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INDEX 



Grebes 105 

 Ground-sloths 121 

 Grouse 111 

 Guillemots 107 

 Guinea-fowls 111 

 Gulls 107 



Haeckel, E. H. 7 

 Hare, variable 57 

 Hares 122 

 Hedgehogs 125 

 Heilprin, A. 12 

 Herons 105 

 Hibernation 52 

 Hipparion 137 

 Hippopotamus 130 

 Hoopoes 112 

 Hornbills 112 

 Horned toad 39 

 Horses 135 

 Horse-shoe bats 126 

 Huanacos 131 

 Humming birds 112 

 Huxley, T. H. 10, 110 

 Hyaenas 128 



Iceland-bridge 86 



Iguanas 102 



Increase of population 72 



Insectivores 124 



Insects 90 



Interglacial Europe 128, 



134, 137 

 Ireland 86 

 Islands, age of, 86 



Jacanas 107 

 Jerboas 41, 123 

 Jumping hares 123 

 Jumping shrews 125 



Kagu 109 



133, 



Kakapo 112 

 Kangaroos 116 

 Kea- parrot 112 

 Kingfishers 112 

 Kinkajou 28 

 Kiwi 104 



Lamas 131 

 Latreille, P. A. 4 

 Lemming 67 

 Lemuria 87 

 Lemurs 139 

 Limbs, reduction of 39 

 Lizards 101 ; nostrils 39 ; eye- 

 lids of 40 ; flying 28 

 Lories 112 

 Lyall, Ch. 5 

 Lyre-bird 114 



Madagascar 82, 87, 92, 94, 100, 

 109, 110, 112, 124, 127, 130 



Mammalian dispersal 146 



Mammals 114 



Mammoth 129 



Man, fossil 146 



Maps, reconstruction of geological 

 76, and at end of volume 



Maps, diagrammatic 84-85 



Marsupial frog 29 



Marsupials 29, 115, 119 



Matamata 100 



Merriam, C. H. 144 



Mice 123 



Midwife toad 97 



Migrations 61 



,, of birds 65 ; mammals 

 67; fishes 69 



Moas 104 



Moles 125 



Moloch 39 



Molluscs 91 



Monkeys, 27, 139 



