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INDEX 
Snail, as fortune teller, 54 
— common, 170 
— edible, 175 
— giant, 170, 180 
— pond, 179 
— ramshorn, 179 
— strength of, 172 
— tongue of, 171 
— viviparous, 179 
— water, 178 
— wood, 169 
Snake, voice of, 29 
Spider crab, 106 
Squat lobster, 118 
Squid, 160, 161, 163 
Starling, 26 
Sticklebacks, 33 
Stoat, seasonal change of 
coat, 74 
Sim fish, 144 
Susu, 202 
T 
Tailless hare, 22 
Tailor bird, 233 
Talking birds, 25 
Tench, 63, 71 
Thornback crab, 106 
Toad, common, 133 
— embedded in rock, 46 
— giant, 127 
— midwife, 132 
— natterjack, 136 
— Surinam, 123 
Toucan, 80 
Trap-door spider, 245 
Tuatera lizard, 213 
Tub fish, 26 
Tube-mouth, 41 
Tuco-tuco, 21 
Tui bird, 26 
Turkey buzzard, 197 
U 
Unicorn, 50 
Unnatural Natural History, 
44 
y 
Variable lizard, 69 
Voice of animals, 15 
Vulture, bearded, 186, 190 
— black, 199 
— Californian, 197 
— condor, 195 
-— eared, 193 
— Egyptian, 186, 194 
— griffon, 186, 191 
— king, 193, 199 
— turkey, 197 
W 
Warrior ants, 224 
Water spider, 231 
Weaver bird, 232 
Whale-headed heron, 81 
Whelk, 170, 172 
Worm, luminous, 148 
Wren, 65 
Y 
Yak, 21 
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