LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



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20. A Single Vertebra of Brontosaurus . . 97 



2L Moloch, a Modern Lizard that Surpasses the 



Stegosaurs in All but Size . . .100 



From a drawing hy J. 31. Gleeson. 



22. Skeleton of Triceratops . . . .103 



23. The Horned Ceratosaurus, a Carnivorous 



Dinosaur . . . . . .106 



From a drawing hy J. M. Gleeson. 



24. Stegosaurus, an Armored Dinosaur of the 



Jurassic . . . . . .108 



From a draioing by Charles R. Knight. 



25. Skull of Ceratosaurus . . . .110 

 From a specimen in the United States National Museum. 



26. Triceratops, He of the Three-horned Face 126 

 From a statuette by Charles R. Knight. 



27. A Hint of Buried Treasures . . .137 



28. Relics of the Moa 140 



29. Eggs of Feathered Giants, ^pyornis. 



Ostrich, Moa, Compared with a Hen's 

 Egg 148 



30. Skull of Phororhacos Compared with that 



of the Race-horse Lexington . .151 



31. Leg of a Horse Compared with that of the 



Giant Moa 152 



