■98 DR EICHARD J. A. BERRY. 



3. The vermiform appendix of Man is not, therefore, a vesti- 

 gial structure. On the contrary, it is a specialised part of the 

 alimentary canal. 



LIST OF THE ANIMALS EXAMINED. 



Pisces. 



Elasmobranchii— jRq/a hatis, the skate. 



Amphibia. 



Anura — Rana temporaria, the common British frog. 



Avas. 



Columha livia, the pigeon. 

 Bernida jubata, the maned goose. 

 Polioaetus plumheus, the plumbeous fish eagle. 

 Leptoptilus javanic^is, the Javan adjutant. 

 Galhis domesticus, the domestic fowl. 

 Ansei', the common goose. 



Mammalia. 



Marsupialia — Macropus rufiis, the red kangaroo. 

 Edentata — Gholoepus hoffmanni, Hoffmann's sloth. 

 Ungulata — 



Siis, the pig. 



Ovis, the sheep. 



Tragulus Stanlei/anus, the Stanley chevrotain. 



Kodentia — 



Mus m.usculus, the house mouse. 

 3Ius decumanus, the rat. 

 Castor fiber, the European beaver. 

 DoUch'otus pataclionica, the Patagonian cavy. 

 Sciurus vulgaris, the common squirrel. 

 Dasyproda cristata, the West Indian agouti. 

 Dipus jacidus, the Egyptian jerboa. 

 Lepus i-miiculus, the rabbit. 



Carnivora. 



Felis domesticus, the cat. 



Hycena striata, the striped hyfena. 



Canis domesticus, the dog. 



Insectivora. 



Erinaceus, the hedgehog. 



Anthropoidea. 



Hapale jacchus, the common marmoset. _ 

 Midas rufimanus, the red-handed tamarin. 

 Cynopithecus niger, the black ape. 

 Cerrointliems alhigularis, Sykes' monkey. 

 Cercopithecus mona, the Mona monkey. 

 Homo, Man. 



