Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.

by John Timbs

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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]
  • 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]