Curious Creatures in Zoology - John Ashton

Abarimon
, country of men with legs reversed, [9].
Acanthis, the, [70].
Accursius, [147].
Achillium. See [Sponges].
Ædonaus, [287].
Ægipanæ, a name for Satyrs, [57].
Ægithus, the, [70], [71].
Ægopithecus, the, [55].
Ælianus, [88], [93], [96], [148], [158], [212], [280], [331].
Æsalon, the, [70].
Æsculapius, [148].
Ætolia, [280].
Agatharcides, [10], [16].
Aïnos, the, a hairy people of Japan, [50], [51].
Albertus, [93], [100], [252].
Albinos, [10].
Alciatus, [65].
Aldrovandus, [47], [48], [81], [97], [154], [170], [171], [172], [179], [180], [204], [228], [256], [262], [270], [302], [317].
Alexander, [146].
Alumnus, [100].
Amahut, a tree, [67].
- their fate after their defeat by the Greeks, [24], [25];
- Sir John Mandeville’s account of them, [25], [26];
- called Medusæ, [85].
Amazons, [23];
Ambergris, [222], [223].
Anclorus, the, [148].
Andrew, an Italian, [151].
Androgyni, tribe of, [11].
Animal lore, [67], [68], [69], [70], [71].
Ant, the, [71], [112], [332].
Antacæi (whales without spinal bones), [226].
Antelope, the, [145], [146].
Anthropophagi, [6], [9], [10], [18], [72].
Anthus, the, [71].
Anu, [80].
Apes, [65], [66].
Apocynon. See [The Toad].
Apollonides, [12].
Apollonius, [58], [59].
Archelaüs, [21].
Archigene, [134].
Arctopithecus, the, or Bear-Ape, [55], [66].
Arimaspi, [8], [9].
Aristotle, [71], [105], [148], [156], [199], [201], [203], [248], [253], [262], [268], [286], [287], [323], [324], [331].
Artemidorus, [16].
Asbestos. See [Salamander].
Astomi, a people with no mouths, and who subsist by smell, [15].
Ass, the, [70].
Ass, the Indian, [88].
Ass, the wild, [68].
Atergatis, [209].
Athenæus, [86].
Ausonius, [64].
Avicen, [72], [287].

B.
Baboons, [62].
Bacchantes, [80].
Bacchæ, a name for Satyrs, [56].
Baffin, [245].
Balæna, the, [239], [240].
Barnacle Goose, the, [174], [175], [176], [177], [178], [179].
Bartlemew de Glanville, [231].
Basilisk, [156], [317], [318], [319], [321], [331].
Batrachites. See [The Toad].
Bear, the, [68], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [110], [111], [112], [113], [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125]
, [148].
Bear-Ape. See [Arctopithecus].
Bee, the, [112], [113], [332], [333].
Beeton, [10].
Bekenhawh, [189].
Bellonius, Petrus, [96].
Berosus, [79], [206].
Bevis of Hampton, [158].
Bird, Miss, [50].
Birds, peculiarities of, [204], [206].
Bishop-fish, the, [228], [230].
Boar, the wild, [69], [111], [139].
Boas, the, [289], [290], [291].
Bolindinata. See [Bird of Paradise].
Boloma, the. See [Dog-fish].
Bonosa, the, [193].
Bœothius, [228].
Borometz, the. See [Lamb Tree].
Boscawen, W. St. Chad, [78].
Brazavolus, [94].
Bugil, the, [84].
- and Wolves, [137].
Bull, the, and Bears, [109];
Bustard, the, [148].

C.
Cadamustus, Aloisius, [278].
Cadmus, [64], [65].
Cæsar, Julius, [46], [47], [148].
Calf and Wolves, [137].
Calingæ, a tribe of India whose women conceive at the age of five years and die at eight, [17].
Callimachus, [285].
Calliphanes, [11].
Cambden, Mr., [144].
Camden, [177].
Camel, the, [148].
Canis Lucernarius, [150], [151].
Cardanus, Hieronimus, [53], [226], [287], [291], [305].
Cartazonon. See [Unicorn].
Carthier, Jacques, [237].
Cat, the, [154], [155], [156].
Caterpillar, the, [71].
Catharcludi, a tribe in India, [14].
Catableponta, name for Gorgon, [84], [85], [318].
Cattle, curious, [23].
Cebi, the, [57].
Cellini, Benvenuto, [325], [326].
Centaurs, [65], [78], [79], [80], [81], [82], [83].
Cephus, the, [74].
Cercopithecus, the, [52], [53].
Cetum Capillatum vel Crinitum. See [Whale, Hairy].
Chameleon, the, [163].
Chimæra, the, [64], [170], [171].
Chiron, the Centaur, [79].
Chloræus, the, [69].
Choromandæ, a nation without a proper voice, [15].
Christie, Mr., on Palæolithic remains, [39].
Cicero, [12].
Circhos, the, [247].
Claudius, Emperor. See [Orca].
Clayks. See [Barnacle Geese].
Clement, Pope, [96].
Clitarchus, [16].
Cock, the, [156], [157].
Cock with serpent’s tail, [204], [205].
Cockatrice, the, [85], [317], [319], [320], [321], [322].
Cœlius, [77].
Condor, the, [183].
Conger Eel, the, [262].
Corocotta, the, [72].
Couret, M. de, [5].
Crab, the, [129], [267], [268].
Crane, the, [203].
Crannoges, [41].
Crates of Pergamus, [10], [17].
Crawford, John, [49].
Crayfish,
[267].
Cristotinius. See [Lamia].
Crocodile, the, [311], [312], [313], [314], [315], [316], [317].
Crocotta, the, [159].
Cronos, or Hea, [79].
Crow, the, [70], [129], [130], [131].
Ctesias, [4], [14], [16], [71].
Cuvier, [185].
Cyclops, [7], [65].
Cynocephalus, the, [55], [56], [63].
Cyrni, the, who live 400 years, [15].

D.
Dædalus, H.M.S., [274], [275], [276].
Dagon, [209].
Damon, [12].
Darwin, Descent of Man, [1];
- Tailed men, [4];
- Shell-fish middens in Tierra del Fuego, [42].
Davis, Barnard, [50].
De Barri, Gerald, [174].
Deer and Bears, [109].
De Leo, Ronzo, [31].
Demetrius, [121], [237].
Democritus, [131], [285], [306].
Denbigh Worme, the. See [Dragons].
Descent of Man, [1].
De Thaun, Philip, [91].
De Veer, Gerat, [177].
Devil Whale, the. See [Trol Whale].
Dingo, the, [126].
Dinornis Giganteus. See [Moa].
Dion, [77].
Dog, the, [150], [151], [152], [153], [154].
Dog-fish, the, [255].
Dog, the Mimic or Getulian, [150], [151].
Dolphin, the, [242], [243].
Dordogne, Palæolithic remains in caves at, [39].
Dormouse, the, [67].
Draco, [64].
Dracontopides. See [Dragons].
Dragon, the, [158], [162], [293], [294], [295], [296], [297], [298], [299], [300], [301], [302], [303], [304], [305], [306], [307], [308], [309], [310], [311].
Drake, Sir Francis, [177].
Du Bartas, [74], [168], [169], [179], [185], [186], [200], [202], [225], [230], [231], [243], [319].
Duck, the, [70];
- four-footed, [203].
Dugong, the, [213].
Duret, Claude, [166].
Dwarfs, with no mouth, [19];
- mentioned in the Bible, [26];
- Homer and the pygmies—battle with the Cranes, [26], [27], [28];
- only twenty-seven inches high, [28];
- their age, [28];
- Spurious pygmies, [28];
- Northern dwarfs, [29];
- in America, [29], [30], [31];
- African dwarfs, [31], [32];
- their acuteness, [33].

E.
Eagle, the, [69], [70].
Eale, the, [159], [160].
Echeneis, the. See [Remora].
Edmund, St., [139], [140].
Eels, thirty feet long, [18].
Egede, Hans, [270].
Egemon, [280].
Egg, Remarkable, [179], [180].
Ehannum. See [Lamia].
Eigi-einhamir. See [Were Wolves].
Elephant, the, [100], [147], [163], [310], [311].
Elpis, [158].
Embarus, [123].
Emin Pacha, [32].
Empusæ. See [Lamia].
Enchanters, families of, [11].
Epyornis maximus, [183].
Ethiopia, wonders of, [13].
Eudoxus, [15].
Euryale, [85].

F.
Fabricius, George, [61].
Falisci, or Hirpi, a tribe unharmed by fire, [12].
Farnesius, [90].
Fauns, [5], [56], [57], [60].
Ferrerius, Joannes, [95].
Fincelius, [146].
Fish, curious, [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253].
Fish, senses of, [258], [259].
Flavianus, [243].
Florentinus, [287].
Footless birds. See Apodes
.
Formicæ Lions, [58].
Fox, the, [68], [70], [125], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134].
Fridlevus, [293], [294].
Frobisher, Sir Martin, [245].
Frog, the, [68].
Frotho, [293].

G.
Gækwar
of Baroda, [129].
Gambarus, the, [244].
Gazelle, the, [67].
Geese, two-headed wild, [203].
Gellius, or Gyllius, Aulus, [158], [281], [302].
Geryon, [64].
Geskleithron, dwelling of one-eyed men, [8].
Gesner, [52], [97], [127], [179], [203], [212], [217], [226], [228], [229], [231], [233], [236], [244], [256], [262], [269], [305], [306], [312], [331].
Getulian Dog, the, [150], [151].
- their stupidity, [33];
- their sobriety, [33];
- Starchaterus Thavestus, [33], [34], [35], [36];
- Giants mentioned in the Bible, [36];
- height of Adam, &c., [37];
- Gabbaras, [37];
- Posio and Secundilla, [37];
- Sir John Mandeville’s giants, [37], [38].
Giants, [13], [16], [17], [32];
Gibson, Edmund, [177].
Giraldus Cambrensis, [77], [174], [175].
Gisbertus Germanus, [227], [228].
Gizdhubar, [78], [79], [80].
Glutton, the. See [Gulo].
Goat, the, [128], [136].
Goblerus, Justinus, [306].
Gorgon, the, [83], [84], [85], [86], [87].
Gorgon blepen, sharp-sighted persons, [86].
Gould, Rev. S. Baring, [141].
Grevinus, [302].
Griffins, [8], [180], [181], [182], [183].
Gryphons, [8], [9], [181].
Guenon, the. See [Haut].
Guillim, [89], [189].
Gulielmus Musicus, [305].
Gulo, the, [101], [102], [103], [104], [105].
Guy, Earl of Warwick, [157].
Gymnetæ, who live a hundred years, [16].

H.
Haafisch, the. See [Dog-fish].
Haarwal, the. See [Whale, Hairy].
Hakluyt, [237], [245].
Halcyon, the, [199], [200].
Hanno, [86].
Harald, King, [307], [308].
Hare, the, [68], [128].
Harmona, [64].
Harpe, the, a falcon, [70].
Harpy, the, [171], [172].
Hauser, Caspar, a wild man, [45].
Haut or Hauti, the, [66], [67].
Hawkins, Thos., [301], [302].
Hea, [79], [206], [207], [208], [209].
Hea-bani, [79], [80].
Hedgehog, the, [69], [111], [128].
Hegesidemus, [243].
Helcus, the. See [Sea Calf].
Helen, [286].
Helladice, [208].
Hens, Woolly, [202].
Hentzner, Paul, [93].
Hermias, [243].
Herodotus, [8], [21], [23], [39], [140], [160], [226].
Heron, the, [70].
Hesiodus, [85].
Hippocentaur, the, [59].
Hippopotamus, the, [161], [312].
Hirpi, or Falisci, a tribe unharmed by fire, [12].
Hollerius, [331].
Homer, [75].
Hoopoe, the, [196].
Hornet, the,
333, [334].
Horse, the, [112], [138], [146], [147], [148], [149], [150].
Horstius, [227].
Hyæna, the, [74], [132].
Hydra, [64], [291], [292].
Hydrophobia, [152], [153].

I.
Ibis, the, [161].
Ichneumon, the, [70], [202], [315], [316].
Ichthyo Centaurus, the, [212].
Ierom, Saint, [59].
Illyrii, a tribe having fascination in their eyes, [12].
Incubi, [60].
India, Wonders of, [13].
Isodorus, [100].
Isogonus of Nicæa, [10], [11], [12], [15].
Istar, [80].

J.
James IV. and VI. of Scotland, [88].
Jeduah, the. See [Lamb Tree].
Jerff. See [Gulo].
Jocasta, [65].
Jochanan, Rabbi, [166].
Johnöen, Lars, [273].
Jovius, Paulus, [237].
Juba, [21].
Jugurtha, [86].