INDEX 



673 



Microlestes, 604 



Micropyle, 200 



Mid-brain, of Craniata, 94 



Mid-digitals, 356 



Mid-kidney, 110 



Milne-Edwards, H., 641 



Mimicry, 620 



Minimus, of Craniata, 77 



Miocene, 665 



Mitral valve, 434 



Moas, 383, 402, 403, 414 



Mohl, von, 639 



Molars, of Rabbit, 430 



Mole, Marsupial, 467 



Moles, 457, 476, 548, 561 



Molge, 272, 274 



Momotidce, 389 



Monitor, 323, 331, 333 



Monkeys, 459 See Primates 



Monophyodont, 447* 



Monopneumona, 240* 



Monotremata, 448, 479, 485, 543, 544, 



546, 548, 549, 552, 555, 563 

 Monotremes See Monotremata 

 Monro, Alexander, 635 

 Moseley, H. N., 643 

 Motmots, 389 

 Mordacia, 116, 129 

 Moulting, of feathers, 395 

 Mucous canals, 151, 165 

 Mucous membrane, 78* 

 Mud-fishes, 204, 229 

 Miiller, Johannes, 640 

 Miillerian duct, 113 See Reproductive 



system 

 Mullet, 206 



Multituberculata, 448, 567 

 Muridce, 457 

 Murray, John, 643 



Mus, 560 



Muscles, of Lamprey, 120 : Elasmo- 

 branchii, 162 : Trout, 195 : Frog, 254 : 

 Amphibia, 283 : Pigeon, 366 : Aves, 405 



Muscular layer, of Craniata, 63 



Muscular system, of Amphioxus, 40 



Musculi papillares, 434 



Musculi pectinata, 434 



Mus decumanus, 539, 585 



Mus domesticus, 585 



Mus maorum, 584 



Mus musculus, 539 



Musophagidce, 389 



MustelidcK, 167 



Mustelind, 559 



Mustetus antarcticus, 168 



Mycetes, 459 



Myctodera, 272* 



Mylodon robustus, 571 



Myoccele, 54 



MyocommaSjOf Amphioxus, 40: Craniata, 

 63 



Myomeres, of Amphioxus, 40 . 

 63 



VOL. II 



Mystacina tuberculata, 584 

 Mystacoceti, 451*, 501 

 Myrmecobius, 467 

 Myrmecophaga, 463, 494, 495 

 Myrmecophagidce, 450 

 Myxine, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 

 Myxine glutinosa, 130 

 Myxinoidei, 129* 



ARES See Olfactory organ 

 Nasal spine, 522* 

 Naso-buccal groove, 136 

 Naso-palatine canals, 430* 

 Native Cats, 446 

 Natural selection, 613, 617* 

 Naidtinas, 586 

 Navicular, 427 See Limb- skeleton ( Mam 



malia) 



Nearctic region, 593 

 Neck, of Craniata, 60 

 Necturus, 272, 274, 275, 279, 281, 282 

 Nekton, 600* 

 Neornithes, 382* 

 Neotropical region, 597 

 Nephridium See Excretion, organs of 

 Nephrostome See Excretion, organs 

 Nerve-foramina : Craniata, 69* 

 Nerves, of Amphioxus, 48, 49 : Crania 

 92, 97, 98 See under Brain and Spinal 

 cord 



Nervous system, of Balanoglossus, 4 : 

 Ascidia, 17 : Urochorda, 26 : Amphi- 

 oxus, 47, 48 : Craniata, 92 See under 

 Brain and Spinal cord 

 Nesonetta, 584 

 NesopitheciiK, 605 

 Nestling-downs, 395* 

 Nestor, 584 

 Nestor notabilis, 602 

 Nestor product us, 596 

 Nests, of Birds, 408 

 Neural arch See Vertebra 

 Neural canal, 47, 64, 67 

 Neurenteric canal, 29, 52, 169 

 Neuroccele, 1*, 29, 47, 52 

 Neuroglia, 92* 

 Neuron, 47 

 Neuropore, 29, 52 

 Newts, 245, 272, 274 

 New Zealand, comparison of its physical 

 conditions and fauna with those of 

 Great Britain, 583 

 New Zealand region, 596 

 Nictitatingmembrane,ofElasmobranchii, 

 165 : Pigeon, 353 : Rabbit, 418 : Mam- 

 malia, 548 

 Nidicolse, 414* 

 Nidifugse, 414* 

 Non-Ruminants, 453 



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