:ndex 



77 



Phyllostoma, </>i'AAov leaf, ori/*a 



mouth, 52 

 Physeter, <)iva"ijTyp a blower, 44 

 Physoclysti, ^vcra an air-pa 



bellows, kAi'co I bear, !) 

 Physostomi, rftvira an air-pa 



dTOfxa mouth (communicating 



with the air-bladder), 8 

 Picumnus, mythological name, 37 

 Picus, woodpecker, 37 

 Pinnipedia, pi una I'm, 51 

 Pipa, native name, 16 

 Pipra, 38 

 Pisces, 5 

 Pithecanthropus, iridt]Ko<i monkey, 



avdpwTTos man, 54 

 Pitta, 38 

 Placentalia, 41 

 Placodontia, 18 

 Placodus, 7rAu£ plate, oSot's tooth, 



18 

 Plagiaulax, 7rAayio? oblique, a?Aa^ 



furrow, 39 

 Plagiostomi, TrAayto? transverse, 



5 

 Platalea "spoonbill," 32 

 Platanista, irXaTavLo-Tr'jS the dol- 

 phin of the Ganges, 44 

 Platecarpus, TrXdrrj blade, Kup—6s 



wrist, 24 

 Platycercus, zrAarvs broad, Kep/cos 



tail, 36 

 Platyrhinae, 7rAai-vs broad, pi's nose, 



nostril, 53 

 Platysomus, 7rAaTi's flat, broad, 



cru>fia body, 8 

 Platysternidae, 7rAaTt's broad, 



crrepvov breastbone, 20 

 Plecotus, 7rAe/<o> I connect, ous ear, 



52 

 Plectognathi, ttAcktos connected, 



fixed, yvatfos jaw, 10 

 Plesiadapis, 7rAr/(rios akin to 



(Adapis), 53 

 Plesiochelys, ttXtjctios akin to, 



XcAtjs tortoise, 21 

 Plesiosauria, ttXtjo-los approaching, 



akin to, 23 



Plethodon, -\7j0os plenty, 13 

 Pleuracanthus, trXtvpiv 

 OKavda spine, 5 



Pleurodira, -Xtrpov side, Seipij 

 neck, 21 



Pleurodont. The teeth are im- 

 planted against tlie inner side of 

 the jaw, 26 



Pleuronectes, irXevpov side, vriKTfts 

 a swimmer, 10 



Pliohippos "Pliocene horse," 47 



Pliopithecus " Pliocene monkey," 

 54 



Plioplatecarpus, 24 



Pliosaurus, 23 



Plotus, 7tAwtos swimming, 32 



Podargus, 7rd&zpyos swift- footed, 37 



Podicipes, podex buttock, 2 )es foot, 

 32 



Poebrotherium, iroa herb, 49 



Pogonorhynchus, rrwyajv beard, 

 /u'yXos bill, 37 



Polychrus, iroXv\poos many - 

 coloured, 25 



Polymastodon, 7roAus many, /xao-ros 

 teat, nipple, 39 



Polyodon, ttoXvs many, dSous tooth, 

 8 



Polyprotodontia, 7roAt's many, 

 7rpwTos first, dSot's tooth (numer- 

 ous incisors), 40 



Polypterus, ttoXvs many, irrepov 

 fin (dorsal fins), 7 



Polyptychodon, tttv£ a fold, 23 



Polytrema, iroXvs many, rprjpa 

 hole, 2 



Pontoporia,7rovT07rdpos passing over 

 the sea, ttovtos sea, Tropevu) I 

 ferry across, 44 



Postacetabular, the primary ilio- 

 sacral connexion lies behind, tail- 

 wards from the acetabulum, in 

 reptiles and birds (Gegenbaur), 1 7 



Postcentra, the central vertebral 

 disks which carry no arches, 8 



Potamogale, 7roTa/xds river, yaXy 

 weasel, 51 



Preacetabular, the primary ilio- 



