INDEX 



673 



Microlestes s 604 



Micropyle, 200 



Mid-brain, of Craniata, 94 



Mid-digitals, 356 



Mid-kidney, 110 



Milne-Edwards, H., 641 



Mimicry, 620 



Minimus, of Craniata, 77 



Miocene, 665 



Mitral valve, 434 



Moas, 383, 402, 403, 414 



Mohl, von, 639 



Molars, of Rabbit, 430 



Mole, Marsupial, 467 



Moles, 457, 476, 548, 561 



MoJge, 272, 274 



Momotidce, 389 



Monitor, 323, 331, 333 



Monkeys, 459 See Primates 



Monophyodont, 447* 



Monopneumona, 240* 



Monotremata, 448, 479, 485, 543, 544, 



546, 548, 549, 552, 555, 563 

 Monotremes See Monotremata 

 Monro, Alexander, 635 

 Moseley, H. N., 643 

 Motmots, 389 

 Mordacia, 116, 129 

 Moulting, of feathers, 395 

 Mucous canals, 151, 165 

 Mucous membrane, 78* 

 Mud-fishes, 204, 229 

 Miiller, Johannes, 640 

 Miillerian duct, 113 See Reproductive 



system 

 Mullet, 206 



Multituberculata, 448, 567 

 Murid<x, 457 

 Murray, John, 643 

 Mus, o60 

 Muscles, of Lamprey, 120 : Elasmo- 



branchii, 162 : Trout, 195 : Frog, 254 : 



Amphibia, 283 : Pigeon, 366 : Aves, 405 

 Muscular layer, of Craniata, 63 

 Muscular system, of Amphioxus, 40 

 Musculi papillares, 434 

 Musculi pectinata, 434 

 Mus decumanus, 539, 585 

 Mus domesticus, 585 

 Mus maorum, 584 

 Mus musculus, 539 

 Musophagidce, 389 

 MustdidcR, 167 

 Mustelina, 559 

 Mustelus antarcticus, 168 

 Mycetes, 459 

 Myctodera, 272* 

 Mylodon robust us, 571 

 Myocoele, 54 



MyocommaSjOf Amphioxus. 40: Craniata, 

 63 



Myomeres, of An^hioxus, 40 : Craniata, 

 63 



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Mt/*ft-ina tuben-nfafa, 584 

 Mystacoceti, 451*, 501 

 Myrmecobiua, 467 

 Myrmecophaga, 463, 494, 495 

 Myrmecopliagido}, 450 

 Myxine, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 

 Myxine glutinosa, 130 

 Myxinoidei, 129* 



N. 



ARES See Olfactory organ 

 Nasal spine, 522* 

 Naso-buccal groove, 136 

 Naso-palatiiie canals, 430* 

 Native Cats, 446 

 Natural selection, 613, 617* 

 Naultinas, 586 



Navicular,427 SeeLimb-skeleton(Mam- 

 malia) 



Nearctic region, 593 



Neck, of Craniata, 60 



Necturus, 272, 274, 275, 279, 281, 282 



Nekton, 600* 



Neornithes, 382* 



Neotropical region, 597 



Nephridium See Excretion, organs of 



Nephrostome See Excretion, organs of 



Nerve-foramina : Craniata, 69* 



Nerves, of Amphioxus, 48, 49 : Craniata, 

 92, 97, 98 See under Brain and Spinal 

 cord 



Nervous system, of Balanoglossus, 4 : 

 Ascidia, 17 : Urochorda, 26 : Amphi- 

 oxus, 47, 48 : Craniata, 92 See under 

 Brain and Spinal cord 



Nesonetta, 584 



Nesopithecut, 605 



Nestling-downs, 395* 



Nestor, 584 



Nestor notabilis, 602 



Nestor productus, 596 



Nests, of Birds, 408 



Neural arch See Vertebra 



Neural canal, 47, 64, 67 



Neurenteric canal, 29, 52, 169 



Neuroccele, 1*, 29, 47, 52 



Neuroglia, 92* 



Neuron, 47 



Neuropore, 29, 52 



Newts, 245, 272, 274 



New Zealand, comparison of its physical 

 conditions and fauna with those of 

 Great Britain, 583 



New Zealand region, 596 



Nictitatingmembrane,ofElasmobranchii, 

 165 : Pigeon, 353 : Rabbit, 418 : Mam- 

 malia, 548 



Nidicola?, 414* 



Nidifuga?, 414* 



Non-Ruminants, 453 



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