LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fro. P-^GK 



41. A tabular view of the strata of the earth's crust 



showing the relative thickness of each " system " 

 or group of strata, and the position in which 

 important animal remains have been discovered. 60 



42. Map of the World, showing its division into great 



provinces and regions characterised by the 

 presence of different kinds of animals 63 



43. Photograph of the original piece (seven inches long) 



of a thigh bone of a gigantic bird, from the 

 examination of which Sir Richard Owen inferred 

 the former existence of a gigantic flightless bird in 

 New Zealand ....... 68 



44. Photograph of Sir Richard Owen standing beside 



the restored skeleton of the New Zealand Moa 

 (Dinornis maximus) ..... 69 



45. Photograph of the skeleton of Man and Horse from 



a group, prepared under the direction of Sir 

 William Flower for the Natural Histor3'' Museum 7 1 



46. Photograph of the back of a skull of an Ox . , 73 



47. Photograph of the back of a Crocodile's skull . 74 



48. Drawing of the auditory organ or internal ear of 



man ........ 75 



49. Photograph from a section through the bone in 



which the soft internal ear is lodged . . 75 



60. Photograph from preparations of the upper and 



lower jaw of a Pig, to show the teeth in position. 78 



51. Photograph of a preparation of the teeth of the 



upper and lower jaw of a Pig .... 79 



52. Photograph of a preparation of the upper and lower 



jawbone of man , . . . . .80 



53. Skull of the Clouded Tiger . . . .81 



54. Photograph of the skull of the Coypu Rat . 82 



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