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INDEX. 



MUSCLES. 



Muscles stretch of, 153. 

 of cat, 124. 

 of fore-arm, 149. 

 of ear, 131. 

 of internal ear, 299. 

 of the head and neck, 131. 

 of the limbs, 145. 

 of limbs, their serial homology, 



163. 



of hind-limb, 154. 

 of larynx, 229. 

 of the fore-paw, 152. 

 of tongue, 134, 171. 

 of trunk and tail, 136. 

 maximum of to one digit, 153, 



163. 



Mu cular contraction, 124, 126. 

 fibre cells, 125. 

 stimuli, 127. 

 tissue, 124 ; its function, 126 ; 



(development of), 331. 

 Musculo-cutaneous nerve, 278, 279. 



,, spiral groove, 91 ; nerve, 278, 280. 

 Mustelidffi, 475, 518. 

 Myelon, 257. 

 Mylodon, 468. 

 Mylohyoid muscle, 134. 



,, nerve, 273. 

 Myology, 124. 



,, of cat, its simplest expression, 



164. 



Myosin, 125. 

 Myrmecobius, 504, 515. 

 Myrtiformis, 131. 



NAMES (zoological), 392. 

 Nares (formation of), 337. 

 anterior, 59. 

 posterior, 58. 

 Nasal artery, 238. 

 bones, 74. 

 fossse, 86, 286. 

 process of frontal, 64. 

 ,, of maxilla, 73. 

 Naso-frontal process, 336. 

 Nates, 262. 

 Native-cats, 468, 469. 

 Natural selection, 520. 



, , , , automatism and know- 



ledge, 384. 



Nature (the cat's place in), 440, 493. 

 ,, of nervous activity, 305. 

 ,, of primitive mammals, 515.. 

 ,, . of species, genera, families, &c., 



520. 



Navel, 176. 

 Naviculare, 113. 

 Nearctic region, 497. 

 Necessity of conception of internal force, 



525. 



Neck (muscles of), 131. 

 ,, of femur, 107 

 ,, of mandible, 77- 



NERVES. 



Nematoidea, 509. 

 Neotropical region, 499. 

 Nerves (anterior crural), 281, 282. 

 ,, auditory, 274, 302. 

 ,, auriculo-temporal, 273. 

 ,, axillary, 279. 



cells or corpuscles, 255. 



cervical, 277. 



chorda tympani, 274. 



circumflex, 278, 279. 



cranial, 269, 361. 



dental, 273. 



dorsal, 277. 



dorsal spiral, 277. 



eighth, 274. 



eleventh, 275. 



external cutaneous of pelvic limb, 

 281, 282. 



facial, 27-4. - 



fibres, 254. 



fifth pair, 271. 



of fore-limb, 278. 



fourth pair, 271. 



gastric, 275. 



genito-crural, 231, 282. 



glosso-pharyngeal, 274. 



gluteal, 281. 



gustatory, 273. 



hypoglossal, 275. 



ilio-hypogastric, 281, 282. 



ilio-inguinal, 281, 282. 



inferior maxillary, 273. 



internal cutaneous, 278. 



laryngeal, 275 i 



lumbar, 277. 



lumbo-sacral, 281. v . 



median, 278, 279. 



musculo-cutaneous, 278, 279. 



-nmsculo-spiral, 278, 280. . 



mylo-hyoid, 273. 



ninth, 274. 



obturator, 281, 282. 



olfactory, 270, 287. 



ophthalmic, 27.2. 



optic, 270. 



pathetic, 271. 



peroneal, 282. 



pharyngeal, 275. 



phrenic, 278. 



plantar, 282. _ 



pneumogastric, 274. 



popliteal, 282. 



pudic, 281. 



pulmonary, 275. 



radial, 280. 



respiratory of Bell, 278, 279. 



sacral, 277. 



sciatic, 282. 



seventh, 274. 



sixth, 273. 



spinal, 276. 



spinal accessory, 275. 



splanchnic, 284.- 



