz, ib. 
Aracaris, the, 361. 
ae to ae general characters of the, 
2, 118, 119; orders of, 12; anatomy, 
= en of life, and method of repro- 
duction of the, 119; nervous system 
of the, 120; divisible into three 
sections, ib. 
Arachnoderma, derivation of the 
pig and animals included under, 
Aranea, 12. 
Arca, 67; arcide, ib. 
Archibuteo, 303. 
Archzeomys, 459. 
Arctia fuliginosa, matronula, &c., 181 ; 
arctiide, ib. 
Arctitis, 483. 
Arctocyon primzvus, 484. 
Arctomys marmotta, monax, &c., 469. 
Arcys lanceolarius, 129. 
— 15; A. purpurea, ralloides, &c., 
Ardeide, 379 ; ardeinz, ib. 
Areneid, 128; areneine, ib. 
Arenicoia, 100; arenicolide, ib. 
Argali, the, 453. 
Argas, 124. 
Arges cyclopum, 217. 
Argonatta, 78, 93. 
Argus giganteus, 37 
Argynnis, 183, 184. 
Argyroneta, 129. 
Ariciidee, 99. 
Arilus novenarius, 188. 
Arionius, 424, 
Aristotle, the zoological system of, 1, 
9 
Arius, 217. 
Armadilloes, the, 406. 
Arnanacus, 428. 
Artamus, 348. 
Ariedi, the first to make a scientific 
classification of fishes, 200, 201. 
Arthemis, 74. 
Articulata, the, distinctive features of, 
8,9; brief summary of the classes 
included under, 11-13; general cha- 
racters and classification of, 95; 
curious analogies among the classes 
of, pointed out by Agassiz, 135. 
Arvicola, 462; arvicolina, ib. 
Ascalaphus barbarus, 168. 
‘Ascaridee, 47; ascaris lumbricoides, 
ib. 
Ascidia, 54. 
Asellidze, 112; asellus, ib. 
Asilide, 193; asilus, ib. 
Aspergillum, 60. 
Aspic, the, or asp of the ancients, 267. 
Aspidobranchia, 81. 
Aspidophorus cataphractus, 223. 
Aspidorhynchus, 234. 
Ass, the, 444. 
Astacide, &c., 116; 
pellucidus, 214. 
Astarte, 75. 
Asterias, 10, 39, 40; asteridea, 38. 
Astreide, 35. 
Astrea astroites, 35. 
Astrogonium granulare, 39. 
Astrophyton, 39. 
Astur palumbarius, atricapillus, &c., 
307. 
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Astynomus, 162. 
Ateles, 495. 
Ateuchus, 157. 
Athene siju, passerinoides, &ce., 313, 
314; athenine, 313. 
Athericera, 194, 
Atherina, 225. 
Atherura, 461. 
Atlanta, 78; atlantidee, ib. 
Atracheha, 159. 
Atretodera, 253. 
Atypine, 128 
Auchenia lama, alpaca, &c., 447. 
Audubon, extract from, on the flight of 
wild pigeons, 368; account of the 
large white pelican by, 390. 
Audubon and Bachman, description 
of the musk rat by, 463, 464; habits 
of the squirrels described by, 471. 
Auks, the, 387. 
Aulacodon, 460. 
Aurelia, 9; A. aurita, 30, 32. 
Auricula, 91; auriculide, ib. 
Aves chief characteristics and orders 
of, 14, 15, 290-293 ; classification of, 
293, 294; number of species of, 294) 
Aviceda, 302. 
Avicida, 307. 
Aviculide, 63. 
Avocets, the, 381. 
Axolotl, the, of Mexico, 251. 
Aye-aye, the, 492. 
Babblers, the, 343. 
Babiroussa, or babyrussa, 442. 
Baboons, the, 496. 
Baccilariz, 18; B. paradoxa, 16, 19. 
Bacteria femorata, 164. 
Badger, the, 483. 
_| Bagrus, 217. 
aird, W., on the luminousness of the 
sea, 29; 
water by the daphnie, 108. 
Baleena, 15; B. mysticetus. &c., 421. 
lenoptera, 420, 421. 
Balanus, 11, 102.. 
Balearica pavonina, 379. 
Balistes, 231; balistinee, ib. 
Balloon fish, the, 232. 
Band-fish, the, 228. 
Barbel, the, 215. 
Barbets, the, 363. 
Barbus vulgaris. 215. 
Barn ow!s, the, 311. 
Barracuda pike, the, 
Basiliscus, 14, 278. 
Basilosaurus, 481. 
Bass, the Otsego, 212; the sea, rock, 
red, and black, 221, 224. 
Bassaris, 437. 
Bat, the, 15: 
Bathyergina, 462; 
339)9) 
wwe 
the bats, 475-479. 
bathyergus capen- | 
sis, ib. 
Batrachia, 249; B. urodela anoura, 
&c., 249, 257, 261. 
Batrachians, the tailed, 250, 251. 
Batrachoseps, 256. 
Batrachostomus, 320. 
Batrachus, 231. 
Baverbancia, 54. 
Bayley, Prof. J. W., the chief Ameri- 
= authority upon the infusoria, 
Baza, 307. 
Bddellidee, 122. 
Bear, the, 15; the bears. 482. 
Beaver, the, 467. 
Becards, the, 345. 
Beche de mer, 42. 
Bechstein, Dr., description of the 
nightingale by, 336, 337. 
Bee-eaters, the, 325. 
Beef-eater, the African, 354. 
Rees, the, 176, 177. 
Beetles, the, 141; the diamond, 160. 
Belemnitide, 94. 
Belideus, 415. 
Bell’s History of British Quadrupeds. 
extract from, on the shedding and 
growth of horns, 393, 394; on the 
walrus, 433, 434. 
Belon, the reviver of natural history in 
modern times, 2 
Belone, 217. 
Belostoma, 187. 
on the discoloration of 
Balenide, 420; balenodon, 424; ba-| 
Beluga, 427, : 
Bembecide, 172; bembex, ib. 
Benturong, the, 483. 
Bergall, the, 218. 
Beroe, 30. 
Bettongia, 413. 
Bezoar stone, an animal concretion, 
5) 
Bibio, 193. 
Bill-fish, the, 217. 
Bimana, 15. 
Bipes, 14. 
Birds, chief characteristics and orders 
of, 14, 15, 280-293; classification of, 
293, 294; number of species of, 294 ; 
chief collections of, 295. 
Bison americanus, 453. - 
Bittacus, 168. 
Bitterns, the, 380. 
Black bass, the, 221. 
Blackbird, the, 342. 
Blainville, the arachnoderma of, 27; 
the malactinozoaria of, 31; the _pa- 
racephalophora of, 75; the cervico- 
branchia cf, 81. 
Blanchard, his division of the neuro- 
ptera, 166—of the hymenoptera, 169 
—of the chalinoptera and achali- 
noptera, 179—of the hemiptera, 184. 
Blapside, 160. 
Blaita, 163; blattidee, ib. 
Bleak, the, 214. 
Blenniide, 229, 230; blennius, 230. ~ 
Blind fish, the, 214. 
Blind worm, the, 272. 
Blistering flies, 159. 
Blue-bird, the, 338. 
Blue-fish, the, Qi. 
| Blue- -perch, the, 218. 
Boa, 143; boa constrictor, 269. 
Boarmia hortaria, 180. 
Boatbills, the, 321. 
Bob White, the bird so called, 375. 
| Boidee, 263, 268. 
Bombinator igneus, 259. 
| Bombycide, 181; bombyx mori, ib. 
; i OmeY cilla garrula and cedrorum, 
34 
| Bombyliidee, 193 ; nose ib. 
Bombus, 176. 
| Bonaparte, Ch. L.. his system of clas- 
sificatiqn of the mammalia, 400, 
401, 
| Bonito, the, 226. 
| Booby, the, 391. 
pBope 112; bopyrus crangorum, 
| ib 
Bos. “15: B. amer icanus, taurus, &c., 
453-455. 
Bostrichidee, 158, 159. 
| Bostrichus, 141. 
| Bot-flies, 195. 
' Botaurus stellaris and minor, 380. 
| Bothrimonus sturionis, 45. 
Bothriocephalus, 45. 
Botryllus, 10. 
| Botys verticalis, 180. 
| Bovide, 15. 
| Bow- fin, the, 235, 
Brachelytra. 154, 155. 
| Brachinus, 140. 
Brachiopoda, 55. 
Brachymeles, 273. 
Hrachypaynceis, 160. 
Brachystopus, 272. 
Brachyura, 117. 
Brady bates, 256. 
Bradypodide, 410. 
Bradypus, 15; B. didactylus, &c., 410. 
Brahman kite, the, 305. 
Brambling, the, 357. 
Branchiopoda, 12, 107. 
Branchiostegi, 201. 
Branchiostoma, 206. 
Branchipus pisciformis, 109. 
Brant, the, 385. 
Bream, the, 221 
Brill, the, 220. 
Brontes prenadilla, 217. 
Brosmius, 219. 
Bryozoa, form and habits of the} 53. 
Bubo virginianus, &c., 312, 313; bubo- 
mine, 312. 
Buccinide, 86; buccinum, ib. 
Bucco macrorhynchus, 323; 
| nine, ib. 
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