INDEX 



263 



237-238, 240; system of Fitzinger, 239- 

 241; system of MacLeay, 241-245; system 

 of von Baer 247-252; system of van 

 Bencden, 252-254; system of van dcr 

 Hoeven, 258-259n62; similarity in mod- 

 ern systems, 229-230; future progress of, 

 258-259. See also Branches; Classes; 

 Embryology; Families; Natural groups; 

 Orders 



Conchifera, 219 



Coral reefs, 61-62 



Corals, 111 



Crustacea: geographical distribution of, 35, 

 121; connected series in, 53; size of, 55, 

 57; embryology of, 81-82, 86, 113, 118- 

 119; classification of, 107-108; parasites 

 of, 125; orders of, 164, 206; analogy in, 

 194; mentioned, 32, 33, 181, 202, 214, 217, 

 219, 222, 227, 233, 234, 240 



Cuvier, Georges: publications of, 25n32, 

 30n42, 58n75, 87nll4, 95nl22, 197, 213, 

 214, 214n27, 215n30, 216n33; contribu- 

 tions to classification, 144-147, 149, 197- 

 198, 212-213, 213n26, 215-218, 235; errors 

 in classification of, 145, 146, 155-156, 

 155nll, 155nl2, I56nl3, 202, 205; men- 

 tioned, 214, 219, 221, 222, 234, 238, 246, 

 247n54, 253, 255, 257. See also Branches; 

 Classification; Fossils; Paleontology; 

 Plan of structure; Species 



Cryoptogams, 168 



Ctenophorae, 203 



Dana, James Dwight: on Crustacea, 48, 81, 

 107-108, 118, 202; publication of, 48n67; 

 review of Contributions, 181n28; men- 

 tioned, 156 



Darwin, Charles, I7n26, 47n65, 118nl43 



Deity: role of in natural history, 8-12, 15n- 

 15, 16, 19-25 passim, 59-60n77, 64, 72, 

 90-91, 101, 103-104, 108, 119, 126-127, 

 132-138, 155, 194-196 



Dicotyledones, 109, 110, 168, 254 



Dogs, faculties of compared to man, 74- 

 75n99 



Dollinger, Ignatius: influence on em- 

 bryology, 77nl02; as influenced Agassiz, 

 245 



Dumas, Jean B. A.: publication of, 122n- 

 147; mentioned, 122 



Dumeril, Andre M. C: publications of, 

 49n08, 214n28; mentioned, 49, 214 



Echinoderms: structure of, 31; geographi- 

 cal distribution of, 35, 40, 121; em- 



bryology of, 79, 86, 112, 118-119; classifi- 

 cation of, 106, 150-152, 165; orders of. 

 157; homology in, 234; mentioned, 32, 

 79, 93, 181, 199, 202, 203, 204, 214, 226, 

 234 



Edentata, 99-100 



Ehrenberg, Christian: publications of, 29n- 

 38, 75n99, 197nl. 223, 223n37; classifica- 

 tion of, 75n99, 201, 223-226; contribu- 

 tions to zoology, 224-225; mentioned, 81, 

 238 



Embryology: and classification, 3, 5-6, 

 84-86, 183, 245-258; and origin of life, 

 13-14nl3, 65-66; and metamorphosis, 76; 

 history of, 76-78, 245-246; need for 

 studies in, 78, 84; and affinities of ani- 

 mals, 86; and recapitulation concept, 

 85nll0, 110, 117, 119, 183, 184-186, 250- 

 252; and homology, 87-88; and cycles of 

 growth, 94; and geological succession, 

 110-115; limitations of, 117-119; and 

 animal structure, 117-122 passim, 185; 

 and zoology, 182, 186; and successive de- 

 velopment, 182-187; Vogt on, 199-200; 

 Oken on, 236; contributions of Dollin- 

 ger, 245; contrilautions of von Baer, 

 245-252; mentioned, 23, 136 



Embryonic types, 114, 115, 116, 121 



Entozoa, 214 



Epizoa, 229 



Families: as categories of classification, 5, 

 142, 143, 159, 161-168; characteristics of, 

 7-8, 157-158, 165-167, 179, 183, 185, 195; 

 and size of animals, 54; tropical, 120- 

 121; analog)' in, 191-192; mentioned, 

 176, 217-218. See also Classification; 

 Natural groups 



Fish: blind species of, 17; geographical dis- 

 tribution of, 35, 39, 48, 54, 57; embry- 

 ology of, 70, 83, 88nll7, 113, 185; growth 

 of, 89; classification of, 164, 165, 207; 

 analogy in, 190, 192; mentioned, 20, 32, 

 160, 210-212, 216, 219, 227 



Fitzinger, Leopold: publications of, 159n- 

 17, 239; classification of, 239-241; men- 

 tioned, 159 



Fossils: diversity of, 15nl6, 26-29, 96-97, 

 133; limitation of, 33, 99-105 passim, 

 135; connected series of, 53; compared 

 with living forms, 67n94, 9&-97, 114-115; 

 succession of, 94-95, 97-98, 110-111; clas- 

 sification of, 96-97; geographical dis- 

 tribution of, 99-100; plant forms of, 

 110; mentioned, 97. 99. 110. 112-113. 



