Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.

by John Timbs

• 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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