INDEX.
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ANCIENT Zoological Gardens, 12
Animals, Rare, of London Zoological Society, 16, 17, 18
Annelids, boring, 348
Annelids and Molluscs, Boring Habits of, 348
Ant-Bear in captivity, 76
Ant-Bear, the Great, 72
Ant-Bear at Madrid, 72
Ant-Bear described, 77
Ant-Bear, Domestic, in Paraguay, 75
Ant-Bear, Economy of, 76
Ant-Bear and its Food, 74
Ant-Bears, Fossil, 80, 81
Ant-Bear, Muscular Force of, 79
Ant-Bear, Wallace's Account of, 73
Ant-Bear, Zoological Society's, 76, 82, 84
Ant-Eater, Porcupine, 84
Ant-Bear, Professor Owen on, 80
Ant-Eaters, scarcity of, 80
Ant-Eater, Tamandua, 82
Ant-Eaters, Von Saek's Account of, 83
Aristotle's History of Animals, 279, 280
BARNACLE GEESE, finding of the, 334
Barnacle Goose, Gerarde on, 332
Barnacle Goose, Giraldus Cambrensis on, 332
Barnacle Goose, Max Müller on, 331
Barnacle Goose, name of, 332
Barnacle Goose, Sir E. Tennent on, 334
Barnacle Goose, Sir Kenelm Digby on, 334
Barnacle Goose, Sir R. Moray on, 331
Barnacle Goose, Stories of the, 331-335
Barnacles breeding upon old ships, 333
Barnacle Geese in the Thames, 331
Bat, altivolans, by Gilbert White, 100
Bat, American, by Lesson, 91
Bat, Aristotle on, 85
Bat, Mr. Bell on, 86
Bats, Curiosities of, 85
Bat, described by Calmet, 87
Bat, Flight and Wing of, 96
Bats, in England, 100
Bat, Heber, Stedman, and Waterton on, 91
Bats in Jamaica, 100
Bat, Kalong, of Java, 98
Bat, Long-Eared, by Sowerby, 92, 93-96
Bat, Nycteris, 97
Bat, Rere-mouse and Flitter-mouse, 86
Bat Skeleton, Sir C. Bell on, 87
Bat in Scripture, 85
Bat, Vampire, from Sumatra, 88
Bat, Vampire, Lines on, by Byron, 89
Bat, vulgar errors respecting, 97
Bat-Fowling or Bat-Folding, 92
Berlin Zoological Gardens and Museum, 16
Bible Natural History, 11
Birds, Addison on their Nests and Music, 156, 157
Bird, Australian Bower, Nest of, 167
Bird, Baya, Indian, Nest of, 164
Birds and Animals, Beauty in, 150
Birds, Brain of, 154
Birds, Characteristics of, 145
Birds, Colour of, 148
Bird Confinement, Dr. Livingstone on, 169
Birds' Eggs, large, 162
Birds' Eggs, Colours of, 158
Birds' Eggs and Nests, 158
Birds, European, list of, 161
Birds, Flight of, 146, 147
Birds, Insectivorous, 151
Instinct, Intelligence, and Reason, 217
Bird-Life, 145
Bird-Murder, wanton, 152
Birds' Nesting, 159
Birds' Nests—Cape Swallows, 168
Birds' Nests—Brush Turkey, 171
Birds' Nests, large, 164
Birds' Eggs—Ostrich and Epyornis, 162, 163
Birds' Nests—Tailor Birds, 165-167
Birds, Rapid Flight of, 147
Birds, Signal of Danger among, 155
Birds, Song of, 149
Birds, Mr. Wolley's Collections, 159, 160
Bookworms, Leaves about, 336
Bookworms and Death-watch, 337
Boring Marine Animals, and Human Engineers, 341
CHAMELEON of the Ancients, 306
Chameleon's antipathy to black, 322
Chameleons, Mrs. Belzoni's, 316-320
Chameleons, Birth of, in England, 321
Chameleon changing Colour, 311, 316
Chameleon, Cuvier on, 309
Chameleon, described by Calmet, 307
Chameleon Family, 307
Chameleon, Air-food of, 309
Chameleon, Milne Edwards on its Change of Colour, 314-316
Chameleons, Native Countries of, 316
Chameleon of the Poets, 308
Chameleons, Reproduction of, 309
Chameleon, Tongue and Eyes of, 310, 311
Chinese Zoological Gardens, 12
Cicada, Song of the, 329
Cormorant's Bone, curious, 204
Cormorants, Chase of, 203
Cormorant Fishery in China, 202
Cormorant, Habits of the, 201
Cormorant trained for Fishing, 201
Curiosities of Zoology, 11
ECCENTRICITIES of Penguins, 188 Darwin, Mr., his account of Falkland Islands Penguin, 192 Dassent Island Penguins, 188 Death-watch and Bookworm, 337, 338 Falkland Islands Penguins, 189 King Penguins, 191 Patagonian Penguins, 189 Penguin, the name, 194 Webster, Mr., his Account of Penguins, 193
Epicure's Ortolan, the, 172
Epicurism Extravagant, 177
Evelyn and St. James's Physique Garden, 15
FISH in British Colombia, 280 Candle-fish, 282 Octopus, 283 Salmon Army, 281 Spoonbill Sturgeon, 285 Sturgeons, and Sturgeon Fishing, 284-287
Fish-Talk, 250 Affection of Fishes, 256 Bohemian Wels Fish, 270 Bonita and Flying Fish, 263 Californian Fish, 268 Carp at Fontainebleau, 254 Cat-fish, curious Account of, 257 Double Fish, 272 Fish changing Colour, 251 Fish Noise, 252 Gold Fish, 274 Grampus, gambols of, 262 Great General of the South Sea, 272 Grouper, the, 272 Hassar, the, 256 Hearing of Fishes, 253 Herring Puzzle, 278 Jaculator Fish of Java, 264 Jamaica, Curious Fish at, 266 Little Fishes the Food of Larger, 259 Marine Observatory, 276 Mecho of the Danube, 270 Migration of Fishes, 260 Miller's Thumb, 276 Numbers, vast, of Fishes, 258 Pike, Wonderful, 269 Pilot Fish, 267 Sharks, 267 Singing Fish, 252 Square-browed Malthe, 274 Strange Fishes, 251 Sun-fish, 271 Swimming of Fishes, 250 Sword-fish, 266 Warrior Fish, 266
Frog and Toad Concerts, 327
HEDGEHOG, the, 102
Hedgehog devouring Snakes, 104
Hedgehog, Food of, 103
Hedgehogs, Gilbert White on, 107
Hedgehog and Poisons, 105
Hedgehogs, Sir T. Browne on, 102
Hedgehog Sucking Cows, 104
Hedgehog and Viper, Fight between, 106, 107
Hedgehog, Voracity of, 103
Hippopotamus, Ancient History of, 119
Hippopotamus, described by Aristotle and Herodotus, 121
Hippopotamus, Economy of the, 115
Hippopotamus, the, in England, 108
Hippopotami, Fossil, 122
Hippopotami on the Niger, 117
Hippopotamus, Professor Owen's Description of, 111-115
Hippopotamus and River Horse, 116
Hippopotamus in Scripture, 120
Hippopotamus, Utility of, 118
Hippopotamus from the White Nile, 109
Hippopotamus, Zoological Society's, in 1850, 108-111
LEAVES about Bookworms, 336
Lions in Algeria, and Jules Gerard, 143
Lion, African, 131
Lion, Bengal, 133
Lion described by Bennett, 123
Lion described by Buffon, 123-125
Lion described by Burchell, 125
Lion, disappearance of, 130
Lion and Hottentots, 132, 133-136
Lion-hunting Feats, 128
Lion, "King of the Forest," 126
Lion, Longevity of, 137
Lion, Maneless, 133-135
Lion, Niebuhr on, 131
Lion in the Nineveh Sculptures, 139, 140
Lions, the Drudhoe, 144
Lions, Popular Errors respecting, 123
Lion, Prickle or Claw in the Tail, 137-139
Lion, Roar of, 136
Lions in the Tower of London, 140
"Lion Tree" in the Mantatee Country, 127
Lion Stories of the Shows, 142
Lion-Talk, 123
Lioness and her Young, 135
MERMAID of 1822, 43-47
Mermaid in Berbice, 39
Mermaid in the Bosphorus, 47
Mermaid and Dugong, 41
Mermaids, Evidences of, 36
Mermaid at Exmouth, 40
Mermaid, Leyden's Ballad, 35
Mermaid and Manatee, 42
Mermaid at Milford Haven, 37
Mermaid, Japanese, 44
Mermaid, Scottish, 36, 38
Mermaids and Sirens, 33
Mermaid's Song, Haydn's, 34
Mermaids, Stories of, 33
Mermaid, Structure of, 43
Mermaids in Suffolk, 48
Mole, its Economy controverted, 62
Mole, the Ettrick Shepherd on, 71
Mole, Le Court on, 62, 65
Mole and Fairy Rings, 64
Mole and Farming, 70
Mole, Feeling of, 64
Mole at Home, 62
Mole, its Hunting-ground, 67
Moles, Loves of the, 68
Mole, structure of the, 63
Mole, St. Hilaire on, 69
Mole, Shrew, of North America, 70
Mole, Voracity of, 68
Montezuma's Zoological Gardens, 13
Musical Lizard, 303 Climbing Walls, 303, 304 Formosa Isle, 303 Gecko ennobled, 306
ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 15
Ortolan described, 172, 173
Ortolans, how fattened, 174
Ortolan, Mr. Gould on, 174, 175
Owls, 221 Abyssinian Owl, 230 Barn Owl, 226 Bischaco, or Coquimbo, 224 Boobook Owl, 228 Cats and Owls, 230 Fraser's Eagle Owl, from Fernando Po, 229 Food of Owls, 226 Javanese Owl, 228 Snowy Owl, 227 Tricks by Night, 224 Utility of, 225 Waterton on the Owl, 225
PELICANS and Cormorants, 195
Pelicans described by Gould, 195
Pelican in Japan, 197
Pelican Popular Error, 198, 199
Pelican Pouches, 198
Pelican Symbol, 200
"Pelican of the wilderness," 197
Pholas, Life and Labours of, 341
Pholades, Charlesworth and Peach on, 347
Pholades, Harper on, 346
Pholades, Robertson on, 343
RHINOCEROS in England, 22 African Rhinoceros in 1858, 27 Ancient History, 23 Bruce and Sparmann, 27 Burchell's shooting, 30 Horn of the Rhinoceros, 31, 32 Indian Wild Ass, 24 One-horned and Two-horned, 23-26 Scripture, Rhinoceros of, 23 Speehnan's Rhinoceros Shooting, 30 Tegetmeir describes the African Rhinoceros, 27 Tractability, 25 Varieties of Rhinoceros, 22 Zoological Society's Rhinoceros, 23, 29
SALE of Wild Animals, 20
Sentinel Birds, 183
Song of the Cicada, 329
Songs of Birds and Seasons of the Day, 219
St. James's Park Menagerie, 14
Stories of the Barnacle Goose, 331-335
Stories of Mermaids, 33
Surrey Zoological Gardens, 20
TALKING birds, 205 Bittern and Night Raven, 207 Blue Jay, 206 Canaries, Talking, 210-212 Chinese Starling, 205 Crowned Crane, 206 Cuckoo, 209 Laughing Goose, 209 Nightingale, 209 Piping Crow, 205 Snipe, Neighing, 213 Trochilos and Crocodile, 216 Umbrella Bird, 206 Whidaw Bird, 205 Wild Swan, 209 Woodpecker at Constantinople, 215
Talk about Toucans, 179 Bills of Toucans, 180 Carnivorous propensity, 184 Economy of, 182 Food of, 183 Gould, Mr., his Grand Monograph, 180, 186 Owen, Professor, on the Mandibles, 185 Swainson, Mr., on Toucans, 185 Toucan Family, 179, 180 White Ants' Nests, 183 Toucanet, Gould's, 184
Toad and Frog Concerts, 327-328
Toads, Running, Dr. Husenbeth's, 323-327
Tower of London Menagerie, 14
Tree-climbing Crab, the, 288 Bernhard, Hermit, and Soldier Crab, 291 Climbing Perch, 288 Crab, Burrowing, 290 Crab Migration in Jamaica, 292 Fishing-frogs, 288 Glass Crabs, 301 Pill-making Crabs, 301 Purse Crab feeding on Cocoa-nuts, 296 Robber Crab, 292 Screw-pines, Crab climbing, 298 Vaulted Crab of the Moluccas, 291
UNICORNS, ancient, 51
Unicorn and Antelope, 53
Unicorn in Central Africa, 58
Unicorn described by Ctesias, 49, 50
Unicorn, Cuvier on, 54
Unicorn, Is it Fabulous? 49
Unicorn, Klaproth on, 55
Unicorn in Kordofan, 53
Unicorn and its Horn, 53, 59
Unicorn, modern, 50
Unicorn, Ogilby on, 51
Unicorn, Rev. J. Campbell on, 57
Unicorn in the Royal Arms, 60
WEATHER-WISE ANIMALS, 231 Ants, Asses, 241 Darwin's Signs of Rain, 248 Frogs and Snails, 237-240 List of Animals, 241-247 Mole, 240 Mother Carey's Chickens and Goose, 234 Redbreast, 236 Seagulls, 232 Signs of Rain, 232 Stormy Petrels, 233 Shepherd of Banbury, 249 Toucans, 237 Weatherproof Birds' Nests, 247 Wild Geese and Ducks, 235
Wild Animals, Cost of, 19
Wild Beast Shows, 21
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Origin of, 12
Zoological Society of London, 16
Zoology, Curiosities of, 11
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