INDEX. 
Kk 
King Crabs, habits of, 31 
Konig, 38 
L 
Laramie beds, 116 
Lariosaurus, 59 
Legends. Vid. Giants. 
Leidy, Professor, 143 
Leiodon, 142 
Lias rocks, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47 
Lyell, Sir Charles, on floods, 17 ; on 
ideas of the ancients, 34; on 
sudden destruction of fish-lizards, 
51; on tracks in Connecticut 
Sandstone, 81; on Mammoth, 213 
M 
Mammals, evolution of, 152 
Mammoth, distinct from living ele- 
phants, 193; finding of, by Adams, 
- 201; by Benkendorf, 205; how 
preserved, 209; food of, 210; 
extinction of, 213; primitive draw- 
ing of, 214; legends of, 195-200 
Mantell, Dr. G. A., 63 ; on “* Medals 
of Creation,” 85; discovery of 
Iguanodon, 93, 98 ; on jaws and 
teeth of ditto, 96; on Wealden 
strata, 96; discovery of Hylzxo- 
saurus, 103; on analogies of 
Iguanodon and Sloths, 96 ; on dis- 
covery of Mosasaurus, 135 
Mantell, Mr. Walter, on Moa-birds, 
230-232 
Marsh, Prof. O. C., on classification 
of Dinosaurs, 65 ; on Brontosaurus, 
66; on Atlantosaurus, 70; his 
collection at Yale College, 72; on 
-Megalosaurus, 78; on tracks of 
Dinosaurs, etc.,’7 9; on Ceratosaurus, 
843 on ancient vertebrate life in 
America, 110; on reptiles and 
birds, 109; on Stegosaurus, 110, 
114; on Triceratops, 115, 119; 
his collection of Pterodactyls, 129 ; 
on Sea-serpents, 139; on Dino- 
cerata, 149, 153; on explorations 
in the Far West, 159, 160; on 
footprints of Mylodon, 185 
Mastodon, 218 ; bones and teeth first 
described, 220; discovery of, by 
M. de Longueil, 221 ; exhibited as | 
269 
“the Missouri Leviathan,” 222; 
legends of, 225 
Medals of Creation. Vid. Mantell. 
Megaceros. Vid. Irish Elk. 
Megalosaurus, 76; localities of, 76 ; 
teeth of, 77 ; habits of, 78 ; skeleton 
of, 78 (Fig. 3) 
Megatherium, 181 ; habits of, 182 
Miller, Hugh, 26 
Miocene period, 161, 219 
Moa-birds, first discovery of, 227 ; 
letter to Prof. Owen, 228; W. 
Mantell on, 230; species of, 232 ; 
native traditions of, 234 ; Epyornis, 
235; geographical distribution of 
giant birds, 236; a new find of 
Moas, 237 
Monitors, 136 
Morosaurus, 71 
Mosasaurus, head, etc., found by Hoff- 
man, 134; origin of name, 135; head 
of, 137; structure of, 142 ; habits of, 
139 ; Cuvier’s opinion of, 136 ; Cope 
on Sea-serpents, 139; Marsh’s 
collection of ditto, 139 
Museum at Brussels, 99 
Mylodon, 183, 185 
N 
Neusticosaurus, 59 
New Red Sandstone period, 79; 
tracks in New Red Sandstone, 80 
Nodules, phosphatic, 13 
O 
Old Red Sandstone, 26, 27 
Omosaurus, IIO 
Ornithopoda, a group of Dinosaurs, 
87 
Ornithopsis, 74 
| Ornithosauria, 132. Vid. Pterodactyls. 
Owen, Sir R., 2, 37, 40, 88; on 
Ichthyosaurus, 45, 49: on Ple- 
siosaurus, 54, 58; on Dinosaurs, 
64, 73; on Cetiosaurus, 73; on 
Megalosaurus, 77; on Iguano- 
don, 95; on Scelidosaurus, 106; 
on Pterodactyls, 125, 130; on Sea- 
serpents, 138; on Megatherium, 
181; on Mammoth, 210-212; on 
Mastodon, 219; on Dinornis, 227, 
232 
