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Index and Glossary. 



JAW 



Jaws of fishes, 18 



mammals, 76 



marsupials, 84 



sharks, 24 



Jay, 67 



Jerboa, 109 



John Dory, 30 



Jugal arch, bony arch in the skull 

 from the outside of the upper jaw- 

 to the base of the joint of the 

 lower jaw with the skull. 



Jugular, pertaining to the throat. 



Lf ANGAROO, 82 



*^ Kidney, 10 



Kingfishers, 64 



Kinkajou, 105 



Koala, the native bear of Australia, 



T ABYRINTHODONTS, fossil 

 L * amphibians with complex teeth, 



37 



Lacertilia, lizards, 42 

 Lamellirostres, ducks and geese, 



T 72 



.Lamprey, 17, 23 



Lancelet, 3 



Larks, 67 



Larynx, the organ of voice, placed 

 at the top of the windpipe. 



Lateral line in fishes, 15 



Leg of birds, 57 



Leiotrichous, straight haired, 122 



Lemmings, no 



Lemur, 113 



Leopard, 104 



Lepadogaster, 31 



Lepidosiren, mud fish, 17, 31 



Lepidosteus, the bony pike of Cali- 

 fornia, 27 



Leptoptilus, the bird which yields 

 the Marabou feathers, 72 



Liber, the third stomach of rumi- 

 nants, 96 



Limb girdles, 8, 75 



Limbs of boas, 8 



frogs, 39 



whales, 100 



Linnets, 67 



Lion, 102, 103 



Liver, 3-9 



Lithe, 29 



Lizards, 8, 42 



MER 



Llamas, 96 



Longipennes gulls and terns, 72 



Lophobranchii, pipe-fishes having 



tufted gills, 32 

 Lore, the space between the eye 



and the angle of the mouth in 



birds and reptiles, 71 

 Loris, 113 

 Lump fish, 31 

 Lung, 31, 35, 37 

 Lynx, 104 

 Lyre-birds, 68 



TV/TACACUS, macaques, or bonnet 



and rhesus monkeys, 120 

 Macaws, 64 

 Mackerel, 31 

 Macrochires, long-handed birds, 



such as swifts and humming birds, 



65 



Magpie, 67 



Malapterutus, electric organ of, 28 

 Malar bone. Sie jugal arch, 89 

 Mammalia, animals that suckle 



their young, 74 

 Man, 121 



tail of, 75 



teeth of, 78 

 Manatee, 75-89 

 Mandible, the lower jaw, 55 

 Mandrill, 119 



Manis, the scaly anteater or pan- 

 golin of the Eastern tropics, 85 



Manyplies, the third stomach of a 

 ruminant, 96 



Marabou, the stork which yields 

 ornamental feathers, 72 



Marine fishes, 32 



Marmosets or Oustitis, 118 



Marsipobranchii, fishes with pouched 

 gills, as lampreys, 23 



Marsupialia, pouched mammals, 

 kangaroos, 80 



Marsupial bone, 81 



Maxilla, the bone which forms the 

 chief part of the upper jaw, 76 



Megatherium, gigantic fossil sloth, 

 89 



Melisuga, 66 



Membrane bones, 17 



Menopoma, American gill-bearing 

 amphibians, 39 



Merganser, 72 



Mermaid's purses, 25 



Mermaids 89 



