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INDEX. 



MUSCLES. 



Muscles stretch of, 153. 



„ of cat, 124. 



,, of fore-arm, 149. 



, of ear, 131. 



,, of mternal ear, 299. 



,, of the head and neck, 131. 



,, of the limbs, 145. 



, , of limbs, their serial homology, 

 163. 



,, of hind-limb, 154. 



,, of larynx, 229. 



,, of the fore-paw, 152. 



,, of tongue, 134, 171. 



,, of trunk and tail, 136. 



,, maximum of to oue digit, 153, 

 163. 

 Muscular contraction, 124, 126. 



,, fibre cells, 125. 



,, stimuli, 127. 



,, tissue, 124 ; its function, 126 ; 

 (development of), 331. 

 Musculo-cutaneous nerve, 278, 279. 



, , spiral groove, 91 ; nerve, 278, 280. 

 Mustelidffi, 475, 518. 

 Myelon, 257. 

 Mylodon, 468. 

 Mylohyoid muscle, 134. 



,, nerve, 273. 



Myology, 124. 



,, of cat, its simplest expression, 

 164. 

 Myosin, 125. 

 Myrmecobius, 504, 515. 

 Myrtiformis, 131. 



Names (zoological), 392. 

 Nares (formation of), 337. 

 ,, anterior, 59. 

 ,, posterior, 58. 

 Nasal artery, 238. 

 ,, bones, 74. 

 ,, .fossie, 86, 286. 

 ,, process of frontal, 64. 

 . ,, ,, of maxilla, 73. 



Naso-frontal process, 336. 

 Nates, 262. 

 Native-cats, 468, 469. 

 Natural selection, 520. 



,, ,, automatism and know- 



Icilgc, 384. 

 Nature (the cat's place in), 440, 493. 

 ,, of nervous activity, 305. 

 ,, of primitive mammals, 515. 

 ,, of species, genera, families, &c., 

 520. 

 Navel, 176. 

 Naviculare, 113. 

 Ncarctic region, 497. 

 Necessity of conception of internal force, 



525. 

 Neck (muscles oO, 131. 

 ,, of f(!mur, 107 

 ,, of mandible, 77. 



JfEKVES. 



Nematoidea, 509. 



Neotropical region, 499. 



Nerves (anterior crural), 281, 282. 



auditory, 274, 302. 



auriculo-temporal, 273. 



axillary, 279. 



cells or corpuscles, 255. 



cervical, 277. 



chorda tjniipaui, 274. 



circumflex, 278, 279. 



cranial, 269, 361. 



dental, 273. 



dorsal, 277. 



dorsal spiral, 277. 



eighth, 274. 



eleventh, 275. 



external cutaneous of pelvic limb, 

 281, 282. 



facial, 274. 



libres, 254. 



fifth pair, 271. 



of fore-limb, 278. 



fourth pair, 271. 



gastric, 275. 



genito-crural, 2S1, 232. 



glosso-pharyugeal, 274. 



gluteal, 281. 



gustatory, 273. 



liypoglossal, 275. 



ilio-hypogastric, 281, 282. 



ilio-inguinal, 281, 282. 



inferior raaxillar3'^, 273. 



internal cutaneous, 278. 



laryngeal, 275 



lumbar, 277. 



lumbo-sacral, 281. 



median, 278, 279. 



musculo-cutaneous, 278, 279. 



niusculo-spiral, 278, 280. 



mylo-hyoid, 273. 



ninth, 274. 



obturator, 281, 282. 



olfactory, 270, 287. 



ophthalmic, 272. 



optic, 270. 



pathetic, 271. 



peroneal, 282. 



pharyngeal, 275. 



pinenic, 278. 



plantar, 282. 



l)neumogastric, 274. 



popliteal, 262. 



pudic, 281. 



pulmonary, 275. 



radial, 280. 



respiratory of Bell, 278, 279. 



sacral, 277. 



sciatic, 282. 



seventh, 274. 



sixth, 273. 



spinal, 276. 



spinal accessory, 275. 



splanchnic, 284. 



