ii. 195

_Viverricula_, ii. 195

_Viverridæ_, European Miocene, i. 118 European Eocene, i. 125

VIVERRIDÆ, ii. 194

_Vivia_, ii. 303

_Volatinia_, ii. 284

_Voluta_, ii. 508

Volutes, ii. 508

VOLUTIDÆ, ii. 508

_Volvocivora_, ii. 269

_Vulpes_, ii. 197

_Vultur_, ii. 346

VULTURIDÆ, ii. 345

VULTURINÆ, ii. 346

W.

Wagtails, ii. 290

Walden, Viscount, on birds of Philippine islands, i. 346 on birds of Celebes, i. 428 on arrangement of the Timaliidæ, ii. 261

_Wallago_, ii. 441

Wall-lizards, ii. 399

Walrus, ii. 203

Wart-snakes, ii. 382

_Washakius_, N. American Tertiary, i. 134

Waterhouse, Mr. G. R., on classification of rodentia, i. 90 on classification of marsupials, i. 91

Water-lizards, ii. 389

Weaver-finches, ii. 286

West African sub-region, description of, i. 262 mammalia of, i. 262 birds of, i. 262 Oriental or Malayan element in, i. 263 river scene with characteristic animals, i. 264 reptiles of, i. 264 amphibia of, i. 264 Oriental and Neotropical relations of, i. 265 insects of, i. 265 land-shells of, i. 265 islands of, i. 265

West Australia, peculiar birds of, i. 441

Whelks, ii. 507

Whip-snakes, ii. 379

Whydah finch of W. Africa, figure of, i. 264

Wing-shells, ii. 507