INDEX 



ABDIMIA, 32 



Abramis, d/fya/zts some fish in the 



Nile (classical), 9 

 Acanthidositta, 38 

 Acanthodi, aKav^wS^? spiny, 6 

 Accipitres, rapacious birds, 33 

 Acentrous, without centra to the 



vertebrae, 5 

 Aceratherium, d- without, Kpa<s 



horn, 47 

 Acipenser, dx/aTr^a-tos name of some 



edible fish of the Greeks, 8 

 Acrania, d- without, Kpaviov 



skull, 1 



Acris, d/c/ois locust, 15 

 Acrodont, teeth implanted upon 



the rim or top (d/cpos) of the 



jaw, 25 

 Acteosaurus, (XKTCUOS dwelling on 



the coast, 24 



Actinodon, O.KTL<S ray, spoke, 12 

 Actinopterygii, d/cris a ray, TrTepv- 



yiov fin, 7 



Adapis, a name used by Gesner, 52 

 Adapisoricidae, 51 

 Aelurus, acXovpos cat, 50 

 Aepyornis, OUTTUS high, tall, 31 

 Aetheospondyli, a7J0r;s uncommon, 



o-TTovSuAos vertebra, 8 

 Aetosaurus, deros eagle (?), 19 

 Agama, native name, 25 

 Agamidae, 25 

 Aglossa, d-yAwcrcra, without tongue, 



16 

 Aglypha, d- without, yAv</>w I 



hollow out, 28 



Aistopodes, arros unseen, 



feet, 12 

 Alauda, 38 

 Alca, 35 

 Alcedo, 36 



Alces, dA/oj strength, 49 

 Alligator, 19 



Allodon, dAAos different, 39 

 Allosaurus, dAAos different, 22 

 Allotheria, dAAos different, 39 

 Alytes, dXvrrjs a binder ; in allu- 



sion to the eggs carried by the 



male, 15 



Amblotherium, 40 

 Amblycephalus, d/x/3Avs stout, 



K<f>a\ri head, 29 

 Amblypoda, d/x^Av? stout, TTOVS 



foot, 45 

 Amblypterus, d[i,/3X.v<s stout, TTTC/OOV 



fin, wing, 7 

 Amblyrhynchus, d/A/?Av? 



pvyxs snout, bill, 25 

 Amblystoma, d[j,f3X.v<s stout, 



mouth, 13 



Ameiva, native name, 26 

 Amia, d/xta name of some 



8 

 Ammodytes, a/x/xo? sand, Svrrys 



diver, 10 

 Amniota, d/xvtov the membrane 



round the foetus, 33 

 Amphibia, d/x^i' both ways, /?tos 



life, 12 

 Amphignathodon, d/z<i' both, 



yvd9o<$ jaw, oSov? tooth, 15 

 Amphilestes, A^CTT>/S robber, 40 



stout, 



fish, 



