FOOTNOTES:
[27] How Brunel took his construction of the Thames Tunnel from observing the bore of the Teredo navalis in the keel of a ship, in 1814, is well known.
[28] "Athenæum," No. 1640.
[29] See also "Life in the Sea," in "Strange Stories of the Animal World," by the author of the present volume. Second Edition. 1868.
INDEX.
- 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]
- Epicure's Ortolan, the, [172]
- Epicurism Extravagant, [177]
- Evelyn and St. James's Physique Garden, [15]
- FISH in British Colombia, [280]
- 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]
- ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, [15]
- Ortolan described, [172], [173]
- Ortolans, how fattened, [174]
- Ortolan, Mr. Gould on, [174], [175]
- Owls, [221]
- 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]
- 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]
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