INDEX 



United States of America: 



Atlantosaurus, thigh-bone 

 of, from Jurassic rocks, 

 etc.,11, 12, 197, 198 



Coccosteus found in De- 

 vonian rocks of Ohio, 

 256, 217 



Dimetrodon from the Per- 

 mian strata of Texas, 

 210, 212 



Dinoceros, skeletons found 

 in Upper Eocene of 

 Wyoming, 147 



Didosaurian reptiles- pro- 

 fusion in which bones 

 have been discovered- 

 skill and success of 

 American naturalists, 

 etc., 206 



Ichthyornis, toothed bird 

 from chalk of Kansas, 

 237 



Mastodon remains found in 

 bogs, etc., 102 



Scorpion-like creature from 

 Pennsylvania, 281 



Shark's teeth found in 

 Maryland, 264 



Stone-lilies from Iowa — 

 photograph, 288 



Trilobite from Silurian 

 rocks of New York, 

 274, 275 

 Urus or bull of Julius Cccsar, 

 16,17 

 Skull, picture of, 17 



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Wales — shells of Lingula, dis- 

 covered in Cambrian 

 rocks, 272, 273 



Warsaw — Professor Amalitz- 

 ky's discoveries at 

 Archangel, workshop 

 at Warsaw, 216 



Water-birds — extinct Hesper- 

 ornis, etc., 244 



Whale-like reptiles — Ichthyo- 

 saurus, 226 



Whales : 



Size of, comparisons be- 

 tween size of recent 

 and extinct animals, 

 166, 223 

 Skull of, mistaken for that 

 of a reptile, 76 



White rhinoceros or square- 

 mouthed African rhi- 

 noceros see Rhinoceros 



Winged reptiles see Ptero- 

 dactyles 



Wings : 



Birds see that title 

 Insects — fossilized wings, 

 preservation in strati- 

 fied rock, 46, 47 

 Pterodactyles, flying rep • 

 tiles — wings compared 

 with birds and bats, 

 231, 232, 233 

 Swimming organs, pen- 

 guins use their wings 

 as, 244 



Winton, Mr. de, 125 



Wolf — common grey wolf — 

 extinct in England, 

 still existing in Europe, 

 14, 16 



W^oitibats — living specimens 

 in Australias, size of, 

 compared with gigan- 

 tic extinct creatures of 

 the same kind, 166 



330 



