Totanus bartramius, macularius, &c., | 
Toucans, the, 361. 
Towhe buntings, the, 357. 
Toxodon, 431. 
Toxotes jaculator, 228. 
Trachea atriplicis and preecox, 180. 
Trachearia, 12, 120, 
Trachelia, 159. 
eee olor, 24; T. viridis, | 
Trachypterus, 228. 
Trachysaurus, 273. 
‘Tragopan hastingsii, 372. 
Trematoda, 46. 
Trematodera, 251. 
Trembley, the discoverer of the genus 
hydra, 26. 
Trepang, method of fishing for and 
preserving, 42. 
Treron aromatica, 367; 
ib. 
Trienodontini, 241. 
Triakis, 241. 
Trichechidz, 432; trichechus rosma- 
rus, &c., 433, 434. 
Trichiurus, 228; T. electricus, 208. 
Trichius, 157. 
Trichocephalus dispar, 47. 
Trichodectes, 147. 
Trichodina cometa, 24. 
Trichoptera, 163. 
Trichosurus, 415. 
Tridacna, 72; tridacnida:, ib. 
Trigla lyra and cuculus, 222; 
ib. 
Trigonia pectinata and thoracica, 67. 
bi 5 ne ae contortrix, &c., 266, 
67. 
treronine, 
triglidee, 
Trilobita, 12. 
Trilobites, 110; known only from fossil 
remuins, ib. 
Trimera, 151, 152, 162. 
Tringa rufescens and minuta, 382. 
Tringine, 381. 
Trionycidee, 288. 
Trionyx, 288, 289. 
Tripheena pronuba, 181. 
Triplax, 162. 
Triton, 253, 254; T. tceniatum and 
cristatum, 256. 
Tritonia, 79; tritoniidee, ib. 
Tritonium, 10. 
Trochichis, 483. 
Trochide, 85. 
Trochilide, 328 et seq. 
Trochiliide, 182; trochilium cerasi, 
ib. 
TrochiJus mango, 
cone polytmus, pella, &c., 329, 
0. 
macrourus, glau- 
Trochus, 85. 
Troctes pulsatorius, 167. 
Trogide, 156. 
Troglodytes «don, 
497. 
333; T. niger, 
Troglodytine, 333 ; 
Trogon viridis and curucui, 323. 
Trogoninz, 322, 323. 
Trogonophis, 275. 
‘T'rogons, the, 322, 323. 
Trogontherium, 467. 
Tee 124; trombidium, 121, 
24. 
Tropic birds, the, 389. 
Tropidolepis, 278. 
Tropidonotus, 269 ; T. sirtalis, sipedon, 
&e., 270. 
Tropidorhynchus corniculatus, 331. 
Trout, the, improper application. of 
the name, 221; the salmon trout, 
salt water weak fish, 
223. 
Trout family, the, 211, 212. 
Trumpet-fish, the, 229. 
Trum peters, the, 379. 
Trunk-fish, the, 23]. 
Trygonini, 243. 
Tubicinella, 102. 
Tubicola, 11, 60, 100. 
Tubifex, 98. 
Tubipora musica, 37; 
ib 
trout, or 
tubiporide, 
ib. 
Tubularia indivisa and  coronata, 
Tubulibranchia, the, of Cuvier, 85. 
INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 
Tubulibranchiata, 10. 
Tubulifera, 170. 
Tubulipora, 54; tubuliporidie, ib. 
Tumblers, the, 368, 
Tunicata, 10, 54. 
Tunny, the, 228. 
Tupinambis, 276. 
Turbo, 85. 
-Turbot, the, 220, 
Turdidee, 341. 
Turkey buzzard, the, 296, 298, 300. 
Turkeys, the, 373, 374, 
Twrniane, 375; turnix dactylisonans, 
ib. 
Turnstones, the, 379. 
Turritella, 83. 
Turtle-dove, 368. 
Turtles, the, 288, 289. 
Typhline cuvierii, 273. 
Typhlophthalmi, 273. 
Tyrannine, 345. 
Tyrannula, 345, 
Tyrannus intrepidus, crinitus, nuncio- 
la, &c., 345. 
Uloborus walcnerius, 130. 
Umbrella, 81; umbrellidee, ib. 
Umbrina nebulosa and = alburnus, 
224, 
Unau, the, 410. 
Unguiculata, 482. 
Unio, 49, 68. 
Unionicola, 124. 
Unionidae, 67; composition of the 
shell of, numerous vuriations and 
distribution of some of the species 
of, 68, 69; unionine, 69; no difficul- 
ty in distinguishing the characters 
of, 71. 
Upupa epops, 326. 
Upupidee, 326. 
Uraniide, 183. 
Uraptera, 243. 
Ure-ox, the, 454. 
Uria antiqua, troile, &c., 388. 
Urine, 388. 
Urocentrum turbo, 24. 
Urocerida, 171; urocerus gigas, ib. 
Uroplatus fimbriatus, 281. 
Urside, 482. 
Ursus, 15; U. maritimus, americanus, 
ferox, and arctos, 482. 
Valkeria, 54. 
Valvata, 83. 
Vampyride, 476 ; vampyrus spectrum, 
477. 
Vandeleuria, 464. 
Vanellus cristatus, 378. 
Vanessa, 13; VY. c-album, atalanta, 
urtice, antiopa, cardui, &c., 184. 
Varanide, 281; varanus niloticus, 
ib. 
Varicolores, 159, 160. 
Vauga curvirostris, 348. 
Velella, 10, 30. 
Veneride, 74. 
Venus, 73, 74. 
Vermetidea, 85. 
Vermetus, 10, 85. 
Vertebrata, chief distinction between 
the, and the evertebrata, 8; charac- 
teristics of, 13; brief summary of the 
classes included under, 13-15; de- 
tailed description of the classes and | 
orders of, 197 et seq. 
Vesicularia, 54. 
Vesicularide, 53, 54. 
vens 175; V. vulgaris and crabro. 
76. 
Vespertilio, 15; V. pruinosus, noctiva- 
gans, &c¢., 478. 
Vespidee, 175. 
Vibrillze, definition of the term, 9. 
Vibrio anguillula and tritici. 23. 
Vicunna, the, 447. 
Vidua paradisea, regia, and erythro- 
rhynchus, 356. 
Vipera, 14. 
Ma 263, 267; viperina, 263, 
a. 
Vipers, the, 263, 264, 267, 270. 
Vireo olivaceus, &c., 346; vireonine, 
ib. 
Virgularia juncea, 37. 
Viscacha, the, 458. 
XV 
| Viverra, 15, 486; viverride, 15, 486. 
| Vocifer, the, of Le Vaillant, 305. 
| Volucella, 194, 
Voluta, 88; volutide, ib. 
Volvox globator, 23. 
Vulpes fulyus, decussatus, velox, and 
lagopus, 489, 490. 
Vulsella, 63. 
Vulturidze, the vultures, 295 et seq. 
Vulturine, 296, 
Waders, the, 378. 
Wagtails, the, 341. 
Walking leaf, the, 164. 
Walruses, the, 432, 433 
|Wampum, the colored margin of 
cytherea used in the manufacture of, 
75. 
| Warblers, the, 335-340. 
| Wart-hogs, the, 442. 
Wasps, the, 175, 
Water, discoloration of, by the daph 
nie, 108. 
Water-flea, 12. 
, Water-moccasin, the, 266. 
| Water-puppy, the, 252. 
Weak fish, the, 199, 223. 
Weasel. the, 15; the weasels, 485. 
Weaver birds, the, 355. 
Weever;, the, 222. 
Weevils, the, 141, 160. 
| Westwood, classification of the co- 
leoptera by, 151, 152; arrangement 
of the hymenoptera according to, 
170; divisions of the rhopalocera 
and heterocera according to, 179; 
division of the homoptera and he- 
teroptera according to, 185; classifi- 
cation of the diptera according to, 
191, 192. 
| Whale-louse, 12. 
| Whales, the, 420, 421-424; the bottle- 
| nosed whale, 426; the white whale, 
|, 427, 
| Wheatears, 337. 
/Whip-pvor-will, the, 320. 
| Whiie fish, the, 212. 
| Whiting, the, 219, 224. 
| Wide-gap, the, 230. 
| Widgeon, the, 326. 
| Widow or Whidah birds, the, 355, 
356. 
| Wilson, cescription of the horned 
| owl by, 312, 313—of the hawk owl, 
|} 315—of the whip-poor-will, 320— 
| of the wren, 333, 334—of the blue- 
bird, 338, 339—of the mocking bird, 
342—of the yellow-breasted chat, 
343—of the red headed woodpecker, 
364; description of the flight of the 
wild goose by, 384, 385. 
Wings, the, of insects, general 
structure of, 139; of birds, 291, 
| 299. 
| Wolf-fish, the, 230. 
Wolverine, the, 484. 
Wolves, the, 488, 489. 
Wombats, the, 414. 
| Woodcocks, the, 382. 
Woodpeckers, the, 363-365. 
Worms, general characteristics of, 11; 
difficulties attending the classifica- 
tion of, 42; intestinal, 44; the com- 
mon tape-worm, 44; the guinea 
worm, 45; earth-worms, 98, 
Wrens, the, 333, 337. 
| Wrynecks, the, 365. 
Xilina exoleta, 181. 
Xiphias, 14, 226. 
Xiphodon, 435. 
Xiphorhynchus, 332. 
Xiphosoma caninum, 269. 
' Xiphosura, 111. 
Xylocopa violacea and victima, 176. 
Yak, the, 454. 
| Yellow-bird, the summer, 340, 
| Yellowhammer, the, 358. 
| Yellow jack, the, or yellowtail, 224. 
Yellow rump, the, 340. 
Yuncine, 365. 
Yunx torquilla, 365. 
Zebra, the, 444. 
| Zenaida amabilis, 369. 
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