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Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. · John Timbs — chapter 37 of 39 · ~178 words · public domain

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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

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