CONTEXTS. 



PAOK 



Preface v 



Errata and Addenda viii 



List of "Woodcuts xv 



List of General Works on Comparative Anatomy and Embryology xxv 



INTRODUCTION 1 



I. On the Nature and Meaning of Comparative Anatomy 1 



II. Development and Structural Plan of the Vertebrate Body 2 



III. Classified List of the Principal Vertebrate Groups 13 



IV. Table showing the Gradual Distribution of the Vertebrata in Time ... 15 



SPECIAL PART. 



A. INTEGUMENT 16 



of Fishes 17 



of Amphibians 18 



of Reptiles 20 



of Birds 20 



of Mammals 23 



Mammary Glands 27 



Bibliography 28 



B. SKELETON . . 30 



I. DERMAL SKELETON 30 



II. EXDOSKELETON 33 



I. VERTEBRAL COLUMN 33 



of Fishes 34 



of Amphibians 39 



of Reptiles . . 42 



of Birds 44 



of Mammals , 46 



Bibliography 47 



n. BIBS 48 



of Fishes aud Dipiioaiis . 48 



of Amphibians 48 



of Reptiles, Birds, aud Mammal.- .... 4i* 



