INDEX. 



819 



Citberinpe (Gr. cithara a harp), 

 teeth of the, 242 



Clavicles (Lat. clavis a key), 93 



Cobra, skeleton of the, 7-4 



Cocl-fish, bones of the, 36 et seq. ; 

 its skull, 37 ; its occipital verte- 

 bra, 40 



Condyloid cavity (Gr. kondylos a 

 protuberance, and eidos resem- 

 blance), 145; in birds, 147 



Confluent (Lat. confaiens flowing to- 

 gether), 42 



Connate (Lat. con and 7iaius born 

 together), 42 



Coracoid bone (Gr. korax and eidos 

 crow-like), 40 



Cottoids (Gr. kotie a head, and eidos 

 resemblance), osteodentine of 

 the, 247 



Cotyloid cavity (Gr. kotyle a drink- 

 ing-cup, and eidos resemblance), 

 144 



Cranial arches (Lat. cranium the 

 skull), 102 



Cranium (Gr. kr anion the skull), 

 application of the term, 52 ; its 

 progressive expansion in various 

 animals, 222 



Crocodile, osteology of the, 95 et 

 seq.; skeleton of the, 95, 113; 

 vertebrse of the, 96 ; vertebree of 

 extinct species, 97, 98 ; its skull, 

 103 et seq.; its limbs, 115, 117; 

 pelvis and hind-limb of the, 119; 

 its cranial development, 222 ; its 

 teeth, 256 



Ctenodus (Gr. odoiis a tooth), osteo- 

 dentine of the, 247 



Cuboides bone (Gr. kubos a cube, 

 and eidos resemblance), 134 ; cu- 

 boid of the hind foot in animals, 

 185, 186 



Cuneiforme, one of the carpal bones, 

 216 



Cuvier, Baron, his contempt for 

 metaphysical theorizing, 221 



T) 



Dendrodcntine (Gr. dcndron a tree, 

 and Lat. dens a tooth), in fishes, 

 247 



Dendrodus (Gr. dendron a tree, and 

 odous a tooth), dendrodentine of 

 the, 247 



Dental systems (see Teeth). 



Dentary, the, 46 



Dentinal tissues of the teeth, 231 



Dentine (Lat. de7is a tooth), the tis- 

 sue forming the body of the tooth, 

 230; first modification of, 232; 

 disposition of the, 237 ; modifi- 

 cations of, in various genera of 

 fishes, 247 ; of the elephant, 286 



Dentition (see Teeth). 



Dermoskeleton (Gr. derma the skin, 

 and skeleton), 16; of the stur- 

 geon, 17; of the armadillo, &c., 

 19 ; chief developments of the, 

 31 ; the cranial bones, the supra- 

 temporals, the superorbitals, the 

 suborbitals, the lachrymal, and 

 the labials, 52 



Diapophyses (Gr. dia across, apo 

 from, and phusis growth), bones 

 of the vertebra, 26 et seq. ssppe ■ 

 of parietal vertebra called mas- 

 toid bone, 43 



Diastema of the horse {Gr. dia be- 

 tween, and isiemi to stand), 169 



Dicynodon lacerticeps (Gr. di two, 

 kuo7i dog, and odous a tooth, and 

 Lat. lacerta a lizard), skull and 

 teeth of the, 253 



Dicynodonts (Gr. see ante), denti- 

 tion of the, 253 



Diodon (Gr. dis double, and odous a 

 tooth), 243, 247 



Diver, tarso-metatarse of the, 148 



Dog, cranial development of the, 

 223 



Dolphin, teeth of the, 259 



Duck, skeleton of the, 141 ; quill 

 feathers of the, 144 



Dugong, skeleton of the, 157 



Ectocalcaneal (Gr. cktos out of, and 



calcaneum the heel), 147 

 Ectocarotid canal (Gr. ekto out of, 



and karos stupor), 169 

 Ectocondyloid surface (Gr. ektos out 



