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INDEX. 



Celacanthidte, 281. 



Cephalaspidee, 279. 



Cephalaspis, 280. 



Cephalopoda, 230, 248 ; divisions, 



249 ; abundant in the lias, 421. 

 Cerambycinus, 269. 

 Ceratite, 429. 

 Cervus, 321. 

 Cervus capreolus (figure), 320. 



megaceros, 321. 



Cestracion, 276. 



Cestracionidse, 276. 



Cetacea, 316. 



Chseropotamus, 324. 



Chserotherium, 326. 



Chalichomys, 337. 



Chalicotherium, 326. 



Chalk, its presumed animal origin, 



383 ; characteristic fossils, 383 ; 



denudation of the, 390. See 



CRETACEOUS SYSTEM. 

 Change of climate of the earth, 59, 61. 

 Chara medicaginula" (figure) 188. 



tuberculata, 188. 



Characese, 188. 



Charge, seed-vessels of (figure), 188. 



Cheiroptera, 337. 



Cheirotherium, the, 302, footsteps of, 



429. See LABYRINTHODON. 

 Chelodus, 337. 

 Chelone, 293. 

 Chelonia, 290. 

 Chelonians, 306. 

 Chelonidee, 292. 

 Chelydra, 291. 

 Chemical nomenclature, principles 



of, 82. 



Chili, elevation of the coast of, 1 36, 365. 

 Chimsera, 277. 

 Chimserida, 277. 



Chincella lanigera (illustration), 336 

 Chlamydotherium, 334. 

 Choanite, 215, 384. 

 Chrysomelidse, 269. 

 Ciconia, 312. 

 Cidaridte, 226. 

 Cidaris, 384, 419. 

 Cidaris diadema (figure), 225. 



magaritifera, 226. 

 Cinder-bed of Portland, 399. 



Cimoliornis, 313. 



Cirrhopoda, 259. 



Civil engineering, geology applied to, 

 10. 



Cladyodon, 297. 



Classification, early, of natural 

 objects, 31 ; of minerals, 106. 



Clathraria, 194. 



Lyellii (figure), 194. 



Clathropteris, 186. 



Clemmys, 291. 



Club-mosses (figure), 199. 



Clyde, marine deposits of the valley 

 of the, 356. 



Clymenidse, 250. 



Clypeastroidse, 225. 



Coal, early mention of, 161 ; 

 vegetable origin of , 436 ; arrange- 

 ment of the plants, 196; supposed 

 nature of the plants, 443; illustra- 

 tion, 172; Goppert's experiments, 

 437; mode of deposit, 4B8; objec- 

 tions to the drift theory, 438; 

 alternation with marine deposits, 

 442; erect fossil trees, 443; search 

 for coal, 8, 151; coal of the oolite, 

 416. 



Coal-fields, British, arrangement of 

 the deposits, 434; topographical 

 distribution, 435; national impor- 

 tance, 8. 



Coccosteus, 281. 



Coccyzus,310. 



Cocos, 194. 



Coleia, 264, 422. 



Coleoptera, 269, 421. 



Collecting specimens and arrange- 

 ment of a cabinet, 71 ; Mr. Konig's 

 instructions, 467. 



Collections of natural bodies by 

 Mercati and others, 31. 



Colonna, Fabio, his attempt at classi- 

 fication of organic remains, 31. 



Coluber, 302. 



Columnar arrangement of strata 

 (illustrations), 144, 146. 



Colymbus, 313. 



Common-place book, advantage of 

 keeping, 70. 



Comptonia, 195. 



