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INDEX. 



OKGANS. 



Organs (end), 255. 

 generative, 240. 

 renal, 232. 

 of secretion, 220. 

 ,, of sense, 252. 

 of smell, 286. 

 ,, of special sense, 285. 

 ,, systems of, 9. 

 Oriental region, 498. 

 Origin of the word cat, 2. 

 ,, muscular, 128. 

 ,, of forms as experienced, 521. 

 -of life as experienced, 524. 

 ,, of species, 528. 

 ,, of cat, 519. 

 Origins of cranial nerves, 270. 

 Ornate jungle cat, 420. 

 Ornithodelphia, 469. 

 Ornithorhynchus, 469. 

 Orycteropus, 468. 

 Os calcis, 113. 

 cuboides, 115. 

 innominatum, 104. 

 magnum, 97. 

 , orbiculare, 298. 



origin of, 339. 

 planum, 72. 

 quadratum, 462. 

 Ossicles (auditory), 298. 

 Ossification, 20. 



of axis, 334. 

 of backbone, 334, 

 of cervical vertebrae, 334. 

 of limb-bones, 340. 

 of ribs, 334. 

 of sacral vertebrae, 334. 

 of skull, 338. 

 of sternum, 335. 

 Os tincse, 246. 

 Otocyon, 479, 518. 

 Otoconia, 301. 

 Otoliths, 301. 

 Otters, 475. 

 Ounce, 395. 



Our unconscious actions, 384. 

 Ova (development of), 354. 

 Ovarian artery, 211. 



,, ligaments, 247. 

 Ovary, 248. 

 its function, 250. 

 ,, development of, 352. 

 Ovisac, 249. 

 Ovulation, 251. 

 Ovum, 250. 



,, its nourishment, 326. 

 Oxen, 467. _ 

 Oxysena, 505. 



Oxygen (exchange of), 220. 

 Oxyuras compar, 509. 

 Oysters, 450. 



PENGUIN. 



PACINIAN bodies, 22, 23. 

 Pads of cat's feet, 25. 

 Paget (Sir James), 377. 

 Palsearctic region, 497. 

 Pataonictis, 506, 514, 518. 

 Palaeontology, 11. 

 Palaeozoic strata, 502, 

 Palate, 170. 



,, muscles of, 135. 

 Palatine bones, 75. 



plate (of maxilla), 73. 

 Pale nerve fibres, 255. 

 Palmar arch, 210. 



fascia, 149. 

 Palmaris longus, 149. 

 Pampas cat, 423. 

 Pancreas, 183. 



,, formation of, 344. 



of Aselli, 219. 

 Pancreatic juice, 184. 

 Panda (the), 475. 

 Panniculus carnosus, 136. 

 Panther, 394. 

 Papilla, 22. 



,, circumvallate, 172. 



,, cervical, 172. 



,, flattened, 172. 



fungiform, 172. 

 Parachordal cartilage, 337. 

 Paradoxures, 481. 

 Paraguay cat, 7. 

 Parasites of cats, 509. 

 Parasphenoid, 457. 

 Pardalina, WarwicJcii, 410. 

 Pardine lynx (the), 426. 

 Parenchyma of body, 9, 165. 

 Parepididymis, 244. 

 Parietal bone, 62. 

 Paroccipital process, 62. 

 Parotid gland, 172. 

 Parovarium, 250. 

 Parturition, 247. 

 Par vagum, 274. 

 Pasht, 3. 

 Patella, 109. 



,, ligaments of, 117. 

 Pathetic nerves, 271. 

 Patriofelis, 506. 

 Paws, veins of, 216. 

 Pectineus, 157. 

 Pectoral limb (skeleton of), 89. _ 



,, limb, general view of its skele- 

 ton, 102. 

 Pectoralis, 145. 

 Pedicle of vertebra, 35. 

 Pedigree of cat, 512, 517, 518. 

 Peduncles of cerebellum, 262. 



of olfactory lobes, 264, 270. 

 Pelvic girdle (articulation and ligaments 



of), 116. 



,, limb (skeleton of), 103. 

 Pelvis, 104. 

 Penguin, 462. 



