532 



INDEX. 



American vultures 41 ; vomers 335 

 Amia 33 ; distribution 66 ; exo- 



skeleton 67; pectoral fin 131; 



scales 105; skull 123; tail 115, 



117 ; vertebrae 114 

 Amiidae 33 

 Ammocoetes 31, 55 

 Amphibia 35 ; anterior limb 185 ; 



exoskeleton 168 ; general charac- 

 ters 133 ; hyoid apparatus 180 ; 



pectoral girdle 184 ; pelvic girdle 



187 ; posterior limb 188 ; ribs 



182; skull 173; sternum 182; 



teeth 169 ; vertebral column 170 

 Amphicoelous, defined 14 

 Amphioxus 30; skeleton 51 f. ; spinal 



column 112 

 Amphisbaena 38, 272 ; loss of limbs 



289 

 Amphisbaenidae 38, 200; pectoral 



girdle 288; skull 277; vertebral 



column 275 

 Amphitheriidae 43 

 Amphiuma 35, 135 ; manus 187 ; pes 



188 ; skull 174 

 Amphiumidae 35 

 Anacanthini 33 

 Anal shield, turtle 215 

 Anas 41 ; A. boschas, see Duck 

 Ankylosis, defined 12 

 Angel fish 32 



Angler, attachment of teeth 107 

 Anguidae 38 

 Anguilla 33; see Eel 

 Anguis 38 ; loss of limbs 289 ; scutes 



271 

 Angular 22 ; cod 100 ; crocodile 



258; duck 319; salmon 94; turtle 



231 



Angulo-splenial, frog 161 

 Ankle joint, duck 327 ; reptiles 294 

 Anomodontia 36 

 Anoplotheriidae 45 

 Anoplotherium 45; manus 506; pes 



523; tail 454; teeth 428 

 Anser 41 

 Anseres 41; aftershaft 329; claws 



330 



Anseriformes 41 

 Anteaters 352; absence of teeth 



424 ; manus 505 ; pectoral girdle 



495; pelvis 513; skull 458; tho- 



raco -lumbar vertebrae 447 ; Spiny 



43 ; Great and Two -toed 

 44 



Antelope 359; manus 507; Four- 

 horned A. 46 



Anterior limb 26 ; Amphibia 185 ; 

 birds, 338; crocodile 263; dog 

 405 ; duck 322 ; frog 164 ; newt 

 147; reptiles 290; turtle 232 



Anthropoid apes 373; arm-bones 

 503; pelvis 515 



Anthropoidea 49 ; general charac- 

 ters 372 ; sacrum 452 ; skull 482 ; 

 teeth 441 



Anthropopithecus 49 ; ribs 493 



Antiarcha 31 ; general characters 55 



Antibrachium, see fore-arm 



Antilocapra 46 ; horns 417 



Antilocapridae 46 



Antitrochanter, duck 325 



Antlers 8, 358 ; Cervidae 469 



Antorbital process 18 



Anura 36 ; general characters 136 ; 

 hyoid apparatus 180 ; pelvis 187 ; 

 posterior limb 188; skull 179: 

 sternum 182; vertebrae 172 



Apatornis 40 ; vertebrae 332 



Apteria 328 



Apteryges 40 



Apteryx 40, 299 ; aftershaft 329 ; 

 anterior nares 333 ; claws 330 ; 

 foot 342 ; manus 338 ; pectineal 

 process 341 ; pectoral girdle 338 ; 

 pneumaticity of skeleton 331 ; A. 

 owenl, pelvic girdle and sacrum 

 34O 



Aqueductus vestibuli, dogfish 74 



Arcade: infratemporal , crocodile 

 255; Sphcnodon 283; inner , 

 duck 318 ; outer , duck 318 ; 

 supratemporal , crocodile 257 ; 

 reptiles 281 



Archaeoceti 44 ; general characters 

 356 ; skull 461 ; teeth 426 



Archaeopteryx 40, 297 ; claws 330 ; 

 fibula 341 ; mandible 335 ; meta- 

 tarsals 342 ; pelvis 341 ; ribs 

 336; sacrum 333; skull 333; 

 tail 333 ; teeth 330 ; wing 338 



Archaeornitb.es 40 ; characters 297 



Archegosaurus 35, 136; palatines 

 177 



Archipterygium, Ceratodus 127 ; 

 Ichthyotomi 62 



