INDEX 



Artiodactyla, a/ortos even, 



toe, 48 

 Arvicola, arvum field, colere to 



inhabit, 43 

 Asio, 36 

 Aspidorhynchus, dcrTris shield, pvy- 



^05 snout, bill, 8 

 Aspredo, roughness, 9 

 Asterolepis, dcrrry/o star, ACTTIS 



scale, 4 



Astrapotherium, do-Tpainj light- 

 ning ("fast beast"), 45 

 Asymmetron, 1 



Athecae, a- without, 6 f iJKi] shell, 21 

 Atlantosaurus, 22 

 Atractaspis, ur/aaKros arrow, 



the hooded, shielded snake, 29 

 Atrichia, 38 

 Attagis, 35 

 Auchenaspis, av^v neck, 



shield, 4 



Auchenia, av^v neck, 49 

 Aulacodus, avX.a furrow, 



tooth, 43 



Autosauri, avros himself (real), 24 

 Aves, birds, 30 



BABIRUSA, native name, 47 



Balaena, whale, 44 



Balaeniceps, balaena, <fra.Xa.iva 



whale, whale-headed heron, 32 

 Balaenoptera, TrrepoV wing, fin, 44 

 Baptanodon, /3a7rros edged, dvoSovs 



toothless, 24 

 Barbus, barbel, 8 

 Basiliscus, 25 

 Batrachostomus, /^dr/oa^os frog, 



(rrofjia mouth, 37 

 Bdellostoma, /38eAAa leech, o-ro/xa 



mouth, 2 

 Belodon, /3eAos a missile, 68ovs, 



tooth, 19 

 Belone, fteXovrj the Greek name of 



the garpike, 9 

 Belonostomus, 8 

 Blanus, 27 



Blennius, /3/Vevva slime, 9 

 Boa, 28 



Bolodon, /?wAos lump, 39 

 Bombinator, /3o/x/3os a deep sound, 



15 



Bos, 49 

 Bovidae, 49 

 Brachylophus, /?/)ax^s short, Ao<os 



tuft, 25 



Bradypus, /?/oaSvs heavy, slow, 41 

 Branchiosaurus, f$p<iy\iov gill, 12 

 Brontosaurus, f3povrij thunder, as- 



tonishment, 22 

 Brontozoum, $ov animal, 22 

 Bubo, 36 

 Bucco, 37 



Buceros, /3ovs ox, KC/JWS horned, 36 

 Bufo, toad, 15 



Bungarus, Latinised native name, 29 

 Bunodonta, fiovvos mound, lump 



(tubercular teeth), 47 

 Buthyrinus, 8 



CACATUA, 36 



Caecilia, caecus blind, 14 



Caenolestes, Kcuyo? new, 



robber, 40 

 Caenopithecus, Katvos new, TTI^ 



monkey, 52 



Caenotherium, /catvo new, 49 

 Caiman, 19 



Calamoichthys, calamus reed, 7 

 Callopterus, KaAAos beauty, 



fin, 8 

 Callorhynchus, KaAAos beauty, 



/ovyxos snout, 7 

 Caloenas, KaAds pretty, olvds wild 



pigeon, 35 

 Calotes, yaAewr^s Greek name of 



some lizard, 25 



Calyptomena, 



covered, 38 

 Camelus, 49 



Camptonotus, Ka/xTrros flexible, 23 

 Cancroma, cancroma cancerous 



growth, 32 

 Canis, 50 



Capito, capita a large head, 37 

 Capitosaurus, capita a large head, 



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