CONTENTS vii 
the skeleton a problem in mechanics, 124 ; clothing the bones 
with flesh, 127; the covering of animals, 127 ; outside orna- 
mentation, 129 ; probabilities in the covering of animals, 130 ; 
impressions of extinct animals, 131; mistaken inferences 
from bones of Mammoth, 133; coloring of large land animals, 
134; color markings of young animals, 136 ; references, 137. 
VIII. FEATHERED GIANTS 
Legend of the Moa, 139; our knowledge of the Moas, 141 ; 
some Moas wingless, 142; deposits of Moa bones, 143; le- 
gend of the Roc, 144; discovery of Hpyornis, 145 ; large- 
sounding names, 146; eggs of great birds, 147 ; the Patago- 
nian Phororhacos, 149; the huge Brontornis, 150; develop- 
ment of giant birds, 153 ; distribution of flightless birds, 154 ; 
relation between flightlessness and size, 156 ; references, 156. 
IX. THE ANCESTRY OF THE HORSE 
X. 
North America in the Eocene age, 160; appearance of early 
horses, 163; early domestication of the horse, 165; the toes 
of horses, 166 ; Miocene horses small, 167 ; evidence of gene- 
alogy of the horse, 170; meaning of abnormalities, 170; 
changes in the climate and animals of the West, 174; refer- 
ences, 176. 
THE MAMMOTH 
The story of the killing of the Mammoth, 177; derivation of 
the word ** mammoth,” 178 ; mistaken ideas as to size of the 
Mammoth, 179; size of Mammoth and modern elephants, 
180; finding of an entire Mammoth, 182; birthplace of the 
Mammoth, 184 ; beliefs concerning its bones, 185; the range 
of the animal, 186; theories concerning the extinction of the 
Mammoth, 188; Man and Mammoth, 189; origin of the 
Alaskan Live Mammoth Story, 190; traits of the Innuits, 
192; an entire Mammoth recently found, 194; references, 
195. 
