INDEX 



Apteryx — contd. 



Wingless live bird found in 

 New Zealand, 241 

 Aquatic creatures refer to 

 titles, Reptiles, Scor- 

 pions, Fishes, Shells, 

 etc. ; also names of 

 creatures. 

 Arachnida class, king crab 



member of, 281 

 Archaeopteryx, toothed bird, 

 236 

 Berlin specimen, 236, 238 

 Fingers, three distinct fin- 

 gers, 237 

 Form, shape, etc., with tail 

 like lizard and true 

 bird feathers, 238 

 Archangel, North Russia — 

 Professor Amalitzky's 

 discoveries, 212-222 

 Argentine Republic : 



Glyptodon — Armadillo-like 

 animal from Pleisto- 

 cene, 170 

 Megatherium, skeleton of, 

 found in alluvial sands, 

 7,9 

 Toxodon, 8, 9 

 Armadillo-like animal, Glyp- 

 todon — enormous ar- 

 madilloes, etc., 170, 171 

 Armadilloes of South America: 

 Hairy armadillo, photo- 

 graph, 169 

 Size compared with repre- 

 sentatives in the past, 

 166, 167 

 Arsinoitherium : 



Appearance in life, picture 

 showing probable ap- 

 pearance, 153 



Arsinoitherium — contd. 



Discovery in Upper Eocene 

 sands of Egyptian Fa- 

 yum, 151 

 Horns and teeth, 154 

 Name, origin of, 152 

 Skull, 152 

 Ashmole, Mr. E., 27 

 Atlantosaurus — example of 

 size to which some of 

 the Dinosaurian rep- 

 tiles attained, 197, 198, 

 199 

 Photograph of thigh-bcme, 

 11 

 Auk see Great Auk 

 Australia : 

 Fishes : 



Lung-fish Ceratodus, il- 

 lustration, 252 

 Mud-fish found in rivers 

 of Queensland, 248 

 Kinds of animals — no ab- 

 original Placentals, 

 etc., 64 

 Land of the Marsupials or 

 pouched mammals : 

 bones of gigantic crea- 

 tures discovered, 184 

 {for particular animals 

 see their names) 

 Reptile Chlamydosaur from 

 Queensland — photo- 

 graph, 195 

 Size of recent animals com- 

 pared with their repre- 

 sentatives in the past, 

 166 



B 

 Babbage, Mr., 34 

 Basilosaurus, 76 

 Bather, Dr., 287, 288, 289 



299 



