INDEX 



Abdimia, 32 



Abramis, dfipa/xis some fish in the 



Nile (classical), 9 

 Acanthidositta, 38 

 Acanthodi, d/vav&uSrys spiny, 6 

 Accipitres, rapacious birds, 33 

 Acentrous, without centra to the 



vertebrae, 5 

 Aceratherium, a- without, Kepas 



horn, 47 

 Acipenser, o.KKnnjcrios name of some 



edible fish of the Greeks, 8 

 Acrania, d- without, upavlov 



skull, 1 

 Acris, dupls locust, 15 

 Acrodont, teeth implanted upon 



the rim or top (<xk/)os) of the 



jaw, 25 

 Acteosaurus, d/cTaios dwelling on 



the coast, 24 

 Actinodon, olktis ray, spoke, 12 

 Actinopterygii, d/cri's a ray, Trrepv- 



yiov fin, 7 

 Adapis, a name used by Gesner, 52 

 Adapisoricidae, 51 

 Aelurus, aikovpos cat, 50 

 Aepyornis, cuVvs high, tall, 31 

 Aetheospondyli, dtjOijs uncommon, 

 • (tttovSvXos vertebra, 8 

 Aetosaurus, deros eagle (?), 19 

 Agama, native name, 25 

 Agamidae, 25 

 Aglossa, d-yAaicr<ra without tongue, 



16 

 Aglypha, d- without, yXvcfxa I 



hollow out, 28 



Aistopodes, dio-To? unseen, 7roS«s 



feet, 12 

 Alauda, 38 

 Alca, 35 

 Alcedo, 36 



Alces, dA/07 strength, 49 

 Alligator, 19 



Allodon, uAAos different, 39 

 Allosaurus, uAAos different, 22 

 Allotheria, uAAos different, 39 

 Alytes, dXvrys a binder ; in allu- 

 sion to the eggs carried by the 



male, 15 

 Amblotherium, 40 

 Amblycephalus, d/x/2Ar's stout, 



KecpaXij head, 29 

 Amblypoda, dp.f3Xis stout, 7roi's 



foot, 45 

 Amblypterus, dp./3Xvs stout, TTepov 



fin, wing, 7 

 Amblyrhynchus, d/x/?Avs stout, 



/jt'yX ? snout, bill, 25 

 Amblystoma, dp,/3Xv<; stout, crro/xa 



mouth, 13 

 Ameiva, native name, 26 

 Amia, d/xia name of some fish, 



8 

 Ammodytes, dyu,/xos sand, Svtijs 



diver, 10 

 Amniota, dp.viov the membrane 



round the foetus, 33 

 Amphibia, dpapi both ways, /3ios 



life, 12 

 Amphignathodon, # dp£i both, 



y vddos jaw, 68ovi to^oth, 15 

 Amphilestee, Xyo-rSft Jobber, 40 



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