INDEX 



66 1 



Mecodoiita. distribution of, 95 ; (letiiie<l, 



102 

 Miyalixaliis. 238, ,'.;(/ 

 Megalophnjs, IGI ; tadpole, 60 

 Meijaliisuiirus, 416 ; M. bucklandi, 421 

 MciiaJtitriton, So 

 Melanerpeton, SI, 2S9 

 Melanobatravhus, 226, 22S 

 Melosaurus, 287 

 Menohranchus lateralis, 132 

 Menopoina, 97 



Mento-Mc'ckelian cartilages, 30 

 Meroldastic eggs ; part of the egg only 



undergoes the process of cleavage, 53 

 Merreni. on classification, 8 

 Mesosauridae. 4''6 



Mesosuprus, 4^<) ; ^f. fcnuidcns, 476 

 Metamorphosis of Tadpoles. fiC f. 

 Metasternuin of Anura, 26, 25 ; taxonomic 



value, 141 ; detinition, 26 

 Metatarsalia of Theropoda, 420 

 Mdopias, 83 



Metopoceros cornutus, 532 

 iletriorhjMK'hidae, -^57 

 Metriorhinichus, atlas and axis, 283, 431, 



451 

 iletzdorff, on Axolotl, 113 

 Mkrixalus, 241 

 Microgomphodon, SOS, 309 

 Mkrohyla, 22S 

 Microsauri, 2S8 

 Midwife-toad, 158 

 MiiHi'm (plant), 629 

 Mivlania, 390 



Micophyes, 213 ; spawning, 213 

 Mixosaurus, limbs, 480, 481, 4S3 

 Molfie — see TriUm, 122 

 Moloch hiyrrithin, 527 , 527 

 Mongoos and Cobra, 629 

 Monitor, 543 



Morosaurus grandis, ^/.9 ; pelvis, 419 

 Mosa,sauri, 4^^^ f- 



Mosasanrxs, 4S9 ; M. campieru 4^0 

 Moult of Geckos, 510 ; of Chameleons, 



571 : of Snakes, 583 

 Mud-diver, l(Jo 

 Mu.l-turtle, 342 

 Mugger, 454 



Miiller, J., on classification, 8 

 Miillerian iluct, 49, 51 

 Musical ajipreciation of Tortoises, 368 

 M liohatrachus, 166, 167. lOS : Jf. gouldi, 



1S4, 227, 230 

 Mystriosaurus, 432, ^57 



Nails or claws of Amphibia, 32 



Najtt, (120 ; X. huwjo.rns s. elaps, 03,2 ; 



Iv. haje, 628, 032; j.V. tripudions, 027, 



627 

 Xuiinnbatrachm, 238, 24O 

 Naosriunis clariger, 308 

 Natterjack, 181 



Xaultinus elegaiis, 506 



Neck, mode of withdrawing in Chelonia, 



328 f. 

 Xedes, 166, lOS ,- X. suhasper, 169 

 Xedoplu-yiie, 166, 108 ; X. ofra, 169 ; X. 



tuberculosa, 109 ; X. guentheri, 109 ; 



X. hosei, 169 ; X. misera, 169 

 Xecturus, i^elvis, 15, 96, 132 ; X. macn- 



latus, 132 

 Neoteny, 63 f. ; defined, 64 

 Nephrostomes, 48, 49 

 Xcjihniriis a.tpcr, tail, 5o6 

 Nerves, spinal, of Amphibia, 38 ; cranial, 



39 

 Nest, of Crocodili's, 463 ; of (iar talis. 452 

 Neural plates, of Chelonia, 323 f., 322. 323 ; 



suppression of plates, 324 ; in I'leuro- 



dira, 389 ; of iJcmuiteniys, 342 

 Xci'sticosaurus, 4^^ 

 Newt, Common, 127 ; Crested, 125, 125 ; 



Marbled, 136 ; Spotted, 127 

 Newton, E. T., on fossil Reptiles, 303 n. 

 Nile Crocodile, 461 

 Xodosajirvs, 430 

 Nose-horned Viper, O4O 

 Xotaden, 166, 169 ; X. bennetti, 167 

 Xotcchis scntatiis, 034 

 Nothosauri, 4~^ f- 

 Nothosauridae, 4'^'^ 

 Xothosaiinis, 474 ; X. mirabilis, 477 

 Notocentrous vertebrae, defined, 19 

 Notochord = Chorda dorsalis, q. r. 

 Xototrema, 1S9 ; X. cornutton, 203; X. 



mars^ipiiattim, 202 ; X. ovifenirii, 202 ; 



peculiar gills of embryos. 203 : X. 



pygmaeirm, 202 ; X. testudinenm, 202 

 Nuchal jdate of Chelonia, 323 f. ; of 



Pleurodira, 389 

 Nuchal shield of Chelonia, 326, 327 ; of 



I'leurodira, 389, 399 

 Nujitial excrescences of Anura, 33 

 Nursing, haliits, of.4 rthroleptis seychellensis, 



243 ; of Chiromanlvi rii/esceits, 244 ; of 



lihucnphoriis, 248 ; of Rhinodcrma, 228 



f. ; of I'iim, 151 ; of Jlyla fabcr, 196 f. ; 



of //. nebulosa, 198 ; of 77. gocldH. 198 ; 



of Xototrema, 203 ; of I'hyllomediixa, 



204 f. ; of Lejjtodactyli's/219 f. ; of 



eggs by iJesmogntithus, 103, 103 ; by 



Aiitodax, 108 

 Xyctibcdrachus, 240 

 Xyctimaidifi rngkeps, 189, 200 

 Xydixalns, 238 



Occipital condyle, of Rejitilia, 278 : ex- 

 aggerated importance of, 285 : of Thero- 

 niorpha, 302 ; of Pareia-sauri, 305 ; 

 of Cutiognatlnis, 307 : of ('rn/eroiintus, 

 307 ; of Dlcipioddti. 310 ; of Kusucliia, 

 437 ; of Amphisb.aeuidae, 496 



Ctdontaglossa, 140 



Uligodvn, dentition, 593 u. 



