CON T E N T S. 



On the Development of the Skeleton of the Tuatara, Sphenodon puiictatus ; 

 with EC marks on the Egg, on the Hatching, and on the Hatched I 

 By G. B. HOWES, LL.D., F.E.S., and H. H. SWINNERTON, B.Sc., Marshal/ 

 Scholar, JK. Coll. Sci. Lond. (From the Huxley Research Labor at v 

 (Plates I.-VI.) ?' 



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