INDEX 



New Zealand : 



Animals — New Zealand dis- 

 tinguished from the 

 rest of the world, 64 

 Birds — giant birds : 



Moa — ostrich-like bird, 



240, 241 

 Skeleton constrvicted by 



Sir R. Owen, 69, 70 

 Thigh bone, from which 

 existence of bird was 

 inferred, 68, 70 

 Wingless birds fovmd in 

 New Zealand, 240, 241 

 Lizard Tua-tara — photo- 

 graph, 193 

 Nile — Polypterus, specimen 

 of ganoid fish still liv- 

 ing in the Nile and 

 other African rivers, 

 248 — photograph, 249 

 Nodules containing skeletons 

 of great reptiles — Pro- 

 fessor Amalitzky's dis- 

 coveries, 213-216 

 Nordenskjold, Dr., 174 

 Norway — changes in coast 

 level, 38 



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Object of the book — bringing 

 to notice a few of the 

 marvellous and de- 

 lightful things which 

 are known as " Fos- 

 sils," 294 



Occipital condyles — mam- 

 mals distinguished by, 

 from birds and rep- 

 tiles, 73 



Okapi — animal allied to the 

 giraffe : 



Equus Johnstoni — name 

 given to the okapi by 

 Dr. Sclater, 164 



Hoofs, paired hoofs, 161, 

 164 



Horns, paired horns, 164 



Skin and skulls discovered 

 by Sir Harry John- 

 ston, 161, 163 



Skull of a male okapi — 

 photograph, 164 



Species — smaller and 

 larger species, 163 



Specimen of the okapi — 

 photograph, 163 



Striped skin on legs and 

 haunches, 162 

 Girdles and bands for 

 ornament made out of 

 skin by natives, 163 

 " Bandoliers " cut from 

 the striped skin ; pho- 

 tograph, 165 



Teeth — crown of tooth in 

 lower jaw divided by 

 slit into two halves, 

 described as bi-foliate, 

 159, 162 

 Unknown species of animal — 

 hybrid or mule be- 

 tween a zebra and 

 giraffe theory, 164 

 Oligocene or Middle Tertiary 

 Period — distribution 

 of land and water in 

 Europe, map showing 

 attempt to determine, 

 42, 43 

 Oriental region — zoological 

 province, 63, 65 



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