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as source of Tertiary mammalia, 
244, 397 ; ancestral types of coypu, 
283; Cuban cave man, 285; geologi¬ 
cal history of South America, 341 ; 
origin of American bears, 351; origin 
of Viscaciidae, 353, 354 ; lemuroid 
remains in Patagonia, 364, 365 ; 
South Atlantic land-bridge, 365, 
370, 371 ; sloth remains, 365 ; 
opossum remains, 367 ; freshwater 
deposits of Buenos Aires, 397 ; dis¬ 
coveries of Tertiary fauna, 397, 398; 
ancestors of huanaco, 406 
Ameiurus cantonemis, 89 
Ameiva, 288 
American animals in Asia, 85, 86 
Amia calva, 163 
Amiidae, 163 
Amphibians, in Hudson Bay region, 
37 ; relationships of east American 
and Asiatic, 135 —137; relationship 
of American and south European, 
137, 138, 172 ; rarity of, in south¬ 
western States, 204 
Amphibulima, 271 
Amphicyclotus, 257, 268 
Amphipyra pyramided, 214 
Amphisbaena, 288, 375 ; ridleyi, 385 
Amphisbaenidae, 173, 202, 288, 375 
Amphiuma means, 172 
Ampullaria, origin in Brazil, 362 ; 
absent from Chile, 405 
Anadenulus , 212 
Anadenus, 213 
Anarta, melanopa, 22, 36 ; leucocycla, 
22 ; lapponica, 22 
Ancey, southern distribution of mol- 
lusks explained by Antarctic con¬ 
tinent, 423 
Anchitherium, 148 
Andersen, geographical distribution 
of bats, 299 
Andes, flora related to that of Rocky 
Mountains, 104 
Andreae, Atlantic land-bridge in 
Miocene times, 272 ; distribution of 
Adelopoma, 257 
Andrews, fossils of the Fayum in 
Africa, 358, 373 ; land connection 
between South America and north 
Africa, 278, 373 
Androdon, 350 
Anemone, origin and distribution of, 
114 
Anguidae, 202, 281, 347, 348 
Anguis, 281 
Anniella, 202 
Anniellidae, 202 
Anodons on Pacific slope of North 
America, 162 
Anodonta, marginata, 52 ; kennicotti, 
52 ; pepiniana, 52 
Anops, 376; kingi, 376; africanus, 376 
Anosia archippns, 117 
Antarctic continent, 419—426 
Ants, in Bermuda, 189 ; in south-wes¬ 
tern States, 215—217 
Antilles, characteristics of fauna, 261; 
geology and form of islands, 262, 
264, 286 ; past geography as shown 
by mollusks, 265 — 271 ; affinities of 
fauna, 265—278; affinities explained 
by land-bridge, 274 ; mammalian 
fauna, 282 — 285 ; birds of, 289 ; 
summary of geological development, 
292—294 ; Bahamas, 288, 289 ; 
Cuba, 261, 262, 285, 290, 291 ; 
Jamaica, 284, 288 ; Portorico, 288 
“ Antillean continent,” 237, 241 
Antilocapra americana, 112 
Antilocapridac, 112, 113 
Antlers of deer, development of, 108, 
111 , 112 
Aphallarion, 212 
Aplexa hypnorum, 72 
Aplodontia, 228 
Apocrypha, 413 
“ Apollo ” butterflies,. 90, 91 
AppelL(£f, opposition to subsidence 
theory of Faroe Bank, 17, 18 
Archaean land-mass in West Indian 
region, 177 
Arctia quenselii, 36 ; caja, 214 
Arctoryctes, 246, 404 
Arctotherium vetustus, 351 
Arenicola marina, 16 
Argentina, 395, 396 ; geological his¬ 
tory of, 397 ; former climate, 401 ; 
connections with North America, 
402, 403 ; with Australia, 403, 404 
Argynnis, 235, 413 ; chariclea, 22 ; 
polaris, 22 
