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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

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