Ants, slave-hunting, 384.

Apteryx, egg of, 38.

Argus pheasant, 323.

Auk, great, 82.

Australia, early condition of, 12.

Aye-aye, 78.

Bamboo, elegance of, 340.

Bananas in Tahiti, 342.

Barbadoes Pride, 353.

Bats, immured, 183, 185.

Bear, black, 70.

Bear, cave, 15, 69.

Beauty, Divine appreciation of, 302
--in quadrupeds, 304
--in birds, 306
--in beetles, 329
--in butterflies, 331
--in plants, 338
--in flowers, 344.

Beaver in Britain, 72.

Beetles, splendour of, 329, 337.

Birds, colossal, of Australia, 13, 34.

Bison of Europe, 68.

Blood rain, 98, 102
--waters, 99, 103
--snow, 100.

Bois Immortel, 354.

Britain, early condition of, 13, 44.

Butterflies, splendour of, 331.

Bruce on serpent-charming, 266, 277.

Cave in Skye, 134.

Changeable colours, 315.

Climbers of tropical forests, 368.

Climbing perch, 123.

Cock of the rock, 307.

Corals, parasitic, 380.

Corncrake, torpidity of, 198.

Cowpen bird, 381.

Crabs, parasitic habits of, 379.

Crane-fly, luminous, 231.

Creation progressive, 89.

Cuckoo, habits of, 381.

Deer, elegance of, 304.

Deposition, rate of geologic, 47.

Dinothere, 5, 14.

Dodo, 74.

Drift, remains in, 44.

Eagle fascinates rabbit, 259.

Eel, wanderings of, 122.

Eggs, fossil, 37, 38.

Elephant of Siberia, 6, 20.

Elk, Irish, 14, 49-57, 61.

Entozoic worms, 360.

Europe, early condition of, 3.

Extinction of species, 1, 81, 88.

Fascination in serpents, 242
--in lizards, 255
--in scorpion, 256
--in stoats, 257
--in fox, 258
--in eagle, 259.

Fig-trees, parasitic, 364.

Fire attracts insects, 260
--birds, 261
--toads, 262.

Fishes, showers of, 109-117
--torpidity of, 118
--travelling, 121
--parasitic, 376.

Flamboyant, 353.

Fleas _ad infinitum_, 359.

Flints, fossil, 44.

Fox of Falkland, 86
--fascinating poultry, 258.

Frogs, showers of, 108.

Galeodes, account of, 237.

Goatsuckers, 307.

Grouse, 95.

Guiana, scenery in, 346.

Hand-tree of Mexico, 87.

Hasselquist on serpent charming, 279.

Hedgehog, immunity of, 277.

Hyena, cave, 16.

Humming birds, elegance of, 312
--mango, 313
--long-tail, 314
--fiery topaz, 317
--comet, 318, 321.

Ibis, scarlet, 306.

Ichneumon-flies, 369.

Impeyan, scaly, 323.

Ireland, animals of, 57.

Kangaroo, giant, 13.

Kaureke, 42.

Lantern-fly, 227.

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