Part 55

Love versus Instinct, 259.

Love-dances of birds, 266.

Love-flights of kites, harriers, &c., 265.

Love-song of birds, 263.

Lynx in Siberia, 155.

Mammals, migrations of, 234.

Man-like apes, 308.

Maral stag, hunting of the, 144; value of his antlers for preparing a Chinese quack specific, 144, 573.

Marmoset, lowest of the monkey order, 291.

Marriage ceremonies among the Kirghiz, 498.

Marsh-harrier, a bird of prey, 102.

Melik el Nimmr, the “panther king”, 371.

Metallic starling, the, 214, 215.

Migrations of Mammals, 234; causes of periodic migrations, 234; wanderings of the brown rat, souslik, and mice, 235; expeditions to obtain better food, 238; fundamental cause of all true migration, 239; scarcity of water a cause of migrations, 242; migration of sea animals, 248; mad flight of zebras and other animals in South Africa, 256.

Mines of Siberia, convicts in, 534.

Mohammed Aali subjugates the Nubians, 370.

Monkeys. See Apes and Monkeys.

Monkeys, long-tailed, 222, 581.

Mosquito, a terrible pest in the tundra, 81, 568.

Mud-fish of Africa, 183, 575.

Naturalist-travellers, list of works by, xxix.

Nests of birds, 217; of the bee-eaters, 217; of the golden weaver-birds, 218; of the cow weaver-birds, 219; of finches, 219; of the hornbills, 219; of the umber-bird, 220; of the dwarf peregrine falcon and guinea-dove, 221; of the African swift, 221; of the crocodile-bird, 229.

New-World or broad-nosed monkeys, 293.

Nomad Herdsmen and Herds of the Steppes, 451; domain and tribes of the Kirghiz, 452; their racial affinities, 452; physical features, 453; dress, 453; dwellings, 454; wealth reckoned by their herds, 458; importance of the horse, 458; their sheep and goats, 464; cattle, 465; camels, 466; dog, 467; food of the people, 468; their constant roamings, 470; the winter camping-ground, 473; manner of travelling, 474; milking the animals, 477; a charming picture of pastoral life, 480.

Northern Lights, the, 38, 86, 443.

Norway, harvest of the sea, 38.

Nubia and the Nile Rapids, 356; the region of the rapids, 357; its prehistoric ruins, 359; vegetation and fauna, 363; fertility of middle Nubia, 366; the Nubian and Egyptian contrasted, 368; Nubia subjugated by the Egyptians, 370; sketch of the Nubian people, 373; navigation of the rapids, 379; a night on one of the rocks, 382; the voyage down-stream, 383, 388; a warning unheeded, 388.

Nyke, visit to the, 53; its immense number of birds, 55.