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INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Macroptcryx klecJw, 45. 



leucophcea, 46. 



wallacii, 45. 



Macropus rufus, 483. 

 Marropygia albicapilla, 85. 



leptogrammica, 85, 107. 



macassariensis, 85. 



Madrepora oeulata, 323. 



ramea, 324. 



Madreporaria. A description of the, dredged up 



during the Expeditions of H.M.S. ' Porcupine ' 



in 1869 and 1870, by P. Martin Duncan, 303. 



, classification of the species of, 306, 308. 



— , distribution of the species, in the recent and 



past faunas, of, 337. 



, tables of the localities, &c. of, 338. 



Madreporidw, 308, 333. 



Manatee (Manatus americanus), on the form and 



structure of, by J. Murie, 127. 

 Manatus americanus, additional note on, 191- 



193. 



, admeasurements of, 12S-130. 



, air-passages of, 178, 179. 



, alimentary canal of, 169. 



, blood-vessels and lymphatic glands of, 



175-178. 



, cranium and dentition of, 140-143. 



, digestive tract of, 164-175. 



, exterior aspects and dimensions of, 127- 



131. 



fatty envelope of, 134, 135. 

 general contour of, 127, 128. 

 glands concerned in digestion of, 



172- 



175. 



, hair and bristles of, 133, 134. 



, heart of, 1 75. 



, hyoid and the surrounding pharyngo- 



glossal fleshy parts of, 179, 180. 



, iutegument, its appendages and sub- 

 jacent textures, of, 131-135. 



, interior of the mouth, and tongue of, 



164-169. 



, limbs, pelvis, and ligaments of, 139, 



140. 



, muscles of the accessory skeleton of, 



156-163. 

 , muscles of the axial skeleton of, 143- 



156. 



Manatus americanus, muscles connecting the spinal 



column of : dorsal aspect, 143-145 ; ventral 



aspect, 145-148. 

 , muscles of tho costal arches of: thoracic, 



151-153; abdominal, 153-156. 



, muscles of the dermis of, 163, 164. 



, muscles of the hip-girdle of: pelvic and 



generative, 161-163. 

 , muscles of the pectoral limb of: dorsal, 



158, 159 ; ventral of, 159-161. 

 , muscles of the shoulder-girdle of, 156- 



15S. 

 , muscles of the skull or cephalic segment 



of: facial or supracranial, 148-151. 



, muscular system of, 143-164. 



, nervous system of, 180-186. 



, nose and nasal passages of, 186, 187. 



, ocular and auditory apparatus of, 187, 



188. 



, organs of circulation of, 175-178. 



, parts related to generation (in the female 



and male) of, 188, 189. 



, rank and relations of, 189-191. 



, sensoiy organs of, 186-188. 



, skeleton and its ligamentous connexions 



of, 135-143. 



, skin of, 131-133. 



, spinal axis of, 135-13*. 



, spinal ligaments of, 138, 139. 



, vocal and respiratory apparatus of, 178- 



1S0. 

 Mareca gibberifrons, 102. 



punctata, 102. 



Marsupialia, on the osteology of the (Part III.). 



Modification of the skeleton in the species of 



Phaseolomys, by Prof. Owen, 345. 

 , on the osteology of the (Part IV.). Bones 



of the trunk and limbs of Phascohmys, by 



Prof. Owen, 483. 

 Megacephalon maleo, 87, 88. 



rubripes, 87, 88. 



rufipes, 87. 



Megapodius gilberti, 87. 



rubripes, 87. 



Melanqpelargus episcopus, 101. 

 Melanopitta forsteni, 62. 

 Melias diardi, 53. 

 MelittopTiagus ininutus, 111. 



