British Mammals; An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna of the British Islands from the Commencement of the Pleistocene Period Down (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Aceratherium, 270 Achill Island, 6, 125, 128, 205, 351 Adams, Mr. Lionel, I, 60, 61, 63, 66, 67 Adder and hedgehog, 58 jEluropvs, 135 AZlurus, 15, 135, 384 /Esthetic aspect of the Mammalia, 2, 4, 5.7 Afghanistan, 375 Aflalo, Mr. F. G., I Africa, 2, 14, 113, 119, 167, 366, 367 Africa, North, 167, 279. 319. 357, 375 Africa, South, 12, 166, 181, 223 Africa, West, 213 Agriculture, Board of, 71, 247, 286 Alaska, 133, 257, 347 Alces, 291, 301, 390 Algeria, 179, 181 Alisphenoid canal, 118, 169, 174, 188, 196, 267 Amazon River, 18, 19 Ambergris, 38 America, North, II, 12, 14, 18, 59, 133, 189, 212, 231, 258, 265, 302, 304, 347, 366 America, South, 14, 18, 36, 129, 212, 213, 265, 366 American Indians, 128 American monkeys. See Monkeys, American American nomenclature of well-known beasts, erroneous, 356 Amphibians, 5, 10, 76 n Andrews, Dr. C. W., 260 Anglo-Saxon, 72, 90,131, 376 Anoa buffalo, 352, 353 Anomodonts, the Anomodont reptiles, II, 16, 149 Antarctica, 12, 189, 367 Ant-eater, banded, 11 Antelopes, the, 289, 340 Antlers, 288, 289, 302, 332; of Roe Deer, 296; of Reindeer, 303 et seq.; of Fallow Deer, 310, 313; of Mega- ceros, 316; of Red Deer, 324 et seq. Antrim, 139, 146, 284 Apes, anthropoid, 368, 371, 372 Arabia, 130, 167, 366, 368 Aran Islands (Ireland), 286 Archaoceti, 18 Arctic Ocean, Arctic regions, 346 Argyleshire, 255 Armenia, 349, 350 Artiodactyla, 259 et seq., 277, 280 el seq. Aryans, Aryan languages, 124, 356, 376 Asia, 14, 130, 346 Asia Minor, 286, 299, 310, 314, 319, 351 Asia, North-East, 133 Ass, Asses, 274 et seq. Assheton-Smith, Mr., 362 Atlantic Ocean, 189, 190 Audad (North African sheep), 348 Aurochs, 3, 356 Australia, II, 93 Australian aboriginal, 372 Author, the, 2, 3, 335 Ayr, 317 Azores, the, 213 Badger, 142 et seq.; stench of, 143; den...