INDEX 



Fossils — contd. 



Diagram, 60-62 

 Importance of knowing 

 where particular ani- 

 mals are found, means 

 of ascertaining former 

 connexion of different 

 land surfaces, 67 

 Stratified rocks, remains 

 found on, 45-47 

 France — ■ flint implements 

 found in, 85, 86, 87 



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the 



Ganoid fishes : 



Fislies belonging to 



ganoid set, 248 

 Fossil ganoid fish as dis- 

 covered embedded in 

 rock — illustration, 250 

 Hard bony scales of — 



drawing, etc., 247 

 Number of — number sm-- 

 viving at the present 

 day, where to be found, 

 etc., 247, 248 

 (for particular specimens 

 see their names) 



Gare-fowl see Great Auk 



Gaudry, M., 162 



Germany — Drepanaspis, fos- 

 sil fish found in slate 

 rocks of North Ger- 

 many, 260, 261 



Gharial, Indian crocodile — 

 photograph of jaw 

 showing peg-like teeth, 

 82 



Giants, existence of, sup- 

 posed from discovery 

 of huge bones, 2 



308 



Giraffe : 



Animals allied to, with 

 moderate length of 

 neck, 158-165 

 Extinct in South Africa, 20 

 Five-horned giraffe, 156 

 Horns or outgi'owths, 157 

 Skull — photograph, 157 

 Specimen shot by Su* H. 

 Johnston in Uganda, 

 156, 158 

 Hoofs — double hoofs like 

 other animals to which 

 it was allied, 158 

 Neck, true position of, 20, 



21 

 Protection required for — 

 still existing in Equa- 

 torial Africa, 20 

 Teeth — crown divided by 

 slit into two halves de- 

 scribed as bi-foliate — 

 allied animals with the 

 same peculiarity of 

 tooth, 159 

 Glyptodons — enormous arma- 

 dilloes, 171 

 Skeleton — drawing, 170 

 Gonialites — extinct pearly 



nautilus, 268 

 Gray's Inn Lane, flint imple- 

 ment found in, 86 

 Great Auk : 

 Egg, 23, 25 



Price paid for, number of 

 specimens known, etc., 

 24 

 Extinct — skeleton found 

 on coast of Newfound- 

 land, 24 

 Photographs of bird and 

 egg, 23, 25 



