INDEX 



America, South : 



Animals found, etc. — contd. 

 Phororachus — gigantic 

 extinct specimen, 

 photograph, etc., 239, 

 240 

 Size of recent animals 

 compared with their 

 ' representatives in the 

 past, 166 

 Toxodon, 8, 9 

 Coast level, changes in, 38, 



39, 40 

 Fishes — mvid-fishes allied 

 to the ganoid fish, 248 

 Neatta breed of cattle, 

 " bull-dogging " of 



skull, 104 

 Neo-tropical region : — zoo- 

 logical province, 65 

 American mastodon see 



Mastodons 

 Amiens neighbourhood, flint 

 implements found in, 

 • 86, 87 

 Ammonites — where found, 

 structure of shell, 

 animal living in the 

 last chamber of the 

 shell, etc., 267, 268 

 Animals which lived inside, 

 similarity to cuttle- 

 fish, 269 

 Extinct allies, 268, 269 

 Amphibia animals : 



Labyrinthodonts, creatures 



allied to, 245 

 Variety found in the 

 cai'boniferous system, 

 245 

 Anatomy — science of com- 

 parative anatomy, 67 



Ancestors : 



Mammals, size and descrip- 

 tion of original " type," 

 114 

 Young animals, features re- 

 sembling ancestors, 

 which disappear on at- 

 taining full size, 106 

 {for particular animals 

 see their names. Horse, 

 Elephant, etc.) 



Anchitherium — three-toed an- 

 cestor of the horse, 136 



Ancyloceras, shell of, 269 



Andes — height partly ac- 

 quired by rising of 

 coast, 38 



Andrews, Dr., 123, 124, 125, 

 126 



Animal life, earliest forms of, 

 preceding the Cam- 

 brian Trilobites and 

 Lingula — no remains 

 of soft-bodied animals 

 in the rocks, etc., 263, 

 275 



Animal morphography, 67 



Animals which are becoming 

 extinct : 

 Beaver, 15, 16 

 Giraffe, 20, 156 

 Tortoise, 28, 29 

 Wolf, 14 



Anning, Miss, 6 



Antiquity of man in Europe, 

 85-87 



Antwerp, shark's teeth found 

 in, 264 



Apteryx : 



Egg of the ostrich, giant 

 moa and apteryx, size 

 conTpared, 242, 243 



298 



