INDEX. 



269 



King Crabs, habits of, -51 

 Konig, 38 



Laramie beds, 116 



Lariosaurus, 59 



Legends. Vid. Giants. 



Leidy, Professor, 143 



Leiodon, 142 



Lias rocks, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47 



Lyell, Sir Charles, on floods, 17 ; on 

 ideas of the ancients, 34 ; on 

 sudden destruction of fish-lizards, 

 51 ; on tracks in Connecticut 

 Sandstone, 81 ; on Mammoth, 213 



M 



Mammals, evolution of, 152 



Mammoth, distinct from living ele- 

 phants, 193 ; finding of, by Adams, 

 2OI ; by Benkendorf, 205 ; how 

 preserved, 209 ; food of, 210 ; 

 extinction of, 213 ; primitive draw- 

 ing of, 214 ; legends of, 195-200 



Mantell, Dr. G. A., 63 ; on " Medals 

 of Creation," 85 ; discovery of 

 Iguanodon, 93, 98 ; on jaws and 

 teeth of ditto, 96 ; on Wealden 

 strata, 96 ; discovery of Hylseo- 

 saurus, 103 ; on analogies of 

 Iguanodon and Sloths, 96 ; on dis- 

 covery of Mosasaurus, 135 



Mantell, Mr. Walter, on Moa-birds, 

 230-232 



Marsh, Prof. O. C., on classification 

 of Dinosaurs, 65 ; on Brontosaurus, 

 66 ; on Atlantosaurus, 70 ; his 

 collection at Yale College, 72 ; on 

 Megalosaurus, 78 ; on tracks of 

 Dinosaurs, etc., 7 9; on Ceratosaurus, 

 84 ; on ancient vertebrate life in 

 America, no; on reptiles and 

 birds, 109; on Stegosaurus, no, 

 114; on Triceratops, 115, 119; 

 his collection of Pterodactyls, 129 ; 

 on Sea-serpents, 139 ; on Dino- 

 cerata, 149, 153; on explorations 

 in the Far West, 159, 160; on 

 footprints of Mylodon, 185 



Mastodon, 218 ; bones and teeth first 

 described, 220 ; discovery of, by 

 M. de Longueil, 221 ; exhibited as 



"the Missouri Leviathan," 222; 

 legends of, 225 



Medals of Creation. Vid. Mantell. 



Megaceros. Vid. Irish Elk. 



Megalosaurus, 76 ; localities of, 76 ; 

 teeth of, 77 ; habits of, 78 ; skeleton 

 of, 78 (Fig. 8) 



Megatherium, 181 ; habits of, 182 



Miller, Hugh, 26 



Miocene period, 161, 219 



Moa-birds, first discovery of, 227 ; 

 letter to Prof. Owen, 228; W. 

 Mantell on, 230 ; species of, 232 ; 

 native traditions of, 234 ; /Epyornis, 

 2 35; geographical distribution of 

 giant birds, 236; a new find of 

 Moas, 237 



Monitors, 136 



Morosaurus, 71 



Mosasaurus, head, etc., found by Hoff- 

 man, 134; origin of name, 135; head 

 of, 137; structure of, 142 ; habits of, 

 139 ; Cuvier's opinion of, 136 ; Cope 

 on Sea-serpents, 139 ; Marsh's 

 collection of ditto, 139 



Museum at Brussels, 99 



Mylodon, 183, 185 



N 



Neusticosaurus, 59 



New Red Sandstone period, 79 ; 



tracks in New Red Sandstone, 80 

 Nodules, phosphatic, 13 



Old Red Sandstone, 26, 27 



Omosaurus, no 



Ornithopoda, a group of Dinosaurs, 



8 ? 



Ornithopsis, 74 



Ornithosauria, 132. Vid. Pterodactyls. 



Owen, Sir R., 2, 37, 40, 88 ; on 

 Ichthyosaurus, 45, 49 : on Ple- 

 siosaurus, 54, 58 ; on Dinosaurs, 

 64, 73 ; on Cetiosaurus, 73 ; on 

 Megalosaurus, 77 > on Iguano- 

 don, 95 ; on Scelidosaurus, 106 ; 

 on Pterodactyls, 125, 130; on Sea- 

 serpents, 138 ; on Megatherium, 

 181 ; on Mammoth, 210-212 ; on 

 Mastodon, 219 ; on Dinornis, 227, 

 232 



